Growing up, I was told that when buying a car it’s important it looks sexy from behind. Well, I’m glad to say that – although I highly doubt I’ll ever afford one being a writer and all – the latest prancing horse looks damn fine from every angle.

The all-new GTC4Lusso is the latest offer from Ferrari and it’s set to debut at the Geneva Motor Show in the first week of March. The car, which will replace the outgoing FF, has four seats and some other aspects that you can only expect from Maranello:

The 6.2-liter V12 engine cranks out 680 horsepower when you rev it up to 8,000 rpm (where you know it sounds glorious), enough to send you from 0 to 62 mph in 3.4 seconds. Top speed is equally stratospheric at a claimed 207 mph.

Although there’s nothing new in those specs, the car sports a control system called 4RM-S which delivers four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering.

Ferrari says the system provides “the exhilaration of Ferrari driving anywhere, anytime, anyhow.” Although the GTC4 Lusso marks the first time anyone’s packed AWD and 4WS (and how’s that for alphabet soup?) into the same car, the steering riffs on an idea automakers have played with intermittently since Honda introduced the tech to the masses with the Prelude Si 4WS.

I’m not one to really know what all this means so here’s more on that four-wheel thing:

When you’ve got four-wheel steering on board, two things can happen.

At low speeds, the rear wheels turned slightly in the opposite direction from the front wheels. This tightens the turning radius and makes little moves like parking easier. It’s commonly used on way big machines like monster trucks and tractors.

At speed, the rear wheels turn in the same direction as those up front, improving stability. (Or, as The New York Times wrote in 1987: “You simply think about where you want to be and you are there.”)

Although the Ferrari has yet to reveal the price, the FF came in at just under $300 000. Casual.

[source: wired]