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866-RON-0-FEZ | on: Ferrari Luce
Ive is an overrated plonker and my first reaction is to wonder if all the serviceable components are glued in place.

Do you know why no one has ever put rotating switches on a steering wheel face before? Because it requires two fingers to operate the switches and thus taking your entire hand off the wheel. Those knobs and switches might as well be in the center console because it takes a similar amount of effort and diversion of attention to operate.

This looks like a car designed by someone who's never driven before. Did the early prototypes feature bubble domes before they were forced to tell Ive that won't work?

PaulWaldman | parent | next
Porsche has a similar steering wheel mounted rotary switch. Traditionally it was on models optioned with the Sport Chrono package. They recently rolled it out to all new models over the past few years.

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/press-kits/taycan/Die-Driver...

jansan | root | parent
An Xiaomi blatantly copied that for their SU7. I think the rotary switches are the best part of the Luce. Everything else looks like someone put Ferrari stickers on a Chinese EV.
samdixon | parent | next
Knobs on wheel, especially for the controls on this, are normal in performance vehicles.
sorenjan | parent | next
Ferrari has had their manettino dial on the steering wheel since the F430 in 2004.
kart23 | parent | next
This comment sounds like someone whos never driven manual before
impish9208 | parent | next
> Do you know why no one has ever put rotating switches on a steering wheel face before? Because it requires two fingers to operate the switches and thus taking your entire hand off the wheel.

I hate this car as much you do, it looks like a vape cartridge on wheels to me. That being said, there are F1 cars with rotating knobs on the steering wheel. Different category and all, but still worth it to point out.

VerifiedReports | parent
Wow I didn't see that. Standard Ive incompetence.

It's galling to see pompous, no-talent douchebags like Ive continually held out as some kind of innovator.

nntwozz | root | parent
Ive was great when Steve was there to tell him no.
VerifiedReports | root | parent
I was there at that time, and Ive still sucked.