Ferrari Won’t Be Pushed Into Making a Four-door Coupe

According to the Italian car manufacturer, it won’t be pushed into making a four-door saloon. Not even when its rivals, Porsche and Aston Martin, have already been prodded in that direction. The declaration was made by Ferrari’s Chief Executive Amadeo Felisa. He said that Ferrari will be more than happy to stay loyal to the tradition begun by founder Enzo Ferarri. Ferrari was quoted to tell his subordinates, “never do four doors”.

This was brought up when Ferrari announced that it will soon be releasing a hybrid vehicle. The sports car manufacturer also said that it’s using a fuel-saving stop-start mechanism for all of its cars. Previously, Ferrari also declared that it will never do these things. When interrogated by the press about their previous declarations, Felisa coolly replied that the production of the hybrid vehicle was forced onto them by a regulation.

Felisa added that as of this moment, there is no law mandating companies to produce only four-door vehicles. There is also no present demand for a four-door car from a Ferrari. This is probably due to the fact that if their customers wanted a four-door vehicle, they could always opt for a Maserati.

He coolly added that the company has been around for six decades without any need to produce four-door cars. The strength of Ferrari as a car manufacturer, according to Felisa, relies on it making its cars “the right way”. He did add a disclaimer at the end of the interview, though. Felisa said that he’s not categorically claiming four-doors “wrong” for the image of Ferrari. He just can’t trace the image in the company’s heritage.