Ferrari Luce unveiled: Here's the first car from Jony Ive's design house - Engadget

Ferrari has revealed the completed luxury EV called the Luce after committing to build an EV. The cabin was designed by LoveFrom, founded by Jony Ive, with Marc Newson contributing, and it departs strongly from Ferrari’s current sports-car design language. The exterior is a larger stylistic shift and may not appeal to everyone. The Luce is sized and shaped like an SUV, with four doors and five seats, and it is Ferrari’s first prancing-horse vehicle to seat more than four people. Rear passengers access the back seat through suicide doors that hinge at the rear, with a button that can swing them shut. Headroom is somewhat limited, and a rear control pad mirrors the front’s design. Software controls are still largely non-functional during the initial preview.

"If the wild, Jony Ive- and Marc Newson-designed interior for the Ferrari Luce had you intrigued and wanting more, here's the payoff. After committing to build an EV last year, ignoring those earlier statements that it would never happen, Ferrari has finally given me a look at the entire finished product. As big a departure as that interior is from Ferrari's current suite of sports cars, the exterior is an even bigger step, one that not everyone is going to love."

"Whether you love it or hate it, you can likewise attribute Luce's exterior styling to LoveFrom, the design house founded by Jony Ive in 2019. Though this is LoveFrom's first full car design, it's actually Newson's second, following on the Ford 021C concept from 1999. That vehicle has a very different shape from the Luce, but it does feature doors that open the same way, and I'm picking up similar vibes from both."

"The Luce is definitely not a traditional sports car, more like an SUV in its size and shape, featuring four doors and five seats. It isn't Ferrari's first four-door; the Purosangue SUV bears that honor, but it is the first time a car with a prancing horse on the hood has seated more than four people. And it does so reasonably comfortably. The back seat is quite roomy, accessed via a pair of so-called suicide doors that hinge at the rear, making for a slightly more glamorous, less awkward entry to the back."

"I spent more time fiddling with those controls from the driver's seat, and I'm sorry to report the software is still largely non-functional at that point. The cheeky"

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