Ferrari Has Two New Special Supercars On The Way

Two New Trademarks Point To Special-Edition Ferraris

Ferrari isn’t known for imaginative model names. Typically, a new Ferrari car comes with wordsoup as a description (see 296 GTB, F80, F12berlinetta, et cetera), but the saving grace of these seemingly jumbled letters and numbers is that they hold meaning, albeit often tenuous. With that in mind, we have a task to accomplish: deciphering the meanings behind two new trademarks Ferrari has filed in Italy.

The names are SC40 and CZ26, and although all we have to go on are those eight characters, the fact that Ferrari names are never random should act as a guiding light.

CZ26 Sounds Very Specific

Both trademark applications include a request for use on cars, though whether the CZ26 or SC40 names are for limited-production or one-off vehicles remains to be seen. The Ferrari J50, for example, was a 10-unit special edition made to celebrate 50 years of Ferrari in Japan. Using that logic, “CZ” could refer to the Czech Republic, but Ferrari celebrated 25 years in the country in 2023, so we doubt the name refers to a limited run of 26 vehicles, or as a celebration of anything Ferrari-related in the country 25 years ago. Especially since the trademark was applied for in Italy.

Instead, it seems more likely that the letters refer to an individual buyer (if you know of any multi-millionaires with suitable initials, please get in touch). The digits could refer either to the production run or the year in which it will be revealed, or they could simply refer to the commissioning buyer’s birthdate; anything is possible.

Alternatively, maybe the number refers to the Ferrari 250 LM that won the 1966 Paris 1000 Km. This was wearing #26, and so have various past and present Ferrari entrants to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

SC40 Could Be Much More Interesting

The second trademark is for SC40, and that instantly sounds intriguing. Not only does it immediately call to mind the Ferrari F40, but S and C are numbers that have far more potential applications. Words like scuderia and corsa jump to mind, but again, anything could happen. Still, we’d like to pursue the theory of an F40 tribute. Scuderia Ferrari Formula One driver Sir Lewis Hamilton has expressed an interest in reinventing the F40 for the modern age, though the name F44 has been floated for this potential project.

The Ferrari F40 was launched almost 40 years ago, in 1987, and we doubt Ferrari would launch a tribute as important as that without the timing being perfect. 1985 was the year of the 3.2 Mondial variants, the 328 variants, and the 442 Gran Turismo, so we can’t see much inspiration from that era. Ferrari didn’t even exist in 1940, so there are no clues there either. Perhaps here, the numbers refer to displacement, right? Well, with Ferrari moving away from V8s in favor of V6s, and its V12 displacing some 6.5 liters, we still don’t have an answer.

We’ll just have to wait and see what Ferrari has planned. Until then, let’s argue in the comments.