While boasting four-wheel drive and a loftier ride height than the average Ferrari, it would be fair to say that the Purosangue isn’t a traditional off-roader. It’s formidably expensive, for one thing, though is also very much road-biased in its configuration - it hasn’t really been built for scaling mountains and fording streams. But one owner is going to have a go anyway.
See this particular Purosangue is owned by a guy who goes by the name of @sammyautotester on social media. A brief scan of his Instagram shows he’s embarked on big adventures with Ferraris before, including thousands of kilometres around the Arctic in a Roma. When he’s not doing that, he’s doing 200mph-plus in his Superfast on the autobahn. So a big drive in a Purosangue - the Panamerican Highway, in fact - makes complete sense given Sammy’s previous exploits.
It’s not clear yet how much of the 19,000-mile route the Purosangue will take on - Uruguay, Colombia and Chile are mentioned - but to best prepare the Ferrari for whatever it faces, the experts at Delta 4x4 have been tasked with kitting it out.
The Forge Light Beadlock wheels have never been seen before, and are said to be designed ‘for demanding off-road adventures’. They’re 20-inch at each corner, so usefully smaller and less vulnerable than standard wheels that go up to 23-inch diameter, and the beadlock technology means the wheel stays on the tyre even when pressures are low. An off-road essential, basically.
Speaking of tyres, the Purosangue now rides on BF Goodrich Trail Terrain rubber (hopefully with a few spares), which Delta says ‘blurs the lines between sports car performance and off-road capability.’ With just a 255-section rear (where a Purosangue leaves the factory on a 315), it’ll surely be a livelier thing to drive as well as capable of things no Purosangue previously has.
The wheels cost €12,300 on their own; a big investment on rims, if small change by the standards of Purosangue options. The tyres will have been reasonably easy to source, priced at about £250 each in the UK. And if it seems like a fairly modest overhaul for proper off-roading, Sammy’s socials suggest this is merely step one. Imagine what might be coming next…
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