Red Ferrari 296 GTB, three-quarter front view

Ferrari 296 GTB

2021– · 3.0L twin-turbo V6 + electric motor, 819 hp combined · DCT · mid-engine
5.3 / 10
Involvement 6.2 / 10

Why 5.3: 654 turbo horsepower plus 122 electric, more than an F8 makes on gas alone, wrapped around a battery pack and brake-by-wire hardware that blunt exactly the feedback the badge promises. Ferrari's first series-production hybrid, and the template for every V8 replacement still to come.

Miles actually driven4.0
Bought to drive, not to flip4.5
Track-day sightingscontext · not scored5.0
Handling · 654+122hp hybrid V6, brake-by-wire, low CG from battery8.8
Power-to-weight · expert territory557 hp/t
819 hp · 1,470 kg

Layout

MID-ENGINE · RWD3.0 TTV6 hybrid8-speedDCT +eFRONTREAR42 %58 %approx. static weight distribution
DougScoreNot yet revieweddougdemuro.com

Market value

Median asking price, good condition · €296k (2022) → €287k (2026), trending down · illustrative data

€276k€296k20222026€287k

The long version

Ferrari built genuinely quick hardware here, launch numbers that embarrass the F8 it effectively replaces, but the V6-plus-battery formula asks buyers to trust a powertrain architecture with none of the marque's V8 or V12 heritage behind it. Early resale has tracked close to sticker on raw demand alone, with no settled verdict yet on whether hybrid Ferraris hold value the way naturally aspirated ones eventually did. The battery pack's story after a decade of charge cycles, and its eventual replacement cost, are still unwritten, and that uncertainty already shapes how these get bought and sold as much as anything under the rear glass.

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