Ferrari Luce (EV)

Jean Claude Vaaldamme said:
Half of the hate comes from the fact that an Apple designer was part of it. Just read this thread and see the Apple haters.
Secondly many people don't understand who buys Ferrari's.
Every second clown and TikTok star have a Lamborghini.
Owning a Ferrari give you exclusivity. People pay more for that, so they not part of the clowns.
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You are displaying classic symptoms of Apple Derangement Syndrome, making this about Apple when the reality is this is just a ridiculous looking car.
"Former Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo told reporters on Tuesday that the Luce is "risking the destruction of a legend" and the firm should remove its iconic badge from the car."
 
DodgeThis said:
You are displaying classic symptoms of Apple Derangement Syndrome, making this about Apple when the reality is this is just a ridiculous looking car.
"Former Ferrari chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo told reporters on Tuesday that the Luce is "risking the destruction of a legend" and the firm should remove its iconic badge from the car."
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If Ferrari was doing a Jaguar-esque reboot then he'd have a point as far as Ferrari is concerned. This isn't that though. I wouldn't put too much stock in an ousted chairman.
 
quovadis said:
If Ferrari was doing a Jaguar-esque reboot then he'd have a point as far as Ferrari is concerned. This isn't that though. I wouldn't put too much stock in an ousted chairman.
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Montezemolo was Ferrari chairman for more than 20 years, before resigning. The industry consesus has been that this a butt ugly car. Ferrari lost $5 billion in market value after the Luce was unveiled, an overwhelming downvote. Despite all that you do not "put much stock in all those assessments" because you and your 2 sidekicks upvoting you know better?

Beauty is subjective, so if you are one of the minority that thinks this car looks good you are entitled to your opinion.. My comment was in response to @Jean Claude Vaaldamme when he said "Half of the hate comes from the fact that an Apple designer was part of it. Just read this thread and see the Apple haters.". So now we have to like the car to defend Apple's honour? Laughable and ridiculous.
 
DodgeThis said:
Montezemolo was Ferrari chairman for more than 20 years, before resigning. The industry consesus has been that this a butt ugly car. Ferrari lost $5 billion in market value after the Luce was unveiled, an overwhelming downvote. Despite all that you do not "put much stock in all those assessments" because you and your 2 sidekicks upvoting you know better?

Beauty is subjective, so if you are one of the minority that thinks this car looks good you are entitled to your opinion.. My comment was in response to @Jean Claude Vaaldamme when he said "Half of the hate comes from the fact that an Apple designer was part of it. Just read this thread and see the Apple haters.". So now we have to like the car to defend Apple's honour? Laughable and ridiculous.
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He was forced to resign and he has been bitching about Ferrari ever since. As for the stock price you really should consider the loss in context of the previous gains and its performance overall. As for the rest, success will be measured by sales - and indications are that the allocations are sold out and the industry consensus still hasn't said **** about how it drives, curious that.
 
HAL 9000 said:
Back in the previous century, this AI-generated rendition reveals that there COULD have been a stylish 5-door / 5-seater station wagon from Ferrari that looked WAY better than their latest EV abomination from Jony Ive... ;)
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Pity you don't know that Ferrari had one. Designed by Pininfarina as a concept - it was called the Ferrari Pinin and they built 1 in 1980.

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I'm sure a few here would be vomitting everywhere when compared to the 1980 308 GTSI...

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DodgeThis said:
Montezemolo was Ferrari chairman for more than 20 years, before resigning. The industry consesus has been that this a butt ugly car. Ferrari lost $5 billion in market value after the Luce was unveiled, an overwhelming downvote. Despite all that you do not "put much stock in all those assessments" because you and your 2 sidekicks upvoting you know better?

Beauty is subjective, so if you are one of the minority that thinks this car looks good you are entitled to your opinion.. My comment was in response to @Jean Claude Vaaldamme when he said "Half of the hate comes from the fact that an Apple designer was part of it. Just read this thread and see the Apple haters.". So now we have to like the car to defend Apple's honour? Laughable and ridiculous.
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LOL OK genius. Here are Ferrari share price for 6 months.
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Hannes dropped his opinion piece:

Ferrari Luce: Even heroes have off days

How did Ferrari get its first-ever EV, the Luce, so wrong? Or is Ferrari right and we are wrong? Or maybe two wrongs make a right? What’s the question again?

My first response upon seeing the new Ferrari Luce was not one of disgust. In fact, I barely raised an eyebrow. Viewing that first gallery on my Instagram feed over breakfast, I thought it was just more AI slop and not worthy of any emotional investment. But then there was another post. And then a reel. And then another. I started to wonder … surely this could not be real?

A few minutes later, the authenticity of the posts confirmed, I was immersed in the Internet’s response to Ferrari’s first-ever EV. Between gulps of coffee, I could not help but giggle, until my 14-year old daughter, who has grown up with cars, because she has grown up with me, asked me why. I showed her a picture of the Luce and told her it was the new Ferrari. She giggled, too (not at the picture, but at me, thinking I was joking), then shrugged and said, “But that’s not a Ferrari!”

That kind of response really sums up the situation. Whether we are passionate petrolheads or merely “alive”, we all know what Ferrari represents, and the Luce, quite evidently, is not that.

Ferrari’s share price slumped in the days following the Luce’s reveal, rival brands are mocking the Prancing Horse (even Kitkat and Toblerone joined in), and passionate Ferraristi are up in arms. Perhaps most concerning (for Ferrari) will be the thinly veiled criticism levelled at the Luce by its highly respected former chairman, Luca di Montezemolo. He said; “If I were to say what I really think, it would be unpleasant. I hope someone removes the Prancing Horse from that car. We risk destroying a legend. At least the Chinese won’t copy it!”

 
FiestaST said:
Hannes dropped his opinion piece:

Ferrari Luce: Even heroes have off days

How did Ferrari get its first-ever EV, the Luce, so wrong? Or is Ferrari right and we are wrong? Or maybe two wrongs make a right? What’s the question again?

My first response upon seeing the new Ferrari Luce was not one of disgust. In fact, I barely raised an eyebrow. Viewing that first gallery on my Instagram feed over breakfast, I thought it was just more AI slop and not worthy of any emotional investment. But then there was another post. And then a reel. And then another. I started to wonder … surely this could not be real?

A few minutes later, the authenticity of the posts confirmed, I was immersed in the Internet’s response to Ferrari’s first-ever EV. Between gulps of coffee, I could not help but giggle, until my 14-year old daughter, who has grown up with cars, because she has grown up with me, asked me why. I showed her a picture of the Luce and told her it was the new Ferrari. She giggled, too (not at the picture, but at me, thinking I was joking), then shrugged and said, “But that’s not a Ferrari!”

That kind of response really sums up the situation. Whether we are passionate petrolheads or merely “alive”, we all know what Ferrari represents, and the Luce, quite evidently, is not that.

Ferrari’s share price slumped in the days following the Luce’s reveal, rival brands are mocking the Prancing Horse (even Kitkat and Toblerone joined in), and passionate Ferraristi are up in arms. Perhaps most concerning (for Ferrari) will be the thinly veiled criticism levelled at the Luce by its highly respected former chairman, Luca di Montezemolo. He said; “If I were to say what I really think, it would be unpleasant. I hope someone removes the Prancing Horse from that car. We risk destroying a legend. At least the Chinese won’t copy it!”

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"At least the Chinese won’t copy it!”"


This has to be the biggest burn of any up-market car, ever.
 
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