458 Speciale Revealed

Lightest Italia vs lightest Speciale = 90 kg.
Best semis are the Trofeos R IMHO.
Cheers.

 

+1 couldn't agree more. I notice myself agreeing with a lot you say. The Ghibli is so well proportioned are beautiful in my eyes.

 

Aside from the obvious performance, which really can only be fully utilized on a track, I'm not very excited about the overall look of the car. The front is not attractive at all and those side fins forward of the rear wheels are downright ugly, irrespective of any function. The rear of the car is the best aspect of the new design but the more I study it it lacks smoothness and looks heavy. The stripe offers no compliment to the hood design and although I love the idea of a striped Scud this car may actually look better sans stripe. I cannot recall feeling so,little excitement over a Ferrari unveiling. My 16M just insured itself a longer stay with me.

 

...would you like sausage or pepperoni with your eSPECIALEEEEE..
terrible name.

 

That's Spe-tsia-le for you and me sir.

PS: What about an "Aston DB Special". Does it sound bad? I think not...

 

Loving these comparisons. Thanks.

Would love to see this matrix of pics...

360 | CS
430 | Scuderia
458 | Speciale

... in order to see how the faces have evolved from std spec to race inspired.

On a separate note, any word on whether they plan to limit the run on these cars like they did with the CS/16M; or will they build as many as they can sell?

 

I for one can't wait to see it in the flesh and see some interesting specs. I know its Fchat but history shows some of us threw stones at the Italia, Scuderia, F430, etc, etc, etc and now are our favortie F Cars!

 

As if anyone of us here could lap Fiorano in anywhere close to these times. These times are for a pro driver with zero mistakes. A 1.5 second improvement over the F430 Scuderia is huge at the finish line.

 

I guess you can't simply slap on a 458 Special grille to a 458.

 

funny how this rendering of many months ago nails the actual design!

i actually like this design better!!!
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+1, 458 Calzone would have been better.

 

From all the light weighted models, 430 Scud is my absolute fav. That design will be hard to beat. F nail it.

 

Funny it's my least favorite. I don't think it's better looking than the stock F430. The CS looks better than the rather bland 360 coupe.

This one DOES look better than the base car. That's why it's my favorite because the 458 is already one of the better looking F cars in some time.

But, everyone has their own thing.


However, I do like the 16m. Go figure.

 

Lap times at Fiorano

Pos Make / Model Time Speed (km/h) Year Power (hp) / Weight (kg)
1. Ferrari LaFerrari 1:19.90 136 14 963
2. Ferrari F12 Berlinetta 1:23.00 131 12 740 1725
3. Ferrari 458 Speciale 1:23.50 130 13 605 1290
4. Ferrari 599 GTO 1:24.00 129 10 670 1495
5. Ferrari Enzo 1:24.90 128 02 660 1365
6. Ferrari 458 Italia 1:25.00 128 09 570 1485
7. Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano HGTE 1:25.90 127 09 620
8. Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano 1:26.50 126 06 620 1748
9. Ferrari 360 CS 1:26.50 126 03 425 1280
10. Ferrari 430 Scuderia 16M 1:26.50 126 09 517 1350
11. Ferrari F50 1:27.00 125 95 520 1270
12. Ferrari F430 1:27.00 125 05 489 1450
13. Ferrari F430 Spyder 1:27.00 125 05 489 1599
14. Ferrari F40 1:29.60 121 87 479 1270
15. Ferrari 612 Scaglietti 1:30.50 120 04 540 1919
16. Ferrari 360 Modena 1:31.00 120 99 400 1390
17. Ferrari 575 Maranello 1:31.51 119 02 515 1760
18. Ferrari 550 Maranello 1:32.53 118 96 486 1690
19. Ferrari F355 1:34.00 116 95 380 1350
20. Ferrari 512 TR 1:35.00 114 91 428 1473
21. Ferrari 456 GT 1:35.00 114 92 442 1690
22. Ferrari 288 GTO 1:36.00 113 84 405 1160
23. Ferrari Testarossa 1:36.00 113 84 396 1640
24. Ferrari 348TB 1:39.30 110 89 295 1380
25. Ferrari Testarossa 1:40.60 108 84 396 1640

 

ok here goes

front and 3/4
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Now I got it
It looks like a Mansory
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I bet this thing sounds like a beast at 9 grand. The exhaust is completely different.

 

back and side

ps anyone notice that the italia side shot car has no wipers?
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IMO that will be the most exciting aspect of the 458 Speciale

 

The more I look at it, some lines do look a little off. The exhaust sound on the short teaser video is wonderful. I'm still on board!

 

In the rubbish bin

 

I spoke with my friendly dealer today. He said that ferrari didn't send them a memo or give them any notice/info before this release. Same as always with them!

 

I bet you're right about this.

What I've found about car dealers in general (all kinds of dealers) is that the information from the head office and PR machine rarely gets passed down to the salesman level.

I still know waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more about the Alfa 4c than any dealer I've talked to. Many don't even know much about the Alfa brand in general or that its coming to Fiat dealers.

A guy on the Corvette forum went to his Chevy dealer yesterday asking if he could buy a new C7. The salesman said "sure, I have one right here". Problem was, it was last year's model. He had no clue there was a new one going into production any day.

 

I happned to drop off some stuff at our dealer this morning just after the official infomation came out. One of the sales guys was focused on his laptop looking at the Speciale for the first time.

 

I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it with my own eyes.