The Ferrari 458 Italia is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful cars on the road. Most Ferrari enthusiast would go for the standard Ferrari Red but I am more partial to the Blu Scozia. If you are looking at the 458 Speciale you will see a few body changes from the coupe, as well as losing the roof. The new model Speciale you also get upgrades to performance and the addition of carbon fiber, but if those aren’t enough Ferrari also made a 458 Speciale A. The Speciale A gets even more of a power boost and carbon fiber making it the most powerful spider Ferrari has made as of 2015. The Speciale A also sports racing stripes to make its status as a thoroughbred race car known. The Speciale A is driven by a high compression ratio engine of 14:1 which allows the naturally aspirated V8 to produce 597 horsepower. In order to maintain the power the Speciale A had to have most of the engine reworked, fitting new: valves, pistons, reworked intake runners and ports. Ferrari also reworked the seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox to get as much power to the ground as fast as possible. The question is, what good is all that muscle if it doesn't have the ability to put the power to the ground without spinning it away. Ferrari has an answer for that. The 458 Speciale A uses technology originally developed for the LaFerrari that uses the rear differential and stability control to adjust the car’s slip angle to just the right amount, so even you can look like a race car driver behind the wheel.

 

458 Italia

• 562 horsepower

• 398 foot pounds of torque

• 0-60  3.0 seconds

• $263,553

458 Italia Speciale A

• 597 horsepower

• 398 foot pounds of torque

• 0-60 3.0 seconds

• $291,774

• only 499 produced

 

 

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