Salvini Slams Ferrari's 550,000-Euro Electric Luce as Critics Attack Its Design
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Updated · POLITICO Europe · May 26
Salvini Slams Ferrari's 550,000-Euro Electric Luce as Critics Attack Its Design
6 articles · Updated · POLITICO Europe · May 26
Matteo Salvini used a social media post to ridicule Ferrari's newly unveiled electric Luce, calling the 550,000-euro model anything but a real Ferrari.
The transport minister targeted both the car's styling and its positioning as innovation, saying its appearance "speaks for itself" and asking what founder Enzo Ferrari would think.
Ferrari's design choice has drawn criticism beyond the government, with former chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo and opposition lawmaker Carlo Calenda also rejecting the look of the fully electric model.
The backlash puts immediate political and symbolic pressure on Ferrari's first major electric launch in Italy, where the brand's identity remains closely tied to tradition and combustion-era design.
Is Ferrari's silent supercar a bold evolution, or has the brand lost its soul in the electric transition?
As rivals pump the brakes on EVs, is Ferrari's €550,000 gamble a visionary leap or a historic misfire?