23
August
2011

Ferrari 458 spider – striptease with red tip

Posted in: Ferrari 4

The Porsche 911 gets winding competitive to the beauty prize at the IAA: Ferrari has the 458 spider in the luggage. The hairstyle of the occupants of disheveled in under 3.4 seconds.

This car is blowing just off any crisis: 4, 5-litre V8 aspirated, 570 PS, 540 nm torque, 320 km / h top and from the stand at just 3.4 seconds to 100 km / h – these are the ingredients for Ferrari’s new outdoor pleasure. The 458 Italia Gets a spider version, and it is as expected for the first time at the IAA in September to see. The spider has an electrically retractable hardtop. The Italians needed only 14 seconds for the striptease. The two-part hardtop is completely made of aluminum and is to be 25 kg lighter than the soft top, with the Ferrari had first flirted. The hardtop stuffs to the folds in the narrow space in front of the engine. There is even room for a little luggage behind the seats.

The Targa look open is awarded the 4,5 metres long and only 1.2 M high mid-engine athletes. So not too much, it attracts, if to hunt with the top down through the Tuscany, an electric wind deflector extends push of a button. As a result, it is said, at least at Ferrari, pilot and Copilot at speeds beyond of 200 km / h in normal volume could engage. Just is just “parlare con le Mani”, Italians finally have an inexhaustible fund of gestures and hand signals.

Small hump, which not only chic look, but you want to optimize even the air flow to the air intake of the engine compartment and the oil coolers of clutch and gearbox is located behind the minds of the inmates. Behind the seats – she are there on request in sparse racing design – the same engine out like in the normal Italia. The V8 suction cup, with direct injection and 4499 cc engine makes 570 HP (425 kW) at 9000 rpm, maximum torque of 540 NM at 6000 RPM is located at. Thanks to the lightweight of 1430 kg – slightly less than in the Coupe – bolide from Maranello achieves a power to weight ratio of 2.51 kg per HP. The weight distribution is 42 percent on the front and 58% on the rear axle.

The transmission of 458 spider is Ferrari seven-speed F1 dual-clutch transmission with paddle shifters on the steering wheel, the car is equipped with an electronic limited slip differential and high performance ABS. Ferrari official fuel consumption for the sake of completeness also with specifies, he is not at all times as wasteful 11.8 litres per 100 kilometres. The Coupe approved 13.3 litres finally cut. The Italians have not betrayed yet how much is the fast hardtop car dream. The 458 Italia has as a Coupe with 194,000 euros in the warehouse, the spider is so easily crack the 200,000 euro mark.


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