Chris Harris

Did Ferrari need to make an electric car?

I'm not sure it did.

I'm not sure it did.

I mean, what value does it add, really?

You know, everyone knows what they want from a Ferrari.

I think it was a bit of a flex.

I think they got caught up in the zeitgeist of six years ago when everyone said we have to make electric cars.

I think if you ask them now...

Whether they wish they'd not done it, they'd probably say, yes, we wish we'd not done it.

And I think I can tell you, you know, I've got a little bit of intel on it from the inside.

You know, we're all part of an industry.

As a journalist, I can tell you, you had to meet certain criteria to be invited for that unveiling.

I'm proud to say I didn't meet them.

I was telephoned and asked how positive I was about electric cars.

And I said, not very.

And the invite was not forthcoming.

So the level, I think, judge a car company's confidence by the way it manages car launches.

First time I drove a Porsche 918, it was finished.

It was left in a garage with a key.

There was no one there with it.