You’d think the phrase “off-road Ferrari” was something you’d hear from a fever dream after one too many espressos. But no — the Americans have done it. GlasWerks DMV, a boutique automotive outfit best known for crafting luxury SUVs with more leather than a Milan fashion show, has just unveiled the Elevato: a lifted, off-road-ready Ferrari GTC4Lusso. And yes, it’s every bit as gloriously absurd as it sounds.
This isn’t some Photoshop fantasy or a one-off meme for car forums — GlasWerks actually built it, and they’ve taken it to the SEMA show just to prove the world has officially gone mad (in the best possible way).
A Ferrari That Eats Gravel for Breakfast
Underneath all the lifted bravado, the Elevato still packs Ferrari’s magnificent 6.3-litre V12, now tuned to 760 horsepower — that’s 70 more than it had when it rolled out of Maranello. Instead of whispering down Italian coastal roads, it now roars through dust trails and spits out rocks with the same enthusiasm a 488 Pista spits flames.
To get there, GlasWerks’ special operations team tore each GTC4Lusso down to its bones and replaced or modified over 30 percent of its components. The result? Nine inches of ground clearance, eight inches of wheel travel, and a stance that looks like a supercar wearing hiking boots.
Engineering Madness, Executed Beautifully
The suspension has been completely reimagined for off-road life — aluminum upper and lower control arms, beefier axles and CV joints, uprated end links, and stabilizer links that wouldn’t look out of place on a Dakar racer. Customers can even choose their own spring rates and suspension setups, tailoring the ride from “highway cruiser” to “mountain goat.”
Body panels and mudguards? Interchangeable.
Exhaust? Crafted from Inconel, naturally.
Lights? All-LED, all custom.
Roof racks, rock guards, and machined switches? Take your pick.
Every Elevato even wears a paint protection film, because if you’re going to yeet a Ferrari through a forest, you’ll want to keep those Rosso Corsa curves looking respectable.
Luxury Meets Lunacy
Co-founder Joshua Sroka says the team’s aim was to create “something different” in the luxury off-road market — and that’s putting it mildly. They developed two versions side by side: one more road-focused, the other ready to clamber over whatever nature throws at it.
It’s the sort of engineering project that makes purists gasp and dreamers cheer. Imagine pulling up to a trailhead in a Ferrari that doesn’t flinch at the sight of mud. Imagine leaving tire tracks on a mountain pass while V12 symphonies echo through the trees.
The Price of Madness
All this off-road brilliance will set you back $175,000 — and that’s before you supply your own GTC4Lusso donor car. So, in total, you’re probably staring down something north of half a million dollars. But then again, can you really put a price on the first V12 Ferrari that could, theoretically, drive up a volcano?
In a world where crossovers keep pretending to be sporty, the GlasWerks DMV Elevato flips the script: a proper supercar that’s gone full SUV. It’s ridiculous, brave, and utterly wonderful — exactly the kind of madness the car world needs right now.
Source: GlasWerks DMV