@JoshWest247 Your "friend" is a good corporate bullshitter, but the real truth is these people are fucking mediocre morons so detached from the real market is seems like a joke.
My friend in the exotic automotive space just sent me this regarding the Ferrari Luce and Mercedes GT:
“I was chatting with some Mercedes people at their event last week and journalists about why manufacturers keep dropping these electric cars that nobody asked for — and it actually makes a lot of sense once you hear it.
The EU has this rule where every car brand’s ENTIRE lineup has to average below a certain emissions number. Not per car — the whole fleet. And if they miss it, they get fined like €95 for every single gram they’re over, multiplied by every car they sold that year. We’re talking hundreds of millions.
So every EV they sell pulls that average down. Which means they can keep making the V8s and AMGs and ICE cars we actually love without getting destroyed by regulators.
So that MB electric GT 4-Door and the Ferrari Luce? Those aren’t passion projects. That’s compliance math. The irony is those EVs you hate might literally be the reason your favorite ICE cars still exist.
Mind-bending but that’s the game right now.”
According to the Luce press pack, the nose design was a lucky accident. Jonny Ive’s pet catfish ate a chunk out of the clay model, and they liked it so much they kept it that way.
For the last 3 weeks I’ve had to keep this quiet… but I’ve genuinely been honoured to be one of the first people in the world invited to Rome to see the new Ferrari Luce. 🇮🇹⚡️🐎
Love it or hate it… this is a HUGE moment in Ferrari history and being part of the global launch honestly feels surreal.
Grateful for every single one of you supporting this journey
@CARandDRIVER Everyone involved in this abomination should be fired. This is what happens when management pays for people like Jony Ive and Marc Newson to smell their own farts.
Ferrari's first EV, the 2027 Ferrari Luce, debuts, with 1035 horsepower from four electric motors. The body and interior were shaped by an outside design firm led by product-design superstars Jony Ive and Marc Newson. The four-door Luce is Maranello's first five-seater, and it arrives in the States next spring.
@SICNoticias Este Carlos Moedas é um conas de primeira. Não fossem os outros da oposição uma absoluta nulidade, este idiota já tinha ido com o crlh. Fds que imbecil.
@McQueenInfos Estive agora a falar com o Jorge ( Mendes ) e ele confirmou que o jantar de amanhã é punhetas de bacalhau. Para beber em principio é um Pêra-Manca branco mas tem que confirmar porque não se lembra se o Isaltino o bebeu todo.
Tal como disse na semana passada no Discord, o valor da saída do Mourinho já está decidido há muito tempo e "será pago por ele".
Sobre o Marco Silva, tem reunião com o Fulham esta semana, onde lhe vão apresentar 9,5M€ de ordenado e 3 anos de contrato.
Após essa reunião terá uma com o Benfica!
As coisas estão a mexer-se nos bastidores.
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@free5tharmony@SICNoticias Problemas de segurança, espionagem, subornos.. Sei que nesta República das Bananas isso é tudo ruído de fundo mas aí estão as razões.
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