High-performance track focused Ferraris are back Maranello. Ferrari
announced its return to the market today with this road legal F430.
Due to be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show by Ferrari's boy
Michael Schumacher, the most hardcore F430 yet, named the Scuderia,
or 'team' (a reference to the company's racing heritage), is likely
to cost around £150,000, £20k more than the standard car.
Like its predecessor, the equally track focused Ferrari 360 Challenge
Stradale, the Scuderia gives you less to give you more, and will hit
before the end of the year.
The naturally aspirated 4.3-litre engine now produces 503bhp, giving
you 20 more horses than the standard car, with peak power arriving at
8500rpm. The standard F430’s 0-62mph speed was an impressive 4.0
seconds but we anticipate that the new car could well take half a
second off that given the weight loss and power hike.
The Scuderia’s top speed will no doubt creep up a little too, so
expect it to reach 200mph before it runs out of power. Bigger brakes
and semi-slick but road-legal rubber are also expected in the new
package to help bring proceedings to a halt in neck-breaking times.
The Scuderia will feature what Ferrari calls F1 Superfast and F1-Trac,
the latest software developments derived from grand prix experience.
The F1 Superfast transmission swaps cogs in just 60 milliseconds,
less than a third of the time the Enzo’s box required.
But the best development however, comes from the F1-Trac system
controlled by the steering wheel manettino lever which integrates the
F430’s E-diff electronic differential with stability control for the
first time. You can now turn off the car’s traction control whilst
keeping the stability control active, allowing the car to flatter the
driver while keeping him out of trouble.
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