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Hypothetical Ferrari 'Vicenza' Design Project Imagines a Two-Door Purosangue Sibling 

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Although they don't make a lot of cars every year, Ferrari has a way of keeping the news headlines. As of late, they're doing it because of their future electric lifestyle.
The exotic Italian automobile manufacturer presented its most recent 'opera' as the funny-named Ferrari 12Cilindri. Obviously, it's an ode to not just the legendary Grand Tourers of the 1950s and 1960s but the Type F167  two-seater front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive grand tourer produced by the Italian sports car manufacturer was also born to thrill with its V12 engine – 6.5-liter and 830 hp with no turbos and no hybrid assistance.

They say they'll keep making V12 engines until they become illegal, but that doesn't mean they're not thinking about the electrified future – they already have PHEV models like the 296 and SF90. Soon, there will also be a fully electric Ferrari that could easily cost more than half a million dollars. A prototype was recently spied with Purosangue-derived hot hatchback looks and comically fake exhaust tips – but we're not so sure that Prancing Horse enthusiasts will appreciate the design once the camouflage is peeled.

Instead, the parallel universes of vehicular CGI have a solution from someone dwelling across the imaginative realm of digital car content creators – an EV that could join the Purosangue as Ferrari's next crossover vehicle. Momentarily, it's an unofficial, hypothetical idea – the good folks over at car.design.trends have recently focused our attention on the potentially visionary proposal for a new kind of Ferrari - a coupe-SUV with just two doors and a high-riding attitude.

It was born in the mind of Cheeheon Lee, the virtual artist known as chee_honey on social media – a student at the Korea National University of Arts. His design project is named Ferrari Vicenza, and his inspiration came from envisioning aerodynamic parts that 'penetrate' the body, such as the rear lateral vents, which take the airflow through the fenders and out the back from underneath the taillights.

This is an all-electric model, for sure. Hence, there are no (big) intakes at the front and no exhaust outlets at the rear. It's devised for the pleasure of driving under any weather conditions, as it looks – the pixel master made sure to showcase his Ferrari Vicenza project on dry, snowy, and even rocky surfaces. Unfortunately, the author doesn't provide any renderings of the cockpit and also doesn't say what kind of electric powertrain would be under the long hood.

For sure, though, it might look a lot sleeker and cooler than what Ferrari has in store for the EV revolution. Until then, they say that the Purosangue might be the most fun SUV ever, a four-door that sounds and handles unlike any other – at this price, it's exactly the reaction you want from reviewers, anyway. So, would you bring this unofficial, hypothetical Vicenza coupe-SUV in the garage alongside a Purosangue or not?


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About the author: Aurel Niculescu
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Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution.
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