Ferrari GTC4 Lusso 2017 review: first Australian drive
The drive and steering tech is integrated with Ferrari's fourth-gen side slip control. (image credit: Thomas Wielecki)New for the Lusso is the adoption of six-into-one exhaust manifold. (image credit: Thomas Wielecki)- Price From $578,000 to $687,580
- Seats4
- Fuel cons.15L/100km (combined)
What we like
- That engine
- Space efficiency
- Balance of comfort and dynamics
What we don't
- No AEB
- No curtain airbags
- Pricey
You want a V12 Ferrari, but you have growing responsibilities. A strictly two seat supercar just isn't quite right when kids start to arrive.
Sure, you can add a Ferrari F12 to your collection, and pick up a Merc-AMG family truckster to cover the functional stuff.
But it's not the same. You want to have your Italian torta, and eat it, too. Enter the Ferrari GTC4Lusso, the prancing horse’s latest take on a rapid, luxurious, four seat coupe, able to leap continents in a single bound without so much as a bead of perspiration forming on its forehead.
It's fast, suitably furious, and able to accommodate family or friends on a fast blast to anywhere you choose to go. And as usual with Maranello’s finest, the name says it all.
'GT' stands for Gran Turismo (or Grand Tourer), 'C' is short for Coupe, '4' relates to the number of people it accommodates, 'Lusso' means luxury, and of course, Ferrari is Italian for fast.
Verdict
The Ferrari GTC4Lusso is a properly fast, beautifully composed, and supremely luxurious four-seat coupe.
Sadly, evermore stringent emissions regulations have put atmo V12's on the knife edge of extinction, with Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and a few others hanging on for grim death.
In fact the twin-turbo V8 Lusso T (powered by the same engine used in the California T and 488) will arrive and be sold alongside this car in Australia later this year.
But we’d like to propose a captive breeding program to keep the big V12s alive because this engine’s soundtrack and the GTC4Lusso’s overall driving experience is magnificent.
Specifications
- Price$578,000 - $687,580
- Fuel consumption15L/100km (combined), 350g/km CO2 Tank 91L
- Seats4
- Warranty3 years/ unlimited km
- Service Interval12 months/20000km
- Engine6300 12-cyl premium unleaded , 507kW/697Nm
- Transmissionseven-speed dual clutch
- Sparerepair kit
- Dimensions4922mm (L), 1980mm (W), 1383mm (H)
Ferrari GTC4 Lusso 2017 review: first Australian drive
What we like
- That engine
- Space efficiency
- Balance of comfort and dynamics
What we don't
- No AEB
- No curtain airbags
- Pricey
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