AMID a prolonged doc outlining the success of its 2021 monetary 12 months outcomes, Ferrari has let slip the manufacturing timing of its extremely secretive Purosangue SUV. The doc reveals that the mannequin will “begin manufacturing in 2022 with (first) deliveries beginning in 2023”.
Till now, Ferrari has been tight lipped on the arrival of its first-ever SUV. The Purosangue – Italian for ‘pure blood’ – joins an extended line of SUVs from luxurious and sportscar producers together with Aston Martin, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, Rolls-Royce and others, and is predicted so as to add additional revenue to the Prancing Horse marque’s backside line.
Formed extra intently to an Audi A6 Allroad or Subaru Outback than a conventional SUV, the Purosangue will doubtless pack naturally aspirated V12 energy courtesy of the identical 588kW 6.5-litre unit discovered within the Ferrari 812.
There’s additionally the likelihood the mannequin might be supplied with each V12 and turbocharged V8 energy, however neither have been confirmed from the, er, horse’s mouth.
It’s understood the Purosangue – which is predicted to be constructed on Ferrari’s Roma platform – will doubtless transfer to hybridised and even fully-electric energy sooner or later, the Maranello-based model tipped to have designed a future-proofed platform able to assembly the calls for of an electrified driveline for its high-riding five-door, probably as early as 2024.
The three.0-litre turbocharged V6 hybrid launched within the 296 GTB final June – which develops a meaty 610kW and 740Nm – is purported to function as an possibility within the Purosangue, the mannequin additionally supplied together with all-wheel drive.
In reality, the Purosangue can also be broadly tipped to supply an all-wheel drive configuration as commonplace, following the development set by the FF and different bigger GT fashions. It’s unclear, nonetheless, whether or not the SUV will use the identical advanced all-paw system supplied in these fashions or utilise a less complicated, extra conventional all-wheel drive system commonplace in different manufacturers.
As for Ferrari’s 2021 monetary outcomes, the information is nice. The Italian firm totalled shipments of 11,155 items in 2021, up 2036 items or 22.3 per cent on the 12 months prior. Gross sales of eight-cylinder automobiles had been up 34.6 per cent on 2021 with V12 gross sales falling 16.1 per cent due primarily to the lowered quantity of the 812 Superfast which was phased out during the last 12 months.
Ferrari says all geographic areas by which it sells reported double digit development by way of to December 2021. EMEA markets rose 14 per cent, the Americas 21.8 per cent, the rest of the APAC markets 27.2 per cent, and mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan up a mixed 97.1 per cent on the earlier 12 months.
Web revenues for 2021 had been listed at 4.3 billion Euro ($A6.7 billion), an increase of 26.0 per cent. Ferrari attributes a lot of the expansion to what it says is “a richer product combine greater than offset by the detrimental influence from the Monza SP1 and SP2 part out”.
The corporate is predicted to start deliveries of the Purosangue and the Daytona SP3 within the latter a part of 2022 or early 2023.
