{"id":140331,"date":"2025-10-29T17:10:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=140331"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:10:33","slug":"ferrari-458-test-mule-with-a-6-3l-v12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=140331","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari 458 Test Mule with a 6.3L V12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RM Sotheby’s<\/a> auctioned a 2012 Ferrari LaFerrari prototype. Ferrari built the test mule called “M6” between February-April 2012 for development of the LaFerrari. The listing states the test mule started as a Ferrari 458 Italia<\/a> but with no indication if it had the factory 4.5 L F136 F V8 and seven-speed dual-clutch transaxle or if it was a body in white<\/a> (BIW). Either way Ferrari modified the aluminum chassis to fit a 6.3 L F140<\/a> EB V12 which was used in the Ferrari FF<\/a>. The LaFerrari would be built with the 6.3 L F140 FE V12. RM Sotheby’s says the M6 test mule also was used in development of the LaFerrari suspension, steering, and brakes.<\/p>\n

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Source: RM Sotheby’s<\/a> and photos by Federico Vecchio<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RM Sotheby’s auctioned a 2012 Ferrari LaFerrari prototype. Ferrari built the test mule called “M6” between February-April 2012 for development of the LaFerrari. The listing states the test mule started as a Ferrari 458 Italia but with no indication if it had the factory 4.5 L F136 F V8 and seven-speed dual-clutch transaxle or if… Read More »Ferrari 458 Test Mule with a 6.3L V12<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":140334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-678"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ferrari-458-LaFerrari-test-mule-with-a-6.3L-V12-01.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18055,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=18055","url_meta":{"origin":140331,"position":0},"title":"Ferrari 458 with a LaFerrari V12","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It would appear a very lucky Ferrari fan got his hands on a Ferrari 458 Italia mule used to test the LaFerrari V12 engine. 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