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Video: smashing lap records in a 16bhp, 50mph electric Ferrari replica racer

A baby Ferrari. An empty Fiorano circuit. Sun. Time to go flat out… at 50mph

TopGear.comPublished: 02 Jun 2023  External link to Top Gear Magazine Subscription – 5 issues for £5 13 minutes 53 seconds

This is a Scaglietti-bodied Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa – perhaps one of the most beautiful V12-engined racing cars of all time. Only this one’s smaller. Much smaller. And electric. 

It’s the work of Oxfordshire’s The Little Car Company, but with a full stamp of approval from Ferrari itself – and it’s every bit as giggle-inducing as the original. So to find out just how much a mini-Ferrari with a top speed of 50mph can make you smile, we sent Ollie Kew to Ferrari’s Fiorano test track to find out… and maybe come back with a lap record.

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READ MORESetting an electric lap record at Ferrari’s Fiorano track

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