Ferrari's SUV Gets Even Sharper With A New Handling Package
Ferrari upgraded the Purosangue with a new Handling Speciale package.
the breakdown
- Ferrari upgrades the Purosangue with a new Handling Speciale option.
- The retuned suspension reduces body movements by 10 percent.
- The upgrade also adds minor visual tweaks to the exterior.
By our measure, the Ferrari Purosangue is already one of the best all-around performing SUVs on the planet—or as Ferrari dubs it, an "FUV" for "Ferrari Utility Vehicle." Whatever you want to call it, the Purosangue is excellent. Now, Ferrari aims to make its "FUV" even better with a handling upgrade.
Properly dubbed the Handling Speciale configuration, the Purosangue gets sharper thanks to upgrades to its suspension and shifting. Ferrari says the new setup is designed to further emphasize the Purosangue’s performance, without fully removing the grand touring abilities that the vehicle is known for.
Ferrari Purosangue Handling Speciale
On the technical side, Ferrari engineers recalibrated the active suspension to reduce body movements by 10 percent. Shifting sharpens up in "Manettino," "Race," and "ESC Off" driving modes, as well as above 5,500 rpm while in full manual mode. Ferrari even pumped up the interior sound.
A few visual tweaks will let onlookers know that this Purosangue is a bit more… speciale. The Handling package wears dedicated wheels in a new diamond-cut finish, carbon fiber side shields, matte black exhaust tips, a black Princing Horse emblem on the rear, a satin-finished Ferrari script, and a special interior plaque denoting the specific configuration.
Not much changes on the mechanical side. This Purosangue still uses a 6.5-liter V-12, making 715 horsepower and 528 pound-feet of torque. It’s paired to a quick-shifting dual-clutch automatic (even quicker now post-upgrades) that helps send it to 60 miles per hour in about 3.2 seconds.
There are no prices listed for the Handling Speciale package, but we can’t imagine it comes cheap. The Purosangue starts at around $423,000 in the US, and this upgrade undoubtedly adds a few thousand dollars to the overall asking price.
Motor1's Take: As if the Purosangue weren’t already a great enough performer, Ferrari added some meaningful updates that are bound to improve the SUV’s handling even more. And it looks better, too.
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