Ferrari’s highly-anticipated F430 replacement, the 458 Italia, will be priced from £169,545 in the UK.
While expensive, the 458 Italia slots between the California (which is priced at £143,325) and the 599 Fiorano (which goes for £207,075). Of course, if you decide to equip the car with options, you can easily price it into 612 Scaglietti (£217,230) territory. Tempting items include steering wheel-mounted LEDs (£2794), an alcantara trunk lining (£1445), electric seats (£2120), and a spare wheel (£1156).
As you may recall, the 458 Italia uses a new direct-injected 4.5-liter V8 engine with 570 CV (at 9000 rpm) and 540 Nm of torque (at 6000 rpm, with over 80% available from 3250 rpm). Connected to a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, which has been specially engineered to match the power and torque curves of the new V8, the 458 Italia rockets from 0-100 km/h in less than 3.4 seconds, before hitting a top speed in excess of 325 km/h (202 mph).
Mansory Monaco Edition, based on Ferrari 458 Spider. It will be produced in limited series of just 3 units.
The aerodynamics package includes a restyled front apron with air inlets for the front coolers, a new bonnet, and side skirts with integrated ducts to feed even more cooling air to the engine. At the rear there is a new skirt with integrated diffuser and a rear wing. Carbon blades replace the rear window and the total weight-savings. The reduced weight is is 60 kg.
Engine performance package includes an ECU re-map, sports air filer and sport exhaust system. The overall power is 590 HP (434 kW) and 560 Nm (413 lb-ft) of torque. 0-100 km/h in 3.2 seconds and a top speed of 330 km/h (205 mph).
Chassis comes new shock absorbers and 20mm lowering springs while Mansory offers forged rims with central locking in 9×11 and 11×21 dimensions with Michelin PS2 tires in 245/35ZR-20 and 305/30ZR-21 sizes.
The interior boasts leather and Alcantara trimmed in a red and white diamond theme.
Italian excellence pays tribute to her majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Ferrari and the mounted carabinieri regiment at the heart of the Diamond Jubilee
Maranello, 7th May 2012 – Ferrari, an icon of Made in Italy excellence across the globe, will be at the very heart of the Diamond Jubilee Pageant to celebrate 60 years of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, an event of huge importance to the United Kingdom. The marque’s clients and collectors will be parading some of the most beautiful historic and contemporary Ferraris ever built through the grounds of Windsor Castle, with the cars on display for the duration of the event.
Ferrari, however, wanted to involve another icon of Italian excellence and, thanks to its financial contribution made to the organisation, will be accompanied to this very special celebration by the 4th Mounted Carabinieri Regiment performing the famous Historic Carosello, a demonstration of superb horsemanship and synthesis of the level of training reached by the Carabinieri.
The Carosello will stage a stunning display of horsemanship during which they will perform the intricate yet fluid quadrilles, equestrian rides choreographed to music, to showcase the skill and agility of both horses and riders. The programme culminates in the Regiment’s now-legendary and extremely thrilling final charge.
The Diamond Jubilee Pageant takes place from May 10th to 13th. It is a source of great pride to Ferrari to be making such a significant contribution to the celebration and also that two such internationally renowned representatives of Italian excellence have the opportunity to pay tribute to one of the most important Monarchs of our time.
Ferrari will be represented by Chairman Luca di Montezemolo on the final evening of the event which will be attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Ferrari and the Carabinieri share deep-rooted values, such as respect for tradition and history, but also a sense of determination, innovation and passion. Together these two representatives of Italian excellence are the perfect partnership to represent our nation at its finest.
Cinematic film Desert Nemesis follows Nissan’s inaugural GT Academy winner, Lucas Ordonez, as he takes the innovative Juke-R to Dubai’s International Marine Club to face some of the world’s most famous supercars in a thrilling street race.
We reveal the top 20 best new performance cars released over the past year in our exclusive Performance Car Of The Year (PCOTY) countdown. Click on the play button above to watch the video to find out what came where.
Our line up of performance cars includes offerings from Ferrari, Mercedes, Audi and BMW but there are also hot cars from the likes of Volkswagen, Peugeot, Renault and Honda.
The year 2012 marks the 20th anniversary for Ferrari in China since the first Ferrari, a 348 TS, was ordered in Beijing. To celebrate this historical milestone, in a few weeks time Ferrari will inaugurate its first ever permanent brand exhibition outside of Maranello at the Italia Center of Shanghai World Expo Park.
Facebook: on.fb.me Twitter: www.twitter.com Car Blog: www.shmee150.co.uk My Vlogs bit.ly —————————————— INFO BELOW! —————————————— This is the new Ferrari SP12, a Special Project creation built for Eric Clapton for a cost of £3m over a period of 2 years. The car is based on the framework and engine of the Ferrari 458 Italia but features numerous design changes to tweak it back to an appearance of Ferraris of old including the 512 Boxer and the headlights from the Enzo. The car had originally planned to be a 12 cyclinder version but clearly this was too much to ask and as such it seems to run the V8 and controls of the normal car.
