The world’s favourite sports car manufacturer, Ferrari, has revealed yet another super car from their stable, The Ferrari 458 Italia. It is the replacement to the world renowned F430. The new Ferrari is clearly influenced by the Mille Chili concept car.The name of the new Ferrari is actually inspired by its powerplant- the 4.5 litre V8 petrol engines, which Ferrari claims has the highest output for any normally aspirated car engine. The high revving powertrain puts 562bhp at 9000 rpm and 540 Nm of torque by 6,000 rpm. Whoa! It is the first of the mid-engined Ferrari car.
To top it all it comes with a 7-speed F1 transmission. Double whoa! These guys in Ferrari can just get better and better. No? These features qualify the new cars as the highest revving Ferrari ever made.
The car will also feature a new suspension system. The twin wishbones at the front and a multi-link set up at the rear, coupled with E-Diff and F1-trac traction control system which improves the car’s cornering longitudinal acceleration by 32 percent compared to the previous Ferrari’s.
The 458 Italia’s frame has used the superb ideas from Scuderia tuners and Mille Chili concept car. The new car has been given a more advanced bonding technique than 430 and the manufacturing process has been in line with the aero industry.
Along with engineers and car designers, Ferrari has used inputs from star Formula 1 motorsports driver Michael Schumacher. Heard that?
The car is expected to be launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show scheduled to be held in September 2009. The details of the prices are not revealed but auto industry watchers speculate that it could be around Rs 1.18 Crore ( £ 150,000). Surely it is more expensive than the good old Ferrari F430. Applause for that anyone?
Labels: Ferrari-458-Italia, Formula-One
2 Comments:
The new car F458 Italia from Ferrari is mind-blowing. Its hard to imagine that a mid-engined car can give this much power. Moreover, the Ferrari F458 Italia is so fast. It will definitely take a place in the "Fastest Car" list. Ferrari will shortly be launched in India. Hope this supercar makes a grand entry in the Indian car market.
A nice replacement for the F430. I still prefer this over the California
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