'The First Luxury V12 Italian Off-Roader in the World' Ignores the Existence of the Lambo Rambo | Carscoops

      GlasWerks DMV's new Elevato aims to deliver off-road excitement inspired by Ferrari's grand tourer for approximately $175,000, plus the cost of the donor vehicle.

      The company claims to have developed the first-ever luxury V12 Italian off-road vehicle.

      With a price starting at $175,000, excluding the donor car, it leans more towards a rally-style vehicle than a traditional crawler.

      At the upcoming SEMA Show, GlasWerks DMV presents the Elevato, which the brand describes as the “world’s first luxury V12 Italian off-roader.”

      Despite the five qualifiers in that description, and if you disregard the Ferrari Purosangue as a crossover, it seems they may be overlooking that Lamborghini accomplished this decades ago. We will revisit that assertion later.

      The Elevato is fundamentally an enhanced version of the Ferrari GTC4 Lusso, and honestly, it looks impressive. GlasWerks DMV disassembled the original car and then rebuilt it with rally-grade components. It features billet aluminum suspension control arms, reinforced CV joints, and offers double the ground clearance of the base model.

      The modifications allow for eight inches of wheel travel, and it includes an onboard air system for adjusting tire pressure on the go. About thirty percent of the parts shown here are new compared to the standard Ferrari it is based on.

      Powering the Elevato is a 6.3-liter V12 engine tuned to produce approximately 750 horsepower, which is transmitted to all four wheels through the original Ferrari transmission. The company claims it can withstand endurance-style treatment.

      Customers can also customize spring rates, unique exhaust modifications, rally lighting, roof racks, and full STEK paint protection film if desired. If GlasWerks had only claimed it to be the most extreme Dakar-style supercar, it would be difficult to dispute that.

      However, that’s not the assertion made. Instead, it claims to be the “world’s first luxury V12 Italian off-roader.”

      Lamborghini had already achieved this with the LM002 back in the 1980s, which accommodated four people, had much greater ground clearance, and boasted outrageous styling that even the current (German-owned) Lamborghini was hesitant to replicate with the Urus, along with a V12 engine from the Countach.

      Ultimately, regardless of how we label it, this seems like a very exciting Ferrari Dakar-inspired variant. It starts at “around $175,000,” but considering GlasWerks’ record of ambiguous descriptions, we would request a concrete price if we were in the market.

      And remember, the quoted price does not include the donor car.