458 Official Ferrari 458 Italia Picture Thread

These are from a car that was presented in the mid-Atlantic by Algar Ferrari at the Reading Concours.


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Wow, lovely shots. The Photoshop pump is way over the top but works really well on these shots. Nice.

 

Totally agree!!!!!!!!!!

with the bi color options it totally looses the beauty of its lines...

 

Black on black dynamic duo.

http://www.autogespot.com/nl/viewimages.php?id=c214748364802062010175513

 

great pics! that 458 is wicked.

 

Simply "wow"!

 

Spot on. What a pair

 

That's actually Grigio Scuro. I've seen this car in the flesh and it looks really nice.

Grigio Medio looks like this: http://www.autogespot.com/nl/viewimages.php?id=c214748364802062010162603

 

I'd rather go for the dark grey wheels, this is to dark imho!

 

Yes. A bit too 'pimp my ride'.

 

With yellow calipers it would be perfect!

 

I also have a few more from the event last night In central NJ so check out the Tri sate New forums.

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/inno68/

Not sure why they uploaded blurry but they are up .

Thanks for looking
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That's a very nice set of pictures there.

 

hey, I don't know if this picture is appropriate in this thread, but it is still a 458.

I am Polish so I can always bring any inside to a story from more objective point of view.

http://www.worldcarfans.com/110052426421/first-ferrari-458-italia-crash

 

Nice pics

 

Here are some pics I found in the showroom forum on a link.

Love the black!!!!!!!!
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Benuzzi at the wheel
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Yellow is quite a nice color for the 458.

 

The black looks much better as here with the lighter wheels rather than the all black look as poster elsewhere (way too pimp my ride with the black wheels) but they should have gone with the silver calipers. The reds stick out like a sore thumb.

 

Interesting observation about the wheel color since both the Scuderia and 16M were presented by Ferrari with dark wheels...
The standard look for the Scuderia wheel is a gray that looks almost black in certain light situations. The 458 'dark' wheel color is a different gray from the 430 shade used by the factory.
CH

 

i too am not crazy about the black wheels treatment...much prefer the look of plain ol silver or a lighter gray to go with the Nero body. also, another consideration as you mentioned...since the spokes are thin and the wheel so large...calipers in silver or black would do nicely... sigh, one can dream

 

I think it's just that 'all black' thing really. I would probably have liked it early to mid '80s, would have thought it looked really 'cool'. Now it looks about as cool as shoulder pads and big hair and all a bit like that tacky after market stuff you see in the back of the magazines. Do like the black paint though, but I bet it's a bîtch to keep clean.

 

It's funny, I'd never noticed that until someone mentioned it here. Now all I see are coloured calipers. I guess once you've seen something you can't un-see it.

 

Maintaining the 'optics' of Ferrari paint has become a career for some enterprising individuals. Years ago a Saturday morning wash and wax was sufficient. Now the standards have been raised with 'detailing' the car. It is all done to amazing effect by some talented individuals. I agree black would demand regular attention in a way that perhaps gray or white cars would not.
CH

 

Right. And the problem is that it only works if it's near spotless.