What makes a Ferrari a Ferrari?
The discussions surrounding the new Ferrari Luce show that many fans of the brand from Maranello no longer see the Luce as a real Ferrari.
With its exclusively electric drive and completely new design language, the new car, which is over five meters long, is not easy to digest.
However, the sports car manufacturer with the rearing horse has already undergone upheavals before.
The Ferrari 308 GTB or the 365 GT/4 BB, for example, could also have turned up their noses, as they also used a fairly new design language. Even a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, which today is one of the most popular classics from Maranello, broke with design traditions.
And there was already a four-door Ferrari with the Pinin (pictured above), albeit only as a one-off by Pininfarina. Enzo Ferrari himself wanted to put it into production! With the Purosangue, Ferrari brought an SUV onto the market, which is also not exactly in line with the manufacturer's DNA. At least the Purosangue still has a V12 engine, which is typical for Ferrari.
And what about the more recent hybrid sports cars, which neither use an engine that has its roots in motor racing, nor have a design that was common at Ferrari with the help of Pininfarina for decades?
And is a Ferrari without a splitter gearbox even possible? The sales successes of recent years prove that buyers can do without it.
In any case, changes of direction are the rule rather than the exception for car manufacturers. Maserati, for example, decided at the end of the 1950s to focus on road-going GT vehicles instead of racing cars and their uncompromising modifications for the road. And in the mid-sixties, they even dared to present a four-door saloon. And nobody shouted that this was no longer a Maserati.
Even when Porsche launched the Panamera and Cayenne models on the market, the love for the classic 911 didn't stop and nobody said that Ferdinand Porsche was now turning in his grave. So people were reasonably tolerant and at most turned up their noses a little.
Perhaps Ferrari also needs to be a little more tolerant? Let's see how business develops around the Luce, whether there are buyer segments that want exactly this car. Perhaps in a few years we will be happy about the Luce, because it was precisely this model that attracted new groups of buyers who saved the sports car brand and its products. Let's see ...
P.S. We find the discussion about the Ferrari Luce extremely exciting and are already looking forward to the next opinions expressed by our readers!
