Can the Ferrari Luce be saved with tuning?
Before grabbing carbon fiber, it’s worth asking: can the new electric Ferrari Luce be saved at all? We doubt it. But tuning ateliers, which never wait for permission, have already started sketching ways to redesign the controversial five-seat Ferrari.
Body kit details from Venuum
These renders were created by the atelier Venuum from the UAE, which sells a wide selection of body kits for exotic cars, including the Ferrari Purosangue and Rolls-Royce Wraith, and will soon present a wide body kit for the Bugatti Chiron. In the transformation of the new Luce, they imagined it with a multitude of new body panels. And although the look has become aggressive, it resembles a “pimped” Japanese sedan more than a car worthy of the Ferrari badge.
Modifications start at the front, where Venuum created a carbon splitter for the electric car, as well as a pair of carbon canards. The car also received widened front wheel arches and carbon side skirts. Strange air vents on the front doors are also trimmed with carbon for a true tuning look.
The rear part and overall impression
The rear part doesn’t look much better. In addition to the widened arches, Venuum added a fixed rear wing and an aggressive rear diffuser, also made of carbon.
From bad to worse
It’s unclear whether Venuum plans to release a kit for the Luce that will look exactly like this, although it seems inevitable. Many other tuning specialists will also release body kits for this car, trying to make it look more like a real Ferrari. Will any of these kits be able to make the five-seat electric car Italian, rather than something that even the Chinese wouldn’t dare to copy? We’ll see.
Currently, conversations about the Luce’s design are mostly negative. Ferrari can only hope that the interior and the way the car drives will be convincing enough to attract buyers.
Photo: Venuum
For now, the tuning market is actively looking for ways to fix what many consider a failed design. However, even the most aggressive body kits are unlikely to radically change the perception of the model if its basic proportions and stylistic decisions cause so much controversy. The question remains whether the technical content and innovative cabin can compensate for an exterior that, according to critics, suits mass-market brands more than the legendary Italian marque.