Ferrari has announced the launch of the 488 Spider, which will be the most powerful ever mid-rear-engined V8 car to feature the patented retractable hard top along with the highest level of technological innovatio. Ferrari was the first manufacturer to introduce the RHT (Retractable Hard Top) on a car of this particular architecture. This solution ensures lower weight (-25 kg) and better cockpit comfort compared to the classic fabric soft-top. Just like all previous spider versions of Ferrari’s models, this is a car that is aimed squarely at clients seeking open-air motoring pleasure in a high-performance sports car with an unmistakable Ferrari engine sound. Every area of the car has been designed to set new technological benchmarks for the sector: from the aluminium spaceframe chassis and bodyshell to the new turbo-charged V8, aerodynamics that reconcile the need for greater downforce with reduced drag along with the specific cabin air flow demands of an open-top car, and vehicle dynamics that render it fast, agile and instantly responsive.
The world premiere of the 488 Spider will be at the Frankfurt International Motor Show in September. Beneath the engine cover throbs the 3902cc turbo-charged V8 that debuted just a few months ago on the 488 GTB and has a maximum power output of 660bhp combined with maximum torque of 760Nm at 3000rpm, which can send the 488 Spider sprinting from 0 to 100 km/h in 3 seconds flat and from 0 to 200 km/h in 8.7 seconds.
