---
title: "Ferrari Purosangue SUV Test Mule Spotted in New Spy Video"
description: "A new spy video filmed at the company's Maranello headquarters has given us the first glimpse of the Ferrari Purosangue—well, a version of it, at least."
date: "2018-10-25"
modified: "2018-10-25"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/24467/ferrari-purosangue-suv-test-mule-spotted-in-new-spy-video"
categories:
  - "Ferrari News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "crossovers"
  - "Ferrari"
  - "Ferrari Purosangue"
  - "Purosangue"
  - "Spy shots"
  - "Supercar"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# Ferrari Purosangue SUV Test Mule Spotted in New Spy Video

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It was a cosmic inevitability: Ferrari, fine purveyor of Italian speed machines, is finally making a crossover. Few details have been revealed other than that it [will be called the Ferrari Purosangue,](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/23666/ferrari-reportedly-confirms-name-of-new-crossover-purosangue>) and that Ferrari [would really prefer we not call it an SUV.](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/12607/ferrari-suv-will-hide-its-rear-doors-and-be-classed-as-an-fuv>) Regardless, [a new spy video](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J113OjvOiX0>) filmed at the company's Maranello headquarters has given us the first glimpse of the Purosangue—well, a *version* of it at least.

Posted on YouTube by *SupercarsNews,* the brief clip shows what appears to be a strangely-painted [GTC4Lusso](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/9535/2017-ferrari-gtc4lusso-doubles-the-pleasure>) cruising past an unobscured section of chain-link fence at the Maranello facility. But a closer look reveals a high ride height; take a gander at those gaps between the fenders and wheels. This is plainly some sort of test mule for the Ferrari Purosangue, since the company isn't cooking up anything else that would warrant such a raised suspension.

https://youtube.com/embed/J113OjvOiX0

The cameraman appears to have been standing in a spot where a line of evergreen trees once stood to keep prying eyes away, evidenced by a tidy row of stumps in the ground. Once the driver of the Purosangue mule realizes he's being filmed, he quickly reverses out of sight—the briefest of engine revs indicates it's still got an operatic Ferrari engine under the hood, though electrification is undoubtedly part of the plan.

The final design won't look anything like this, of course, and we don't know anything on that front beyond that it will do its damnedest [to hide the fact that it's got four doors.](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/12607/ferrari-suv-will-hide-its-rear-doors-and-be-classed-as-an-fuv>) But it's still our first glimpse of Ferrari's future.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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