Ferrari 458 Italia

Ferrari 458 Italia – New Ferrari Revealed. Ferrari is replacing its six-year-old F430, with a brand new car, the Ferrari 458 Italia, which will debut at the Frankfurt motor show this September. The new Ferrari is badged 458 Italia and has a mid-mounted V8 like the F430 it will replace.

The coachwork of the Ferrari 458 Italia has been designed by Pininfarina with not just a wind-cheating shape, but also deformable wings over the radiators, which close off the intakes at speed to cut drag. The company claims the car produces 308lb of downforce at 124mph.

The 4,499cc V8 engine uses the direct fuel-injection first seen in a Ferrari on last year’s Ferrari California model. Unlike the California, however, the 458 uses a flat-plane crankshaft for faster acceleration and optimised breathing albeit at a slight expense of engine vibration.

The output of the engine is 562bhp at a heady 9,000rpm and 398lb ft of torque at 6,000rpm which makes this engine the highest revving road Ferrari ever, with 0-62mph acceleration in 3.4sec, a top speed in excess of 202mph and EU Combined fuel economy of 20.6mpg. The transmission is the seven-speed dual clutch gearbox which replaces the robotised manual shift system used in the F430.a>