Ferrari Could Bring Back Gated Manual But One Catch May Upset Purists

By Team Dailyrevs April 10, 2025

Ferrari is considering putting a clutch pedal back in its cars after a decade-long absence.
Only the limited-run and hugely expensive Icona heritage models would get manual option.
Product development boss says engine torque would be limited to make the clutch pushable.

Ferrari has shown with the design of the new 12Cilindri and Icona models like the SP3 Daytona that it’s not above reviving classic exterior design details to make us really lust after its new cars. But now it could be about to resurrect something even more evocative: the gated manual transmission.

It’s been 13 years since Ferrari offered a new car with a manual ’box, a decision it made partly because the faster, more efficient paddle-shift alternatives were a better marketing fit with its forward-looking F1 program, and partly because the brutal truth is most buyers didn’t want to row their own gears.

But now product development boss Gianmaria Fulgenzi has admitted that some of its customers are pushing hard for the return of a manual option, and for once, Ferrari is actually listening.

“In terms of mechanical gearchanges, it’s something that could be in the future, depending on product,” Fulgenzi told Australian website Car Sales. Sadly for Ferrari fans who are merely wealthy, rather than absurdly rich, that ‘product’ won’t be one of the brand’s regular production models like the 299 or 12Cilindri.

Fulgenzi said if the manual did ever return it would “probably [be on] an Icona car, because it’s a car that represent our heritage, a car to be admired and to be driven in a certain way.”