This is the 745bhp Mansory Pugnator Tricolore, and we apologise for bringing it to your attention
This is the 745bhp Mansory Pugnator Tricolore, and we apologise for bringing it to your attention
Mansory returns for its second go at tuning the Ferrari Purosangue. Decides it didn't add enough wings last time out
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How much do you like Italy? We bet you don't like it this much. Though, this tricolore abomination is the work of those zany Germans.
Because of course, it couldn't be anyone else but Mansory. Everyone's favourite love-to-hate tuner is back with its second attempt at modifying the Ferrari Purosangue, and this time it has really gone all out. Yep, if you thought the first Mansory Pugnator was... 'special', just wait until you get a proper look around this one.
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This thing is called the Mansory Pugnator Tricolore and it'll be limited to just three examples (although you may suggest that's three too many). It actually gets much of the same mods as the previous Pugnator, so you might recognise the ludicrously vented bonnet, the squared-off front air intakes and the arches and sills that make it look like at least four different bodykits have been merged into one.
The biggest change from the 'standard' Mansory effort (aside from that special Italian paintjob) is round the back, where it still gets the big double decker rear wing from the original Pugnator, but also adds an additional swan neck rear wing for good measure. Oh, and there's a monstrous new diffuser made from red tinted marbled carbon, plus a fresh quad-exit exhaust. Subtle.
We can't believe we're saying this, but the interior is actually slightly restrained by Mansory's standard. We just hope you like white leather. Like the other Pugnator, the 6.5-litre V12 is also breathed on with a new ECU to take power up to 745bhp and torque to 538lb ft. Should be plenty to flee the fuming tifosi.
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