Ferrari 458 Italia Spider
The stunning new 2010 458 Italia, Ferrari’s replacement for the outgoing F430, was just revealed to the world a few months ago, but already Ferrari is thought to be working on an open-top version of its latest supercar, previewed here in this latest computer generated rendering. According to a report by Quattroruote.it, Ferrari has confirmed that it will produce a convertible version of its new Ferrari 458 Italia. Ferrari’s chairman, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, confirmed to the publication that the Ferrari 458 Italia Spider will hit the market in the coming years.
“Deliveries of the Ferrari 458 Italia will begin in mid-January 2010,” said Montezemolo. “We are also planning a Spider version, but not for a couple of years.”
He said that Ferrari is waiting for the economy to recover a little and is looking forward with “hopeful realism.”
While Ferrari has adopted a folding hard-top roof for its most recent convertible model, the California, the 458 Italia Spider is likely to retain the lightweight soft-top roof seen on the F430 Spider and high-performance Scuderia 16M. Apart from the roof and some chassis reinforcements, the 458 Italia Spider should be identical to its hard-top sibling, which means power will come from a 4.5-liter V8 engine rated at 570 hp (425 kW) and 400 lb-ft (553 Nm) of torque and sending torque to the rear wheels via a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission. Weight will almost certainly be higher than the hard-top’s 3,036 lbs (1,380 kg).
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Source: motorauthority.com and egmcartech.com
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