Saturday, January 15, 2011

The Ferrari 458 Italia




The The 458 doesn't have a manual option; instead, the Getrag dual-clutch 7-speed transmission handles all the shifting duties. Ferrari aimed to make this car driver-friendly, and to do that they made sure that a standard automatic transmission would be used. The engine is able to deliver 570 CV at 9000 rpm and has a power output of 127 CV per litre.

The mid-rear mounted (a first for Ferrari) 4499 cc V8 direct injection engine is dominant on all fronts. To simply call the 458's engine powerful would be too much of a compliment to other powerful engines on the road. The results speak for themselves. Instead, Ferrari used their experience with Formula 1 racing and new technologies and designs to piece together the 458. Unlike Ferrari models of the past, this new design wasn't really based on any old design of street model car, per se.

It's just common practice with a lot of automakers to bring in the new to get out with the old. Not that the F430 was obsolete or a lesser car by any stretch of the imagination. The 458 Italia came along to replace the Ferrari F430. One of the newest Ferrari's is the 458 Italia.

Not only do the cars look sleek and stylish and like something you'd see in the sky as opposed to on the ground, but they're also extremely well built, lightning fast and rugged enough to hold up to the rigors of prolonged high performance. The Italian-made Ferrari has been one of the biggest-selling sports cars of all time.

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