One account on X said: "Ferrari just killed their brand just like Jaguar did. This is straight to the junkyard trash."

"What is going on with European Luxury car manufacturers? First Jaguar and now Ferrari", another account posted.

But not all commentators were felt negatively about the new car, with one post saying: "Absolute masterclass in design. Ferrari just unveiled the breathtaking LUCE concept, and it is a total game changer."

Honestly, BBC, if you're going to aggregate statistics about tweets on Twitter, use it as some kind of crude poll, maybe you could get something useful that way.

But reporting on anecdotes about anonymous tweets for opinion seems of almost zero value from a news standpoint. If a tweet mentioned a fact that you could validate, say, that might have some value.

But what you're doing here is on-par with saying "someone on Twitter said that they liked chocolate ice cream, and someone else said that they didn't like chocolate ice cream". That just doesn't really seem newsworthy. I would say that it'd be surprising if you couldn't find posts of both sorts for virtually any topic.

Like, they just couldn't be bothered to make it good looking?

The sports car manufacturer's cycle of business:

1. Lose revenue due to EV competition.
2. Design EV that looks like a cotton candy/kid's toys version of your other cars.
3. EV sells poorly.
4. Scrap EV plans and return to non-EV lineup.
5. Go back to 1.

Is it possible to make an EV that doesn't look like a dorks version of a futuristic car? Just make it look normal and people will buy it.

The new model departs from the look of typical

This is why most new EVs fail - they look like EVs rather than just a car.

BYD EVs look just like normal cars.

Ferrari unveils first fully electric car

Not true. Other brands have had fully electric cars way before Ferrari.

/jk I know what it means, I just read it like this the first time and made me giggle.

That's a nice looking Peugeot.

Carmakers including Ford and Volkswagen have doubled down on petrol cars, especially in the US, due to...regulatory changes under President Donald Trump, who has cut incentives for EV buyers.

I'm pretty confident that if you're buying a $640,000 car, you place little relative value on a $7,500 tax credit. It being present or not is under a 1.2% price difference. That particular factor probably isn't very relevant as regards cars like these.

Looks boring and generic, you are Ferrari ffs... Give me fins, lasers, cool interiors, fucking something to make it stand out. Who wants this?

Jaguar did this too, making boring EVs with none of the signature styling that the brand is famous for, and then proceeded to tank.

What the actual fuck is this

I love electric cars, prefer them over gasoline, but a Ferrari should look like a Ferrari

The chassis/vision design concept artist should be moved to a different division....

10/10 would have beckoned Barbie to go celebrating

Jony Ive has done the impossible, he made a Ferrari that looks bland. Way to go!

It looks like an AI interpretation of an Electric Ferrari.

This design is getting slandered, damn. Personally I think it looks absolutely sick, but for a brand like Ferrari I'm not sure it's a good move. It has that electric car look, which makes it seem less exclusive. I'd totally want one if I needed a car and it was actually affordable, but given the price it probably should've looked more exclusive.

Is it just me or is this paragraph confusing as fuck with regards to the time form?

Ferrari plans to roll out the electric vehicle (EV) after previously ruling out such a move, opting instead to make hybrid cars that are powered by both petrol and electricity.

My ESL ass would have written it more like this

Ferrari plans to roll out the electric vehicle (EV) after having previously ruled out such a move. At the time they opted instead to make hybrid cars that are powered by both petrol and electricity.

Not sure my version is grammatical, but at least you know what's now and what was then.

This car is not very beautiful, but it looks like interesting for me. Like a car from the future e.g. "ghost in the shell" etc.

The normal Ferrari design is... boring (every sports car has the same look). This is new and fresh design. Everybody speaks/love/hate it and I think that is a good promotion for Ferrari.

And the most of car designs are created for fuels engines, but this used e-engines... Smaller and lighter. They doesn't need the old forme anymore and the designer have so new interesting options.

I think that could borne a new design era. In- and outside.

Doesn't look bad to me. The color layout reminds me of Star Trek uniforms.

Looked into it as the photo wasn't that bad but it is fugly. The hanging blue stuff is gonna break the moment the median american reclines on it