That looks ugly as fuck.
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It really does, especially for $640,000. I don't understand why no one is making EVs that look like most vehicles. I can kind of understand it if they only make EVs (I guess) but companies like Ferrari couldn't just slap some batteries in a normal looking Ferrari body?
I hate to give them credit, but Ford did this the best with the Lightning imo. It looks nearly identical to the ICE version. I think their goal with that was to save on manufacturing by just using the same body, but I'll take it.
It really does, especially for $640,000.
If China made something this ugly for $25,000 it would be a meme.
Absolutely this, if I was forced to get a car I would want a BYD
why no one is making EVs that look like most vehicles
VW, PSA/Fiat/Dodge/Opel/Vauxhall (half of stellantis basically), Audi, BMW, Kia/Hyundai, Renault (for the most part), Nissan, Mitsubishi, Honda (their small SUVs), Acura, Mazda, Mini (though their recent redesigns are ugly as fuck), Volvo, hell even new Smart models are like a scaled down FX.
There's a good amount of normal, the problem is trying to design outlandish stuff just for the sake of it. Look at Lancia's PuRa concept car, then their new Ypsilon, that's what happens when you do it for the love of the game. And they're not doing a flagship yet which is imo the best iteration of that design.
But instead of consistency and pleasing basic shapes Ferrari made a cross between a Watch Dogs car and a cheap gaming mouse.
Cadillac Lyriq and Chevy Equinox look like typical SUVs.
Seriously, looks like shit. This might be the ugliest Ferrari ever made.
Looks like a child's toy that someone (very lazily) slapped Ferrari design language onto (mainly applied via stickers). Seriously, it's got the proportions of a cheap remote controlled toy car. The kind you find at the dollar store.
If Ferrari wanted people to buy into the idea of electric Ferraris, they needed to start with a super-crazy looking, bonkers fast halo car. Something they could legitimately market as 'the fastest Ferrari ever made'. Something along the lines of the Rimac Nevera. A sleek hypercar with record-breaking performance. Fuck range, fuck practicality -- just make it beautiful and make it FAST. Then, once they'd established the reputation, they could move electrification gradually downmarket and maybe eventually introduce something like this car ... though hopefully still not as ugly.
Starting with this, though... Nobody is going to take electric Ferraris seriously, not for at least a decade after this. Is that their perverse goal? Maybe the engineers and designers involved in this project hated the idea of electric Ferraris so much that they made sure Ferrari would never make another one? Forced to make an electric model by upper management, they made sure to sabotage the project and make Ferrari give up on electrification for good.
Italians are famous for fucking around with compliance laws. So they designed hideous, overpriced EV they won't actually have to make. But we all know someone in Miami will buy one.
But we all know someone in Miami will buy one.
Honestly, might end up being a good investment.
As ugly and horrible as it is, it's still a Ferrari, and likely to become an ultra-rare one at that, since they sure aren't going to sell many. And no matter how bad it is, I bet there will still be a strong collector's market for an ultra-rare Ferrari.
And, anyway, someday in the next few decades, Ferrari will almost certainly do the electrification thing properly. They'll eventually have to, just to stay relevant. And after that's done, this abomination of a car will perhaps become even more valuable to collectors: the ultra rare first-ever electric Ferrari. Plus, the oldest, most 'classic' Ferrari you're allowed to drive in EV-only zones. Not that anyone will drive it, of course. Gotta keep that collector's value high.
At first glance it looks a bit like a budget sports-car.
But looking closer it gets worse. Like WTF is with those vipers?
A normal hood to hide them under would have been way better looking, and the rest of the car is almost stereotypical basic sports car, with no design features to make it stand out, except the giant glass windshield that doesn't even look good.
My guess is it was supposed to look exclusive by being elegant, but the elegance failed, which makes it just look simple.
created in collaboration with the LoveFrom agency founded by former Apple design chief Sir Jony Ive.
No more love for pininfarina (or the other italian design houses) ? I mean this looks like an apple iCar, but guessing that's the point. With 12cilindri as their last V12 they may have figured gearhead days are coming to an end and they started pivoting to rich tech-bros.
To be fair the interior smart console did reintroduce physical buttons which is pretty cool
I suppose we all just learned what the opposite of pininfarina styling is 😐
Pininfarina designed the 80s cheese graters. He peaked in the 70s.
It's actually growing on me. 🫣
Like mold, or a rash.
$640,000 (£474,320)?!
jesus christ man, what the fuck is that price tag.
That color and design isn't worth it IMO.
It's a Ferrari price tag, I'm surprised they even tell you how much it is publicly.
Ferrari are one of the brands who increase sales by raising prices.
They don't sell cars, they sell exclusivity. Even if you stole enough money on Wall street, they won't sell you the car you want, they will force you to buy a car just to get on the list to buy the car you want.
Then when you buy that car....you can't sell it, you can't even paint it.
Everything about that design says "We normal gasoline people made this side show for those EV freaks".
There's a reason they never made a baby blue F40.
Seriously, that colour is for a target audience that doesn't actually exist, so assuming they do want to sell an EV, I'll reserve my opinion for a red version that looks meaner than a GTO or F50.
Next step: They'll claim there's "no demand" for an EV, while the real reason it doesn't sell is because they chose the ugliest car colour on earth.
Tuscano blu has always been a Ferrari color.
This is a compliance car to meet fleet C02 outputs. They made it overpriced and ugly so they don't have to actually choke back bile and make them.