Ferrari joins SUV market with their 2020 purosangue

Ferrari SUV name confirmed: it's the Ferrari Purosangue. Ferrari's new SUV is coming, and we'll see it towards the end of 2021. ... New Ferrari boss Louis Camilleri has told us: 'I abhor hearing the word SUV in the same sentence as the Ferrari. It does not sit well with our brand. Being developed under the Purosangue name—that's Italian for "thoroughbred" or "pure blood"—the crossover sits on a new front-engine GT platform that also will underpin some more conventional Ferrari grand tourers. Although Ferrari's GT cars have traditionally been powered by 12-cylinder engines, we anticipate the Purosangue will switch to a smaller turbocharged unit, most likely a V-8 working with a generous measure of hybrid assistance. We know the platform will use a rear-mounted transaxle, so it would be logical for the front axle to be electrically powered. We would be surprised if it didn't have at least as much power as the 641-hp Lambor­ghi­ni Urus, and likely a significant amount more probably in the region of 700-hp Building a product to match market demand makes a huge amount of green, crinkly sense, especially given the premium that buyers will be prepared to pay for a prancing horse on their suv.