Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna has confirmed that the Ferrari Purosangue SUV will be revealed in September - do you think a high-riding four-door can ever be a true Ferrari?
) that endows the car with not only Ferrari levels of performance and dynamic ability but also the space, comfort and user-friendly cabin required of an SUV.
“The challenge is to open a new segment for Ferrari,” said Leiters. “We always have very, very sharp positioning. It helps to develop cars in a certain, focused manner and easily decide certain trade-offs. “The trade-off decision is totally different for us here. We will have totally new engineering challenges.” Plug-in hybrid technology is also set to feature as pressure grows to cut emissions, with the powertrain to be derived from that of the new V6-powered Ferrari 296 GTB, though a version of the electrified V8 used by the SF90 is on the cards. Ferrari aims to increase the sales share of its- and already its line-up is split 50:50 between pure-combustion and hybrid models.
All the Ferrari GT models, including the SUV, will get a completely new interior layout based around what the firm calls an ‘eyes on the road, hands on the wheel’ approach. Among the features will be a new steering wheel design, new infotainment, a head-up display, new instruments, new ways of operating the cabin controls, rear-seat entertainment and improved ingress and egress.
Head of design Flavio Manzoni said the designers have been working with engineering right from the start to ensure optimum proportions for what is set to be a controversial model for the brand.
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