Is this a 458???

Sounds a lot like my 1996 Olds Ciera wagon.

 

No.

 

Instrument panel looks like that of a 599 but he is shifting to 7th gear?? 599 GTO or 600 GTB could have 7 gears but this sounds like a V8. I'm puzzled.

 

Test mule? He shifts at 9k = 458 red line...

 

All I know is somebody needs to put some gas in the damn thing.

 

+1

It has to be the test mule.

 

gearbox warning light as well... i bet its a gearbox mule.

 

Sounds and looks more likely to be a 360.
As you hear some vids on youtube right now the pitch is higher.

Arno.

 

... And another piece of evidence to support the test mule theory - look at the steering rack top surface - you can see the slot where the chassis plate goes, but there isn't one present. It's a mule.

 

I would agree on the mule part. Plus, the numbers on the dash seemingly don't correspond to what gear the driver actually is in - as in he starts in first and shifts to sixth. I doubt that the car would accelerate that fast in second - and even if it could accelerate like that in second he wouldn't need to shift from second into third just after 60 mph.

My vote is a mule.

 

I vote test mule aswell.

Dash is totally different from '458 on track' in pod cast section on FC

Also does look to be a left hand drive (see window reflection on rev counter) with a speedo in MPH and not KPH??? Do they just grab the next instrument panel to come off the line!

 

599 GTO Mule??

 

LOL, I was saying the same thing. Fuel light is blinking off and on and they are hitting red line in every gear. I love it.