Ferrari Luce, Maranello's first ever electric car
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jraines
52 minutes ago
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I’m a big fan of the interior & Ive design (and am not always a fan if his). The exterior is pretty cool from the front and back … but from the side and at angles it just doesn’t register as Ferrari at ALL. Seems to scream for a longer wheelbase but that’s not the whole issue. It just looks very mid-market from those angles.
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drfloyd51
32 minutes ago
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The gas engine Farraris are a pinnacle of design for an engine, gas tank, drive train, and human occupant.

It would have been trivial for Ferrari to just make their classic style but now, electric! And it would have been full of compromise.

Ferrari has made, in their opinion, the best design for the constraints and challenges of an Electric Vehicle. 4 motors, battery, human.

Good for them for putting real effort into it. And not just making a cash grab.

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throwaway85825
1 minute ago
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The 'best' is the best given the constraints. Constraints for EV are different so the best should be different, not the same but EV.
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frogperson
27 minutes ago
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Looks luke a cheap electric knockoff in some low budget racing game. It does not look like a ferrari at all.
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skhameneh
1 hour ago
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What is the target demographic? The specs seem... nice. Nothing particularly special compared to the likes of Lucid, etc.

The design though, it seems very... uninspired? It has hints of throwback in the design, but imo it does not have the look of luxury or sports car.

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addandsubtract
29 minutes ago
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The target demographic seems to be people wanting to buy a future Ferrari.
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throwaway85825
2 minutes ago
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Ugly as sin.
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manyatoms
42 minutes ago
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Why couldn't they have made it look like a normal Ferrari.

It's just a powertrain change why mess up all the styling.

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smackeyacky
33 minutes ago
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It’s a five seat nearly SUV despite Ferrari claiming it isn’t. It makes fake noises in sports mode like the other EVs, it seems to have only two features that come from Ferrari and that’s the quad rear lights and the yellow badge.

I’m not the target market for this and never will be but nobody is going to make a poster of that for a teenagers bedroom. Yuck.

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pryelluw
27 minutes ago
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Looks like a melted down Pontiac Aztec. Though, I don’t see Walter White forking over money for it.
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Zigurd
49 minutes ago
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If the battery is under the passenger compartment, you're pretty much stuck with a sedan-derived coupe look. The performance better be super ultra special, otherwise Ferrari had no need to make a car that looks like that.
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cromka
36 minutes ago
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Cars like this is why restomods are getting big
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dtagames
48 minutes ago
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It's lovely and I bet they sell every one they build.
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LetMeLogin
59 minutes ago
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Cleo Abrams dropped an interview with the creators:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-o0r2zSgCE

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tail_exchange
1 hour ago
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Maybe I just have a bad taste for cars, but this looks awful. Uninspiring. Looks like a Tesla with a Ferrari logo.

Edit: I do love the analog buttons in the interior though. I despise those big screens with all the controls, and no tactile feedback.

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sonofhans
57 minutes ago
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My kid, way into cars, says it looks like a cheap Camaro from the future.
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addandsubtract
16 minutes ago
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Teslas look better than this. It looks like a Prius with a Ferrari logo.
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Izikiel43
1 hour ago
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> Looks like a Tesla with a Ferrari logo.

Just saw it and wow, that's an accurate description. Gone is everything that makes a Ferrari a Ferrari

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eps
1 hour ago
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cmrdporcupine
59 minutes ago
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$600k and they still won't give you physical climate controls.

Parsimonious product design with IMHO out of date conception of what's "cool". I think Ive is pretty washed up at this point.

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m0nit0r
44 minutes ago
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I reall don't know if I like this or not.
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magiclaw
49 minutes ago
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Love the interior. Hate the exterior.
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coolgoose
50 minutes ago
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The front looks like a vacuum cleaner
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lnenad
1 hour ago
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I hate 20 inch, floating, glued to the dash tablets with such a passion. It cannot be such a huge monetary difference to have physical switches for the AC compared to this attention grabbing accident causing contraption that was never meant to be put in a human commandeered vehicle.
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sonofhans
54 minutes ago
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Yes, preach it! But … I think in fact it does make a huge difference economically. I don’t know what the bill of materials is, but imagine the difference between wiring into place (a) a touch screen, or (b) 40 physical controls.

I believe another motivation for manufacturers is that they can turn the car’s UI into a software problem, which from a human-centered design perspective means that they can throw it in the trash and never spend a dime on it.

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mtrovo
39 minutes ago
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We're talking about a 400k dollars car, maybe they could find a way to add this expense into the design.
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wlkr
41 minutes ago
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I also hate crappy car tablets. For context, though, according to the Ferrari CEO, they are 50% cheaper [0]. I'm not convinced that should matter on a premium badge car (or any car, given safety concerns), but that's for Ferrari's customers to decide.

[0]: https://www.thedrive.com/news/touch-controls-are-50-cheaper-...

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ardit33
38 minutes ago
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LMAO, this thing is so ugly. It looks like a generic Chinese EV. Interior looks good, but the exterior is just a boat. 5.05m long, 2m wide, 5000lbs heavy. Looks like a mix of the Jag Epace and the Mustang EV/Mache

Can't believe they are asking 600k for this thing.

It is almost like Ferrari is trying to punk its customers.

Ps. Everyone is hating it on FerrariChat

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