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[–] tal@lemmy.today 64 points 1 month ago (4 children)

One account on X said: "Ferrari just killed their brand just like Jaguar did. This is straight to the junkyard trash."

"What is going on with European Luxury car manufacturers? First Jaguar and now Ferrari", another account posted.

But not all commentators were felt negatively about the new car, with one post saying: "Absolute masterclass in design. Ferrari just unveiled the breathtaking LUCE concept, and it is a total game changer."

Honestly, BBC, if you're going to aggregate statistics about tweets on Twitter, use it as some kind of crude poll, maybe you could get something useful that way.

But reporting on anecdotes about anonymous tweets for things like opinion seems of almost zero value from a news standpoint. If a tweet mentioned a fact that you could validate, say, that might have some value.

But what you're doing here is on-par with saying "someone on Twitter said that they liked chocolate ice cream, and someone else said that they didn't like chocolate ice cream". That just doesn't really seem newsworthy. I would say that it'd be surprising if you couldn't find posts of both sorts for virtually any topic.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 35 points 1 month ago

Twitter is also a Nazi bar full of peoole that take anything slightly less harmful for humanity as a personal attack.

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

User drolex started to read tal's comment on lemmy and responded with

lmao tl;dr

which shows that the range of cerebral capacities of users on the platform is extremely diverse

[–] paulcdb@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Its not hard to see what they’re doing…

First they add negative comments, then follow up with a positive post to seem like they’re being Impartial!

It’d be interesting to see how often the negative comments are put before the positive comments though because i’d guess it’s a lot higher than the reverse!

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[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 52 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Like, they just couldn't be bothered to make it good looking?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The stupidest thing is how Ferrari has historically gone to great lengths to make their cars sleek and pointy despite the need to accommodate big-ass radiators and engine intakes, yet just when using an electric drivetrain makes 'sleek and pointy' easy for them, they come out with this boxy shit instead!

And even worse, it's a sedan (which Ferrari has never made before). WTF.


Clearly, what happened here is that the bean-counters insisted that Ferrari needed to diversify into new market segments (both more practical cars and EVs) but somebody at the top hated the idea, so they did it in the most sabotaged, begrudging way possible. They didn't have the courage to make a proper two-seat electric sports car.

[–] TwodogsFighting 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Ferrari has in fact made several sedans.

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Well Sir Jony Ive did play a part in that design so yeah its shit.

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[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The sports car manufacturer's cycle of business:

  1. Lose revenue due to EV competition.
  2. Design EV that looks like a cotton candy/kid's toys version of your other cars.
  3. EV sells poorly.
  4. Scrap EV plans and return to non-EV lineup.
  5. Go back to 1.
[–] Tiral@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I'm genuinely curious about the reliability. I've been lucky enough to own a lot of cars in my life. I will tell you every somewhat modern/modern exotic car I've owned has been an absolute piece of over priced shit beyond "it looks and sounds cool''. I kid you not probably every other time I drove my Lamborghini Aventador with 5k miles some stupid shit would break, radiator hoses, electrical problems, misfires and they all cost stupid amounts of money to fix. While my 2002 Camry has 185k miles with only regular maintenance and I'd feel comfortable driving it across the US.

I get they're meant to be looked at ect, but if you can't design a radiator hose that lasts over 2 years and 5k miles you've got a serious engineering problem. Hell, I had a 68' mustang that still has the the OEM from the factory before I replaced it and it technically still was fine. Absolutely ridiculous, these things are like a bunch of expensive parts just bolted together like a 2nd grader did it.

Sorry for the rant. These cars are one of the few things that ligit get me pissed as an automotive lover.

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[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (18 children)

Is it possible to make an EV that doesn't look like a dorks version of a futuristic car? Just make it look normal and people will buy it.

[–] facelessbs@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel the I8 doesn’t look bad at all.

[–] baguette@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am pretty certain this is a hybrid.

[–] facelessbs@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You are 100% correct. My bad.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

This is the internet, double down and call them a slur.

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[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Ferrari execs, probably: "No, we have to make clear that we're modern™ and there's more to our cars than toxic masculinity!!!"

... which might even a good selling point for a lot of people, except for the kind of people who buy a Ferrari.

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (6 children)

You mean like regular EV’s? Because there is a whole bunch of them that look perfectly normal.

As for sports EV’a: I am quite liking the Audi GT.

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[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (6 children)

The new model departs from the look of typical

This is why most new EVs fail - they look like EVs rather than just a car.

BYD EVs look just like normal cars.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most European EV's look like real cars too.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 7 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Some are even the same car available as ICE or EV

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[–] TwodogsFighting 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a nice looking Peugeot.

[–] nlgranger@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Was thinking Honda but I agree that it fails to fit the design lineage of Ferrari.

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[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 month ago

Ferrari unveils first fully electric car

Not true. Other brands have had fully electric cars way before Ferrari.

/jk I know what it means, I just read it like this the first time and made me giggle.

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Looks boring and generic, you are Ferrari ffs... Give me fins, lasers, cool interiors, fucking something to make it stand out. Who wants this?

Jaguar did this too, making boring EVs with none of the signature styling that the brand is famous for, and then proceeded to tank.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They know what we want, but they deny us at every turn.

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[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What the actual fuck is this

I love electric cars, prefer them over gasoline, but a Ferrari should look like a Ferrari

The chassis/vision design concept artist should be moved to a different division....

[–] tal@lemmy.today 8 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I don't have a dog in this race, but I would point out that styles do change.

A Ferrari from 1947:

1960:

1980:

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

10/10 would have beckoned Barbie to go celebrating

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Carmakers including Ford and Volkswagen have doubled down on petrol cars, especially in the US, due to...regulatory changes under President Donald Trump, who has cut incentives for EV buyers.

I'm pretty confident that if you're buying a $640,000 car, you place little relative value on a $7,500 tax credit. It being present or not is under a 1.2% price difference. That particular factor probably isn't very relevant as regards cars like these.

[–] placebo@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago (6 children)

People are shitting on it as if they were planning to buy one, but now they have to find another EV for $640k lol. I like it.

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[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jony Ive has done the impossible, he made a Ferrari that looks bland. Way to go!

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[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This design is getting slandered, damn. Personally I think it looks absolutely sick, but for a brand like Ferrari I'm not sure it's a good move. It has that electric car look, which makes it seem less exclusive. I'd totally want one if I needed a car and it was actually affordable, but given the price it probably should've looked more exclusive.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is it just me or is this paragraph confusing as fuck with regards to the time form?

Ferrari plans to roll out the electric vehicle (EV) after previously ruling out such a move, opting instead to make hybrid cars that are powered by both petrol and electricity.

My ESL ass would have written it more like this

Ferrari plans to roll out the electric vehicle (EV) after having previously ruled out such a move. At the time they opted instead to make hybrid cars that are powered by both petrol and electricity.

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[–] nevetsg@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

It looks like an AI interpretation of an Electric Ferrari.

[–] l3m05@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This car is not very beautiful, but it looks like interesting for me. Like a car from the future e.g. "ghost in the shell" etc.

The normal Ferrari design is... boring (every sports car has the same look). This is new and fresh design. Everybody speaks/love/hate it and I think that is a good promotion for Ferrari.

And the most of car designs are created for fuels engines, but this used e-engines... Smaller and lighter. They doesn't need the old forme anymore and the designer have so new interesting options.

I think that could borne a new design era. In- and outside.

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[–] Sawblade02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

I love that they're trying new stuff but it's weird thinking about the Daytona SP3 and that being from the same company. It reminds me of those slippers they make Japanese kids wear in school.

[–] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doesn't look bad to me. The color layout reminds me of Star Trek uniforms.

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