Photo: alexandre.cgartist / Instagram
While extremely picky with its customers and models, Ferrari is actually building a lot of current models – F8, Roma, 296 GTB, 812 Superfast, SF90 Stradale, Monza SP1 & SP2, plus the Daytona SP3.
Note that all of these are sports and supercars – with an engine at the front or mid-rear, with or without electrification, and mostly with just two doors and two seats. The Purosangue's arrival represents the only exception from the norm – Ferrari's first SUV.
It uses the same platform as the Roma model, but Type F175 is heavily adapted for its ultra-luxury crossover SUV role as it competes with other four-door high-performance SUVs like the Aston Martin DBX, Lamborghini Urus, or BMW XM label Red. While sporty at heart, it also takes a jab at Rolls-Royce's Cullinan with its rear-hinged, front-opening rear doors.
Under the hood is the 6.5-liter F140IA V12 engine with no less than 715 horsepower and power sent to all four wheels through an eight-speed Magna dual-clutch transmission – and Ferrari claims their Purosangue will zip to 62 mph (100 kph) in just 3.3 seconds on its way to a top speed of 193 mph (around 311 kph). There's also an unusual AWD arrangement, the same as in the FF and GTC4 Lusso – it reverts to RWD after the first four gears and beyond 200 kph (124 mph).
So, does one exception from the norm represent any cause for worrying? Probably not, since Ferrari just had to follow the most recent precepts of the automotive industry, which call for an ultra-luxury SUV in the range. However, there is one thing they don't have yet – a pure EV. While the plug-in hybrid sector is well represented at Ferrari, no Prancing Horse is rocking just battery power and nothing else, at least, not in the real world.
Across the imaginative realm of digital car content creators, meanwhile, Ferrari has recently joined the ranks of those who battle Tesla for EV supremacy. Luckily, we are not presented with the vision of a Ferrari rivaling the likes of Tesla's Model Y or X. Instead, we see the dream of a Ferrari that could easily fend off the upcoming Tesla Roadster 2. As such, we get to see the' Alto' design project thanks to Alexandre Bernini, a digital automotive designer better known as alexandre.cgartist on social media, who is back with a collaborative effort for a Ferrari EV.
If it reminds you of that popular smartphone game (Alto's Odyssey), that's just a coincidence – instead, the pixel master and his partner Alban Lerailler (lerailler_design on social media) were inspired by music. In Italian, 'alto' means high, which is the part above the tenor and its associated vocal range. That's kind of funny, though, since a full EV is usually a lot more silent than a woman contralto or countertenor!
Anyway, it's their unofficial design project, so they can choose whatever name they want. I am more worried about their constant teasing over the past ten days and the fact that their promised full reveal only shows the hypothetical Ferrari Alto full EV sports car from the profile. Yeah, I know it's set in a luxurious Ferrari-labeled environment, but that doesn't help much with our curiousness. As such, we don't know anything about the interior layout or the potential powertrain that would presumably make it worthy of the Prancing Horse designation.
It uses the same platform as the Roma model, but Type F175 is heavily adapted for its ultra-luxury crossover SUV role as it competes with other four-door high-performance SUVs like the Aston Martin DBX, Lamborghini Urus, or BMW XM label Red. While sporty at heart, it also takes a jab at Rolls-Royce's Cullinan with its rear-hinged, front-opening rear doors.
Under the hood is the 6.5-liter F140IA V12 engine with no less than 715 horsepower and power sent to all four wheels through an eight-speed Magna dual-clutch transmission – and Ferrari claims their Purosangue will zip to 62 mph (100 kph) in just 3.3 seconds on its way to a top speed of 193 mph (around 311 kph). There's also an unusual AWD arrangement, the same as in the FF and GTC4 Lusso – it reverts to RWD after the first four gears and beyond 200 kph (124 mph).
So, does one exception from the norm represent any cause for worrying? Probably not, since Ferrari just had to follow the most recent precepts of the automotive industry, which call for an ultra-luxury SUV in the range. However, there is one thing they don't have yet – a pure EV. While the plug-in hybrid sector is well represented at Ferrari, no Prancing Horse is rocking just battery power and nothing else, at least, not in the real world.
Across the imaginative realm of digital car content creators, meanwhile, Ferrari has recently joined the ranks of those who battle Tesla for EV supremacy. Luckily, we are not presented with the vision of a Ferrari rivaling the likes of Tesla's Model Y or X. Instead, we see the dream of a Ferrari that could easily fend off the upcoming Tesla Roadster 2. As such, we get to see the' Alto' design project thanks to Alexandre Bernini, a digital automotive designer better known as alexandre.cgartist on social media, who is back with a collaborative effort for a Ferrari EV.
If it reminds you of that popular smartphone game (Alto's Odyssey), that's just a coincidence – instead, the pixel master and his partner Alban Lerailler (lerailler_design on social media) were inspired by music. In Italian, 'alto' means high, which is the part above the tenor and its associated vocal range. That's kind of funny, though, since a full EV is usually a lot more silent than a woman contralto or countertenor!
Anyway, it's their unofficial design project, so they can choose whatever name they want. I am more worried about their constant teasing over the past ten days and the fact that their promised full reveal only shows the hypothetical Ferrari Alto full EV sports car from the profile. Yeah, I know it's set in a luxurious Ferrari-labeled environment, but that doesn't help much with our curiousness. As such, we don't know anything about the interior layout or the potential powertrain that would presumably make it worthy of the Prancing Horse designation.
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