(TestMiles) – In the quiet, petrol-perfumed lanes of Maranello, where Enzo Ferrari once walked and modern-day horsepower is sculpted like Michelangelo’s David, something astonishing just happened.

A single-speed reduction transmission is fitted and the electric motor in both models is a single one, driving the front wheels in true Mini tradition. The twin-turbo-V8-powered Ferrari Portofino uses ...