---
title: "Watch Dwyane Wade Teach His Teenage Son to Drive in a Ferrari GTC4Lusso"
description: "An AWD family-sized Ferrari? Sounds like the perfect starter car to us."
date: "2017-08-21"
modified: "2017-08-21"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/13661/watch-dwyane-wade-teach-his-teenage-son-to-drive-in-a-ferrari-gtc4lusso"
categories:
  - "Culture"
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  - "News"
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tags:
  - "basketball"
  - "dwayne wade"
  - "Ferrari"
  - "gtc4lusso"
  - "teen drivers"
---

# Watch Dwyane Wade Teach His Teenage Son to Drive in a Ferrari GTC4Lusso

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There are a lot of suitable cars out there for [young teenage drivers](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/13105/chevrolets-onstar-family-link-is-here-to-ease-parental-nerves>) to start out practicing on. A nice reliable Toyota Corolla. Maybe an old, tank-like Volvo. But a Ferrari GTC4Lusso? [Well, it *is* the Ferrari for families.](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/9535/2017-ferrari-gtc4lusso-doubles-the-pleasure>)

Three-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade must be getting tired of carting his 15-year-old son Zaire around everywhere, because it's hard to think of another reason why he'd turn the keys to his $300,000 supercar over to a teenager with a learner's permit. Wade posted a brief video this weekend of his son slowly pulling the Ferrari out into traffic while he looks on apprehensively from the passenger's seat, and honestly, we can't tell who we're more nervous for.

Thankfully for all parties involved (and the greater Miami area), his son acquits himself well enough that Wade allows him to pull the GTC4Lusso up his driveway solo while he strolls in front of the red rocket ship. "The ulimate trust," he calls it. Standing with your back to an unsupervised teenager at the controls of a 6.3-liter V12 engine delivering 680 horsepower to all four wheels? That's a great way to describe it.

Zaire may be learning to drive in a car that's worth more than the average house, but his father's not going to let him look *that* cool: The video ends with the elder Wade reminding his son to set the parking brake with a truly dad-worthy "Safety first!"

Let's hope that Zaire takes his driver's test in the [Ferrari GTC4Lusso,](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/1135/angels-pitcher-cj-wilsons-viper-will-eat-ferraris-all-day>) and that Wade records the reaction of the poor DMV instructor assigned to that challenge.

https://youtube.com/embed/XHShTE-7fow

## 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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