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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Jasper Jolly

‘How can you have a Ferrari without any vroom?’: electric model shocks owners’ club

Fabio Barone stands in front of his red Ferrari F8 Tributo on a roadside
Fabio Barone, president of Passione Rossa Ferrari owners’ club, with his beloved Ferrari F8 Tributo in Rome. Photograph: Victor Sokolowicz/The Guardian

For passionate enthusiasts, Ferraris are not merely cars but works of art. The emotion stirred by their classic red curves is, they say, akin to standing before a Michelangelo sculpture, while the sound of the engine revving evokes a sensation comparable to listening to the music of Giuseppe Verdi or Giacomo Puccini.

Which is why the sight of the Italian carmaker’s first fully electric car, the Luce EV, unveiled this week, left many fans aghast.

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