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[Music] That's just next level stuff. I am so thankful that Ferrari makes cars like this. What a sound.
Welcome back. I'm Tedward, and today we're driving the Ferrari GTC4 Lusso. I've been driving this car for the last few days, and despite its horrific fuel economy with this thirsty 6.3 L V12, this is a phenomenal and practical daily driver.
It's got a two-door, four-seat shooting brake design, so you can put stuff in the trunk. You could literally do all of the chores. It's all-wheel drive. It's got a 680 horsepower naturally aspirated V12 that can be traced back to the Enzo, and you can also find this V12 in the 599 GTB. So, this is a really incredible screamer to mate to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, but it does have a few other tricks up its sleeves.
This is a very odd car mechanically. Although it's primarily rear-wheel drive bias, it does have an all-wheel drive system, the 4RM Evo system. So, it actually has a transaxle in the back. So, that seven-speed DCT out in the back. And then up front, there's the PTU, which is essentially a transmission just for the front wheels. It has two forward gears and one reverse.
It also has four-wheel steering. So, these rear wheels do turn, and that makes a pretty significant impact on a car with such a long wheelbase. Because if you're looking at this, of course, it's going to handle very, very well at speed with such distance between the front and rear axle, but it also handles very tight and nimbly. Because nimbly, that's a weird thing to say, because the rear wheel steering allows it to really tuck in that rear axle.
But here's the best part. I think this is one of the best-looking Ferraris I've ever seen. And I've seen magazines critique this for being ugly. How could you hate a shooting brake design? I do think the FF was actually a prettier car. That's subjective. So, don't take too much weight on that. That's just my opinion, but obviously this is the better mechanical car.
Under here, we've got our fix and go air flat thing. So, if you do get a flat tire, you can get yourself moving. And just a few tools and fuses. So, nothing crazy back here. Now, there isn't that much room back here. It's not a massive storage space, but I do think you could fit quite a few bags back here, and you could do a weekend getaway. This is much better than the frunk of our typical supercars with a mid-engine design.
And on the back of the hatch, we have all of our options listed so you know what you're getting when you buy the car. It's funny to see Apple CarPlay so prominently displayed. I think it was a $4,000 option. But the real expensive option is the panoramic roof because this roof is glass. So if we take a look from the inside, it's a little easier to see.
We'll unlock this front door. We got that classic Ferrari beep. It's always odd. I feel like this door should open wider. And every time I open the door, I feel myself feeling like I'm at the stop. Kind of an odd thing, but that's fine. When we come in here, see this glass roof? That was a $20,000 option. That's crazy. That's a car. That's a nice Civic.
But then we have all this room in the back. And you can genuinely fit two adults back here. Let's have a seat. Oh, how luxurious. And I think the roof does a good job of taking away any claustrophobia that you might have back here. But we do have nice big quarter window glass, so that's great. And of course, we've got to have some charging stations for our phones. Everything is wrapped in leather. I mean, this is just Ferrari excellence. Oh, everything you expect. No expenses spared. This is a heavily spec'd car.
Here's what you really want to see though is under the hood. Exactly what you want to see. We have a front mid-mounted V12. You can see everything is mounted behind that front axle. And then you've got the 4RM system laid out here. I don't know if these computers or whatever these are or what actually controls that. Let's just assume they are. Some Ferrari nerds can tell me in the comments. But our giant intakes into those throttle bodies mating up with this incredibly beautifully red Ferrari intake manifold and of course red valve covers below.
Yeah, this is very cool for your daily driver. But don't get too excited because it only gets about 13 miles per gallon combined. So, you are going to be stopping for fuel quite often. Which brings me to the alternative car, which I will hopefully drive someday. The GTC4 Lusso T, which is a twin-turbo V8. The Lusso T does not have all-wheel drive. So you drop a bit of weight from lobbing off two cylinders and that front transmission and axle, and it simply powers the rear wheels. But today we've got the big boy. We've got the V12. Let's go take it for a ride and make it sing.
Start it up. Foot on brake. Engine start-stop button on this beautiful steering wheel. She fires right to life. Starts giving us information about our temperatures and all this good stuff. That check engine light's going to go off in just a second. It's a Ferrari thing. You just wouldn't understand. That's what I'm learning at least, is that they try to freak you out in the first like 15 seconds, and then Oh, there it goes. The 458 did the exact same thing.
The problem with this car is that everything is an option. Even this yellow tachometer is something you have to pay for. You've got to pay for that to be yellow. Every detail in this car costs money, including this. We can turn on this touchscreen display. I believe this is another $6 or $8,000 option. Who cares at that point? You're spending a lot of money. And that's going to give you all kinds of crazy information about the car as you're driving it because you can get your tachometer up there. So, if I rev the car, you're actually giving that information to the passenger.
Have a listen to that menacing exhaust. The idle on this car is just phenomenal. [Laughter] All right, let's get out there. Make a little noise.
Just like my M3, when you close the door, you get the little butler here that pulls the seat belt out for you, so you don't have to reach too too far, and then tucks right back away. It seems to still work, unlike my BMW. Pull the paddle to get into first. And another trick, it has auto start-stop. It's very annoying. So, we're going to hit the auto start-stop button up here to make sure it's not going to cut the engine on us because it does take a little while to start back up. I'm usually not a fan of auto start-stop anyway, but this one actually feels dangerous because if you come to an intersection, you've got to go, the car has cut the power, it's got to restart. It does take a second to get rolling. It's not an immediate thing.
Your steering wheel has all the action. So, you've got your manettino for sport, comfort, wet, snow mode, all that good stuff. But it's also where your blinkers are going to be found. Sport mode does allow just a little bit of slip, which is fun when you're pulling out of somewhere, but you know what? With these 295s in the back, that's still just not enough to really put down like 530 or so pound-feet of torque, I think. I'll correct myself if I'm wrong. It's somewhere in that neighborhood. But, you know, that's not what this car is about. Even though it can do 0 to 60 in about three and a half seconds, this thing is about grand touring. It's about being on the highway at, you know, 150, 160 mph and not breaking a sweat.
The car does come equipped with a nose lift right here, but it is relatively high up, so you can make it over pretty much everything other than really crazy parking lot entrances, and that's the only time that you really need to use that nose lift. The steering, while it's really precise and easy to manage on center, there's like a nice amount of damping right in this amount of play right here. So, you don't feel like you're chasing the car, you know? It's It's really nice to drive around town. It's actually quite confidence-inspiring. You've got all this beautiful low-end torque.
Now, you do get to get the revs up if you want to experience the full shebang of 680 horsepower. And then you can tell that it's scrambling for traction in the back, which is just so cool to feel. But the fact that this doesn't really look like a supercar, but it behaves like this [Music] is so insane. That's a sound that you would only expect to feel or see in a low-slung, outrageous supercar. And this thing can ferry four adults and luggage. [Music] That's just next level stuff. I am so thankful that Ferrari makes cars like this. What a sound. Oh my goodness. What a sound.
It's amazing, too, 'cause this is a very racy steering wheel. You get the shift lights that come up. I mean, you get every bit of what you pay for if you bought this new, even if the depreciation was steep. What a thing. The carbon ceramic brakes, of course, well-powered, but not outrageous to to apply. I thought this car might be cumbersome in traffic because sometimes these brakes are so intense. This isn't. [Music]
From a creature comfort standpoint, like this is a luxury vehicle. And I know that, of course, it's a luxury vehicle, littered in leather here. But I have really simple controls. I can get every all my HVAC stuff down here. I've got these giant vents up here that I can just operate with my hand. No funny business. I just, you know, I want air here. I get air here. I get what I want when I want it. I don't have to hunt for things. I think the only thing that I really had to hunt for was that auto start-stop thing up here. But once I found it, life is okay.
Approaching a railroad crossing. Hey, thanks Apple CarPlay. That's nice. You know, the fact that we're not in a red prancing horse, that we're not in a 458 or a 488. I don't look like a jerk. I look like a gentleman. And everybody stops like when everywhere I go, someone asks me about this car 'cause I think they're a little confused. They see the Ferrari and then they go, "Wait a minute, what is this?" They've never seen one because I don't know why nobody bought these. If I were like buying a daily driver, if I had Urus money, why would anybody buy something other than this or an FF? I I am baffled that these didn't just fly off the shelves and everybody's clamoring for them because this is the perfect daily driver for somebody who loves cars and can burn like three or $400,000. I'm not that person. I would like to be that person.
Let's get it out to the highway where she's really going to shine because that's the point of the Lusso is to cover distances. It's incredible. It's insane how well this car handles. I mean, it's about 4,000 lb, but the turn-in's incredible. The steering feel through this wheel. I mean, I'm blown away. It's somehow both luxurious and damped well, but I also can tell every detail of what's going on in this thing. There's not a bump in the road that I don't have access to through my fingertips. I'm really digging I'm really digging the wheel-mounted directionals just because it took me a little while not to hit the stalk, not to go for it over here. But after a while, you realize like I can keep my hands at 10 and two at all times. I don't have to reach for anything but the paddles, and the paddles are right at my fingertips. They're perfectly spaced.
And here we are on the highway. 77 mph at like 2200 RPM. I mean, this thing's clearly geared for 200-plus miles per hour. So, you might be thinking, why on earth would you choose to film this video during like kind of trafficy times? Well, I wanted to show the livability of the car and how usable it is because there's a lot going for it. Number one, this transmission, phenomenal, gentle, really well-tuned DCT. Number two, the engine, just what a peach. What a what a joy to be able to use this in a car that's somewhat practical. And then three, the seating position. I'm super down low in this car and I've got glass all around me and above me. So, it's very easy to jump in this car, have great visibility, and just go for it.
So, check this out. I'm in sport mode. I'm going to go over all these miserable bumps on this ramp onto 95 North. I'm going to hit the suspension button. It's going to say bumpy road mode over here. And I'm just going to get through it. No big deal. This is This is like softer and more relaxing than my M3. And I'm in a Ferrari.
I'd say the only major issue with this car is just that it's geared so tall that you've got to go fast to really ring it out. And back in the day, you get yourself an E46 M3, rip through three gears, and still be somewhat legal. Although that's beautiful. Good job.
I think this car is meant for people who just can't make a decision. Like either you have 30 cars and this is just one of them and it's what you drive on a daily basis. Or you're somebody who's like, "Well, I really want a V12. I really want an Italian car and I love Ferraris. I want a supercar, but it's that but I need to fit stuff. I need to be able to bring people in the car. I don't have room for other cars where I live." Well, the GTC4 Lusso is like this bizarre compromise that you almost lose nothing in the process of.
So, there you have it. I'm going to go sit in traffic in a luxurious, practical V12 680 horsepower Ferrari. Thank you so much for watching, liking, commenting, and subscribing. Thank you to Garage 42 in Wrentham in Woburn, Massachusetts for an opportunity to spend a few days with the Lusso. And thank the Patreon supporters for making this content possible with whatever contribution you can offer. A dollar a month, $5 a month, $10 a month, whatever. It all helps fuel, literally fuel, especially this one. Wow, is this a pig. I got to go put some gas in it. Uh, this endeavor. So, don't forget to respect the drive. And I'll see you in the next one. [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Hey everybody. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. N. [Music]