Photo: X-Tomi Design
Usually, when we see a shooting brake rendering, we go off on a wild tangent about why it needs to happen. But that's not the case with the Portofino one. You see, Ferrari is one of the few companies out there that caved into this crazy idea.
Heritage has something to do with it, of course. But many other carmakers have two-door shooting brakes in their past, at least ones put together by coachbuilders. And nobody made a modern version.
But Ferrari replaced the 612 Scaglietti with the FF, the famous twin-gearbox AWD supercar. It was popular enough for a replacement, the new GTC4Lusso. Like its Bentley Continental GT rival, the Lusso comes with at least two flavors, the regular one, and a "downsized" V8.
So even though we like the vibe of the Portofino Shooting Brake by X-Tomi, it doesn't fit the picture. Sorry!
Ever since they made the California T, we thought there was nothing wrong with the entry-level Prancing Horse. However, they keep bombarding us with new models. First the 812 Superfast and now this. How will we remember all these weird names?
It is an amazing-looking design that tricks you into thinking it's a regular coupe. In fact, we'd go as far as to call it the only perfect convertible top in the world right now, at least from a design standpoint.
Like the old car, it's powered by a juicy twin-turbo 3.8-liter V8. However, it's more powerful, putting out 600 horsepower for a 0 to 62 time of 3.5 seconds. Besides 40 more HP, the engine has new con-rods, pistons, Variable Boost Management and clever intakes.
Rather than paying homage to the Americans, the Portofino is named after an Italian fishing village, known for its harbor and Christ of the Abyss, a sunken statue.
Other headline grabbers include being the "first GT in the range to be fitted with Electric Power Steering." Don't worry, this is Ferrari's third EPS car, and they got it right.
But Ferrari replaced the 612 Scaglietti with the FF, the famous twin-gearbox AWD supercar. It was popular enough for a replacement, the new GTC4Lusso. Like its Bentley Continental GT rival, the Lusso comes with at least two flavors, the regular one, and a "downsized" V8.
So even though we like the vibe of the Portofino Shooting Brake by X-Tomi, it doesn't fit the picture. Sorry!
Ever since they made the California T, we thought there was nothing wrong with the entry-level Prancing Horse. However, they keep bombarding us with new models. First the 812 Superfast and now this. How will we remember all these weird names?
It is an amazing-looking design that tricks you into thinking it's a regular coupe. In fact, we'd go as far as to call it the only perfect convertible top in the world right now, at least from a design standpoint.
Like the old car, it's powered by a juicy twin-turbo 3.8-liter V8. However, it's more powerful, putting out 600 horsepower for a 0 to 62 time of 3.5 seconds. Besides 40 more HP, the engine has new con-rods, pistons, Variable Boost Management and clever intakes.
Rather than paying homage to the Americans, the Portofino is named after an Italian fishing village, known for its harbor and Christ of the Abyss, a sunken statue.
Other headline grabbers include being the "first GT in the range to be fitted with Electric Power Steering." Don't worry, this is Ferrari's third EPS car, and they got it right.
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