Are you a squillionaire who feels let down by the Ferrari Luce? You’ve got money to burn, but not hydrocarbons and the electric Ferrari was a way to express both those core values? 

Never fear, Electrifying has a comprehensive list of 10 ways you could spend your money (and in most cases keep a bit of change spare, not that you care about that) and still get those sporty electric GT vibes. 

Lotus Emeya 900

Price: £129,990

It might be a bit bold shoving a modern day Lotus in at the top here, but look at what we’re comparing it to. 

This four-door saloon is a chonky world away from company founder Graham Chapman’s ‘just add lightness’ philosophy, but it arguably gets closer to being a classic Lotus than the Luce does a Ferrari. 

Today’s philosophy is ‘just add power’, and the Emeya 900 needs 918hp to get to 62mph in under three seconds and just about manages a WLTP range of 301 miles in the right spec. 

​Rimac Nevera​

Price: £1.7 million

Is it expensive? Sure, but the Rimac Nevera could have been described as the Ferrari of electric cars until Ferrari came along and upended the very concept. It’s got power and performance aplenty, and a price tag that shows you have so much money you don’t even need to care about it. 

This is the car that really should have been the benchmark for Ferrari to hit with its first electric vehicle, and Rimac has secretly been consulting with so many different carmakers over the last few years that Ferrari probably could have hit it up for advice. If it hasn’t already…

​Porsche Taycan Turbo GT​

Price: £189,200

You can get the spicy version of the Taycan with the Weissach Package added on for free, but you’d need to be fairly antisocial or at least have another car on standby. 

It ditches the rear seats and adds a roll cage, as well as upping the top speed to 190mph. This is the obvious choice, but we can’t help but feel it’s a bit of an obvious choice. 

Xiaomi SU7 Ultra

Price: £80,000 (tbc)

The SU7 Ultra does everything super fast, both driving and charging. It’ll get to 62mph in under two seconds thanks to over 1,500hp, but should still manage around 320 miles of WLTP range (it’s rated at 391 miles on the Chinese CLTC procedure). 

It’s sold for the equivalent of £55,000 in China, but if it makes it to the UK you can expect to pay more like £80,000–£100,000. Easy to forget that this car comes courtesy of the world’s third largest mobile manufacturer – it’s not even phoning it in.

​Maserati GranTurismo Folgore​

Price: £179,950

Maserati used to be controlled by Ferrari until the companies were split up in 2005 – Maserati is now part of the Stellantis behemoth and its flagship electric GT car shares its platform with the Alfa Romeo Giulia and the Jeep Grand Cherokee. 

There could have been a Ferrari in that little list if the world had turned out slightly differently. The Maserati isn’t perfect, but at least it knows what a Maserati is… 

​Hyundai Ioniq 5 N​

Price: £64,945

The Ioniq 5 N seemed expensive until I started putting this list together and realised that the sporty little electric Hyundai somehow gets drivers better than anyone on the team that built the new electric Ferrari.

​Rolls-Royce Spectre​

Price: £330,000

The pinnacle of wafty electric luxury and it comes in over £100k cheaper than the new Ferrari? What a world we live in. The Spectre actually offers one mile less of WLTP range than the Ferrari Luce – 329 miles versus the Italian’s 330. 

Of course neither car is going to get close in terms of real world range. The question comes down to which car you’d rather be sat in waiting for it to fill up, the Rolls or the Ferrari? Can’t imagine either one of them at Beaconsfield services. Do they have separate charging stops of ultra high net worth individuals? 

Also the Spectre comes with a free umbrella in the door, so that’s worth something. So does a Skoda though, to be fair. 

​Lucid Air Sapphire 

Price: £250,000 (approx) + £60 membership of the Design Museum, London

The performance version of the Lucid Air isn’t available in the UK, but a person with your kind of means wouldn’t let that sort of thing stop them. 

The Sapphire has massive amounts of power (if you like that sort of thing) and handles impressively well. It also looks good, which is a circle that the Luce has not managed to complete. 

I'm throwing in a year’s membership to the Design Museum in London too so that you can get inspiration for critiquing the Ferrari’s ambivalent exterior lines. 

​Dacia Spring​

Price: from £12,240 (with electric car grant)

Now, I’m not even remotely suggesting that this car can compete with the Ferrari on any terms – performance, comfort, image, etc. 

But what I am saying is that you could buy 38 of these small electric hatchbacks for the price of a Ferrari Luce and have someone queue them up in an old-fashioned line like post horses of the eighteenth century and suddenly you’re looking at over 5,000 miles of range. 

Justin Bieber once admitted that he only wears his underwear once before getting rid of it, but ditching a Dacia Spring after one drive is truly the ultimate baller move. 

Cottage in Cornwall

Price: £475,000

For the same price as the Ferrari Luce (before fees and stamp duty and that though), this charming little three bedroom cottage is a five-minute drive from the centre of bustling St Ives (there are a couple of really good chip shops down by the harbour) and the Atlantic Ocean, plus it comes with a sizeable garden that has lovely views over the surrounding countryside. 

It might be a bit poky for the super rich, but it’s got lots of character and room for two of your cars.

Happy spending!