Just so you know, we didn’t plan on having such an onslaught of Ferrari news this week—things just sort of worked out this way. Not that we’re complaining, mind you—especially when said news includes word that the next front-engined V12 Ferrari sports car will be making more power than a Lamborghini Aventador.

As with the report that the Enzo’s replacement will use a mid-mounted V12, this comes straight from Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa. Felisa said the new V12 model, which will be made primarily out of aluminum alloys, will indeed offer more than 700 horsepower—”but it’s not because of the Aventador,” he told Car and Driver. “We are selling cars, not horsepower,” he said. Of course. Just as Ford’s decision to bump up the Shelby GT500′s engine has absolutely nothing at all to do with the Camaro ZL1 leapfrogging its power output.

The new Ferrari (code-named F152) is expected to be revealed next year, with an official debut likely to come at the Geneva Motor Show in March. If the Enzo replacement also shows up next year, as many believe it will, 2012 could prove one incredible year for V12 Ferraris. [via Car and Driver]