Ferrari pulls cover off 488 Spider
Ferrari has unveiled the all-new 488 Spider, a car it calls its most powerful mid-engine V8 car ever with a retractable roof.
The Italian automaker said the 488 Spider is "the most aerodynamically efficient Ferrari spider ever built," crediting "a series of complex aero solutions" designed to generate downforce and reduce drag.
Designed around the retractable hard top, the 488 Spider's spaceframe chassis is made of 11 different aluminum alloys and other noble metals, like magnesium, yielding the same torsional rigidity and beam stiffness as the 488GTB.
The torsional rigidity and stiffness is improved 23 per cent over the 458 Italia Spider it replaces, according to Ferrari.
The car's retractable hardtop folds in two sections, and takes 14 seconds to fully retract or deploy.
The 488 Spider is, like the 488GTB that debuted just a few months ago, powered by a 3.9-litre twin-turbocharged V8 that makes 661 horsepower and 560 lb.-ft. of torque.
The run from 0 to 100 km/h takes just three seconds, and the 200 km/h mark comes in 8.7 seconds.
