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2012 Ferrari 458
2012 Ferrari 458
The 458 Spider, or convertible, is new for 2012. The Spider's hard top pivots rearward and is stored under a tonneau cover -- electrically, in only fourteen seconds.
The 458 was all new last year; it's the latest in a long line of Ferrari sports cars with a mid-mounted V-8 engine. The 458 succeeded the F430, which itself replaced the 360 Modena, the model that more than any other put Ferrari back atop its pedestal as the maker of the world's finest sports cars. The 458, like nothing else on the road today, is an intoxicating cocktail of knife-edged performance and computer-controlled driving bliss. The pistons in the direct-injected V-8 displace 4.5 liters of volume. (That, plus the number of cylinders, begat the name 458.) Redlined at 9000 bellowing rpm, the engine produces a staggering 562 hp, enough to accelerate to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds -- and on to a top speed of 202 mph. (The Spider manages "only" 3.5 seconds and 198 mph.) Thanks to its looks, its sound, and its heritage, the Ferrari creates a scene wherever it goes. Driven in anger, it emits none of the high-pitched sweetness of its V-8 predecessors; the direct-injected eight yells a baritone wail. It corners as if each tire had negotiated its exclusion from the laws of physics, demonstrating razor-sharp reflexes and chassis balance that no engineer could have dreamed of a decade ago. As Ferrari moves further into the computer-controlled future, there's no chance to mourn the manual transmission. The 458 is about speed, and it speeds like no other sports car in the world.
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