SPY PICS: Ferrari Purosangue sheds camo in Maranello

Less than a month after Ferrari officially teased its first SUV for the first time, the Ferrari Purosangue has been spotted on public roads wearing significantly less camouflage than in previous spy shots, giving us a closer look at its high-riding crossover lines.

This time our spy photographers managed to snap not one but two lightly disguised Purosangues getting around the streets of Maranello. The pair was differentiated by their alloy wheel designs, with one rolling on silver five-spoke units while the other donned black 10-spoke hoops.

This distinction may seem innocuous, but the Ferrari Purosangue is widely expected to debut with two powertrain options including the Ferrari 296 GTB’s plug-in hybrid V6 and what could be the brand’s last free-breathing V12.

Either way, both cars feature prominent quad-outlet exhaust systems and, being Ferraris, hair-raising performance is expected from what will be more of a high-riding GT car than all-out SUV.

And the Ferrari Purosangue’s performance will need to be seismic, given chief competitors like the 520kW Aston Martin DBX707 and 471kW Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT can both hit 100km/h in just 3.3 seconds.

Also on the way is even faster version of the Lamborghini Urus, and the ‘other’ Italian supercar brand is also prepping the Huracan Sterrato crossover. And Lamborghini says its first dedicated battery-electric vehicle will be a high-riding ‘2+2’.

In terms of the overall silhouette, the Purosangue’s hatchback-style shape is hardly ground-breaking for the Prancing Horse brand, which presented its first ‘wagon’ with the 2011 Ferrari FF, which was replaced by the Ferrari GTC4Lusso in 2016.

What is new though is the (marginally) increased ground clearance and interior flexibility, which according to sources out of Italy should provide the Purosangue with a decent shot of becoming the best-selling Ferrari to date.

As previously seen via a production line leak, the premium high-performance crossover will feature a narrow, frowning front lighting signature and a simple quad-light arrangement at the back.

In typical Ferrari fashion, the Purosangue’s body sculpting looks to be loyal first and foremost to aerodynamics before aesthetics, with a large vent exiting from under the back of the bonnet turning into an eye-catching cutaway beneath the front windows.

The contour resulting from this cutaway then eases its way back into the car’s rear haunches and eventually lines up with the tailgate-defining ridgeline from which hang the tail-lights.

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