The Ferrari Luce needed to completely rethink the windshield wiper due to its design constraints.
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There's a lot that’s peculiar and controversial about the Ferrari Luce, a 1,035-horsepower electric sedan featuring an exterior and interior designed by those known more for electronics and furniture than cars. Regardless of your feelings about it—positive or negative—one clear point is that LoveFrom, the design firm hired by Ferrari for the Luce, has incorporated some quite unconventional ideas into automotive design, including the unique way the car stores its windshield wipers.
In all fairness, this might be one of the less odd aspects of the Luce, considering its tall and narrow profile for a Ferrari, the large mail slot at the front, and the oversized Apple Watch-like infotainment screen. However, it is still unusual to see a production vehicle that keeps its wipers upright, positioned close to the A-pillars when not in use.
The wipers move towards and then back from each other, rather than both moving in the same direction. The reason Ferrari was compelled to position them this way is that the cowl of the Luce is exceptionally low, with a nearly seamless expanse of glossy black that extends from the leading edge of the windshield over the body, leaving no space for the wipers to retract.
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This design choice makes the wipers a conspicuous feature of the sedan, appearing almost contradictory to the smooth, pebble-like shape of the exterior, which aims for an ultra-low drag coefficient. If you’re familiar with Jony Ive, the industrial designer known for his work at Apple on influential products—and who also contributed to the Luce—this design decision makes some sense. He was the one who introduced the "notch" design in the iPhone when many competitors were trying to hide selfie cameras. He chose to highlight a technical distinction instead of disguising it, which may also apply here.
Is this approach right or wrong? I don't have a background in art to make that call, but even if it’s the fifth thing you notice on the Luce's front end, it’s yet another indication that this Ferrari has been developed in a radically different manner compared to others, drawing from a unique set of inspirations. Whether this difference will persuade Maranello's most dedicated customers to spend at least $640,000 on one remains to be seen.
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The Ferrari Luce needed to completely rethink the windshield wiper due to its design constraints.
Ferrari's new car, arguably its most contentious yet, is peculiar, even in the subtle details that could easily go unnoticed.