Speculation: Ferrari FS 599 Fuoristrada SUV

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Well this is probably an old news. Just read it on my local newspaper about last week (forgot to mentioned it) So what do you guys think about this? A Ferrari SUV that is a Cayenne Turbo killer? Its very interesting indeed, but when will these manufacturers stop making these "super SUVs"? Its just plain pointless isn't it?

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Cayenne Turbo killer

Lamborghini already had an SUV for sale more than 25 years ago and today Porsche's Cayenne is a global success. Ferrari hesitated for a long time but has now decided to develop the world's fastest SUV, or so says our Italian contact with insider info. Our DTP expert than set to work with this information and produced the following renderings. The project has been coded the "Ferrari FS 599 Fuoristrada" and its supposed world debut target date is the Geneva Auto Show 2010.

While the five-door will feature four-wheel drive its off-road capabilities are not among the top priorities of the Ferrari development team. Two-thirds of the engine's power is rumored to be transferred to the wide 22-inch high-performance street tires in the rear.

The engine is familiar and hails from the Ferrari F599 Fiorano, albeit in slightly modified form. Its maximum power output of more than 600 hp and 600 Nm of torque will be a challenge for the size 315 tires front and back.

Despite an empty weight of around 2.2 tons the sprint from 0 to 100 km/h is supposed to take less than five seconds, thanks to Formula 1-type shift paddles on the steering wheel. Targeted top speed is 300 km/h.

With a top speed such as this the Ferrari FS 599 Fuoristrada would easily eclipse the performance of a Porsche Cayenne Turbo, just as easily as it would eclipse its price at projected 250,000 Euros plus.
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I hate it with every ounce of hate that I have.
 
Blasphemy. and the artist's impression...uglay. F355 got drunk with a Cayenne.
 
Joey D
Actually Ferrari came out and said they weren't going to do this, it was on Autoblog a few weeks ago.

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/12/11/from-the-prancing-horses-mouth-no-truck-no-v6-from-ferrari/
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Hmmm... this was in the newspaper a few weeks ago. Meh, I think we Malaysians are just behind time.... :guilty: 👎 Still, its not like Ferrari is just gonna say no and never build it. Somehow I feel they are planning to do something in the future, but doesn't want anyone to know and say the speculations were just untrue.
 
Thank God.

If Ferrari were to make this vehicle I would lose an awful lot of respect for them. It would purely to make money. Just because porsche are reeling it in with the cayenne does not mean Ferrari have to make one better just to stop them making as much revenue. It's not a gap in the market as much as it is a pixel on a screen that isnt working.
 
I could have drawn a way better artists impression than that.. takes no Ferrari essence at all! Look at the boot line! :lol:
 
All it is, is an artist's impression of what 1 might look like. As Joey said, Ferrari denied it.
 
What's with everything trying to be a Cayenne-Killer?

I feel quite sorry for the Porker, it seems to have a bounty on it.
 
I don't care for any SUVs of this nature.
Before I'd want to drive a Porsche Cayenne I would want to drive a Cayman.
Sports car companies going into the SUV market is bad buisness in my opinion and this would be no different.
Buy a sports car, buy a station wagon, buy a truck, don't buy a mix of those. Of course, that's just my opinion. :ouch: :sly:
I'm not anti-SUV either, I like many SUVs but none of them are as expensive, as poor in the dirt, or as fast on the road. :indiff:

Bottom line: This is speculation I'm not excited about and if there was a product built, it would be the one Ferrari I didn't like.
 
Kent
Sports car companies going into the SUV market is bad buisness in my opinion
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Bad BUSINESS? I can see an argument for why sports car companies should not make SUVs from every single angle except the business side of things. The Cayenne is Porsche's best-selling model and with in their lineup they have seen record profits and because of it they have been able to develop other sports cars, like the Cayman you said you'd 'drive before you drove a Cayenne.'

Sports car companies making SUVs is good business, without question.
 
M5Power
Bad BUSINESS? I can see an argument for why sports car companies should not make SUVs from every single angle except the business side of things. The Cayenne is Porsche's best-selling model and with in their lineup they have seen record profits and because of it they have been able to develop other sports cars, like the Cayman you said you'd 'drive before you drove a Cayenne.'

Sports car companies making SUVs is good business, without question.
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Spot on, I neve liked the Cayenne and I don't like the idea of a Ferrari 4x4. But there's no denying the success that the Cayenne has been for Porsche. We can't say a Ferrari 4x4 would definitely be good business, but based on what the Cayenne has done for Porsche added to the image a Ferrai badge alone brings and you can make an educated guess.


I don't like it.
 
You guys are mis-understanding my use of bad buisness.
When I say bad buisness I mean it in the sense of "not what I like" or "not cool." I don't mean bad buisness in the sense that it isn't profitable.

Think of it like you'd think of organized crime (that's more or less the way I meant it)...
Sure laundering money for the mafia is profitable but that doesn't mean it's good buisness.

Does that help illustrate what I meant by "bad buisness"?
 
Yay another luxury suv to sit 1cm from my rear bumper during the day with your HID's exactly level with my rear view mirror completely blinding me.
 
Guys, there is nothing to worry about. Ferrari said they aren't going to build it. There really isn't any more to discuss.
 
Kent
You guys are mis-understanding my use of bad buisness.
When I say bad buisness I mean it in the sense of "not what I like" or "not cool." I don't mean bad buisness in the sense that it isn't profitable.

Think of it like you'd think of organized crime (that's more or less the way I meant it)...
Sure laundering money for the mafia is profitable but that doesn't mean it's good buisness.

Does that help illustrate what I meant by "bad buisness"?
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Or simply:
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Joey D
Guys, there is nothing to worry about. Ferrari said they aren't going to build it. There really isn't any more to discuss.
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I think everyone's just discussing their thoughts on the assumption on if Ferrari did build it.
 
Correctamundo, I know they've denied it but my opinion rests on the big IF.

Yeah I get what your saying Kent 👍.
 
If Ferrari changed there mind and decided to build it, Enzo Ferrari would be turning in his grave now.
 
I think Ferrari is already using their brand to sell other products like laptop, shoes, skis and cellphone. Are they losing respect from their fans? I guess not. If Ferrari makes SUV, as long as it is fast and in perfect quality, people will still buy it because it is a Ferrari, unless it is cheap like Suzuki, that would be another story.
 
21,000 Ferrari anything is downright stupid. That isn't a very small number...for an EXOTIC car maker. That is, common?

On this new SUV Ferrari rendering I'll qupte what Viper said: "I hate it with every ounce of hate that I have.", because that's how I feel.
 
It seems that Ferrari would build it if their interest is in money and not exclusivity. There is, sadly, a tremendous demand for these brutes, and Ferrari may want to cash in. Of course, it is a given that the Commendatore would never approve, unless it had a gorgeous Weber-carbureted V-12 engine.

If that was the case, Ferrari buyers would turn from rich, aspiring 'racers' to include their wives (following the fact/stereotype that more women purchase SUVs, I apologize).

So, all in all, I am glad that the ugly seed was nipped in the bud.
 
If Ferrari had any interest in making money, it wouldn't be through this. They already have their emblem on everything from $40 Coffee Mugs to their own "Amusement" Park. And people buy them.

Money is their last issue. As for 21,000 Ferrari's, it shows there is a demand out there for this company based on brand alone, and I don't think Ferrari really cares about limiting it's "entry" models.
 
Ferrari is just catering to it's demand, there is nothing wrong with that. They are sell cars and making money while other bigger names are not.
 
If Ferrari wants to make money on the F430 by massproducing it I have zero problems with that--infact I prefer it as the F430 is the only Ferrari on sale that's worth a damn. However, the F430 is just a regular coupe and not an exotic supercar. You can't be exotic if you're produced in those numbers.
 
JCE
If Ferrari wants to make money on the F430 by massproducing it I have zero problems with that--infact I prefer it as the F430 is the only Ferrari on sale that's worth a damn. However, the F430 is just a regular coupe and not an exotic supercar. You can't be exotic if you're produced in those numbers.
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They've overproduced the Murcielago. I don't think that makes it any less of an exotic.

But the F430 isn't really a supercar to begin with.
 

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