Is The Ferrari Luce The Most Misunderstood Ferrari Ever? — Carmudgeon w/ Cammisa & DTS — Ep 239
6/2/20261 hr 31 min
Last week was a wild one. We witnessed two of the most controversial models from Ferrari and Mercedes ever to be debuted - none other than the Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door and the Ferrari Luce. In case you’re not familiar:
- The Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door is Mercedes’ replacement to the outgoing version, which has now gone full EV and straight to battle with the Porsche Taycan. It debuts many new design elements in a slippery 0.22 drag coefficient package, doing 0-60 in as low as 2.0 seconds with an 186 MPH top speed.
- The Ferrari Luce is Ferrari’s first all-electric vehicle and first true five-seater. It also launches a new and unfamiliar interior and exterior design language from ex-Apple design chief Jony Ive and his collective, LoveFrom. Given that everyone has an opinion on these new EV modes of rapid transport (including your favorite and least favorite journalists, the Italian government, your grandmother, and the pope, to name a few) - we decided to ask, why? What attributes about the Luce and the AMG-GT really make people feel shaken at their core, and why? Would we feel differently if the Ferrari was rebadged as another make? Is the AMG-GT as controversial as the W201 was when it launched in 1982? We explore all of the above in depth, all on this episode of The Carmudgeon Show with Jason Cammisa and Derek Tam-Scott. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJason Cammisa· Host0:00
This is an emergency broadcast podcast.
Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:03
Is it?
Jason Cammisa· Host0:03
Something. Uh- Is that why it's happening Monday at exactly the same time it always happens? Yeah, but you were traveling, so we couldn't do this earlier. Um- Oh, yes. Yeah. We'll just g- I think we get right to the point here. Um, this past week was a huge week in the car community.
Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:17
Mm.
Jason Cammisa· Host0:17
Uh, we had the dropage of two very, very impactful cars, the AMG GT four-door, followed in rapid success- succession by the, um, Ferrari Luce. Um, the- The rest of it. The rest of it?
Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:31
The interior was shown- Oh, yes ... quite some time ago.
Jason Cammisa· Host0:34
Okay. Fair p- fair point. Uh, the internet is on fire about this. Um- Mm ... I have very often been accused of being a contrarian, um, emphasis on that first syllable.
Derek Tam-Scott· Host0:44
Mm.
Jason Cammisa· Host0:44
And, uh, I think we need to do what no one else is doing. Um, I think we need to do an actual emotionless, sh- that should come easy for you, um [laughs] examination of- I can't tell if you're kidding or not. No, I'm not kidding. I think we need to look at... So, uh, I wanna answer the question, why is everyone so mad?
Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:03
Mm-hmm. Okay.
Jason Cammisa· Host1:04
And I probably, I will try to not insert my opinions.
Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:09
Mm-hmm. We'll see how that goes.
Jason Cammisa· Host1:11
Think of this as NPR or a legal deposition. We're gonna approach this with a, I think we need to have a conversation.
Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:17
Yeah, a clinical fashion.
Jason Cammisa· Host1:18
And cl- this is important stuff.
Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:20
Okay.
Jason Cammisa· Host1:20
Right, let's just get right into it. Uh- All right ... you can do your clap thing. Oh, by the way, this is The Carmajo Show.
Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:25
Who are you?
Jason Cammisa· Host1:26
I am not Derek Tam hyphen Scott.
Derek Tam-Scott· Host1:28
And I am not Jason Camisa.