We were expecting Ferrari to enter the electric era — really, it was only a matter of time. What we weren't expecting was the 2027 Ferrari Luce becoming the next Mondial pretty much right away.
The 2027 Luce marks a massive departure from Ferrari in a few key ways. For starters, while they're certainly no strangers to electrification, this is Ferrari's first pure EV. It uses a 122 kWh battery pack and four electric motors — one on each axle — to produce 972 horspower. Activate launch control and that's bumped to 1,035 hp, ensuring a zero-to-100 km/h run in 2.5 seconds.
On range and charging, Ferrari rates the Luce at 531 kilometres based on European testing, and its 800-volt architecture can juice up the battery at speeds of up to 350 kW, though the marque hasn't specified how quickly a 10-to-80 per cent charge happens.
Keeping the shiny side up is full torque vectoring, big brakes at each corner, the largest wheels supposedly ever fitted to a Ferrari — 23s up front, and 24s out back — plus rear-wheel steering and an active suspension setup derived from the F80.
Perhaps more interesting — seemingly every performance-minded EV puts out 1,000 horsepower and does 0-60 in two seconds these days — is the Luce's soundtrack. Rather than mimicking an internal combusion engine, Ferrari developed a new trick that captures mechanical sounds from inside the motors, processes it by magnifying, equalizing, and filtering sound waves on the fly, and amplifies it inside the cabin and out, not entirely unlike an electric guitar.
Perhaps even more interesting is the 2027 Luce's interior. The whole car was penned by LoveFrom, a California-based design firm created by two former Apple execs. Ferrari hinted at the interior prior to the Luce's full reveal; the emphasis on physical controls and usability in addition to the digital real estate is refreshing. Touches like the toggle switches, thin-rimmed steering wheel, and soft corners look and feel tastefully retro, and the Luce's skateboard platform translates to four doors and five seats.
LoveFrom also penned the Luce's exterior — which has proven to be more contentious than the electric powertrain. Many thoughts have been shared about the Luce's appearance, so we'll leave you with this: the wheels are our favourite part of the design. Not the optional turbines, but the standard five-spoke design — bring back simple five-spoke wheels with perfect fitment — well, as perfect as government regulations allow.
The 2027 Ferrari Luce goes on sale later this year in Europe, followed by spring 2027 for North America. If you have to ask how much it'll cost, you can't afford it.
