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08-23-2011, 07:44 AM
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#1 | | Who's naughty? I___i
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| Ferrari 458 - Italia loses top
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Engineering a mid-engined exotic with a retractable hardtop is a bit tricky. Which is why it's never been done before – that is, until now. Feast your eyes on what Maranello's crafty engineers have wrought.
The convertible version of the 458 Italia fills the space left by the F430 Spider and the 360, 355 and 348 Spiders before it. But whereas those went with cloth roofs, the newest variation on the theme uses a folding – or more accurately, flipping – hard panel. The mechanism is similar to the one on the Superamerica, but whereas that model's roof panel simply rests under the open sky on the rear deck, the 458 stows under the deck lid, protecting it from collecting dust or rain that would otherwise be deposited on the driver and passenger when deployed.
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08-23-2011, 08:16 AM
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08-23-2011, 08:20 AM
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#3 | | Da Vinci's real masterpiece: The Mona Diesel
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Woah I don't normally like convertibles but this still looks hella nice!
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08-23-2011, 08:31 AM
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#4 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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08-23-2011, 08:45 AM
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^ Autobot, roll out.
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08-23-2011, 10:20 AM
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wonder how much slower it is then the regular 458.. looks nice for a vert tho!
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08-23-2011, 10:25 AM
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08-23-2011, 10:40 AM
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| Ferrari 458 Spider video, pictures, and specs
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08-23-2011, 10:44 AM
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#9 | | manage the cap you say????
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^so you couldn't look 2 posts down before starting this thread? :/
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08-23-2011, 10:49 AM
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any reason they chose to go with spider instead of 'spyder'?
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08-23-2011, 11:01 AM
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#11 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Ferrari's convertibles were always named spiders whereas Lamborghini convertibles are named spyders.
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08-23-2011, 11:57 AM
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Ferrari can call it whatever they want, people will still DROOL over it.. damn it.. now look what ferrari making me do  | |
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08-23-2011, 01:12 PM
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08-23-2011, 01:16 PM
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#14 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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damn that car is hot
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08-23-2011, 01:19 PM
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08-23-2011, 01:30 PM
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Love how it looks... hopefully we won't see it locally wrapped in something matte with a N on the back
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08-23-2011, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by jaemc  Love how it looks... hopefully we won't see it locally wrapped in something matte with a N on the back | 
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08-23-2011, 02:25 PM
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#18 | | I LIKE JDM!!
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Whoa, thats pretty neat!
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08-23-2011, 03:35 PM
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looks better in the convertible imo which is rare
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08-23-2011, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Not really racist! ^so you couldn't look 2 posts down before starting this thread? :/ | yea I know right?
so I merged the threads instead.
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08-23-2011, 06:22 PM
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#21 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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08-23-2011, 07:54 PM
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#22 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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wow, a hard top. But the biggest drawback is we can't see the engine.
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08-24-2011, 04:34 AM
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#23 | | Banned (ABWS)?
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ugh... I still don't like cars that lose their top unless they were meant to be convertibles since day one.
All these "roofed before, and now lost their top" conversions just never look as good
as the real convertibles.
I would prefer the "roofed" version.
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08-24-2011, 06:21 AM
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#24 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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08-24-2011, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by AzNightmare ugh... I still don't like cars that lose their top unless they were meant to be convertibles since day one.
All these "roofed before, and now lost their top" conversions just never look as good
as the real convertibles.
I would prefer the "roofed" version. | While I tend to agree with this, I prefer the look of the spider over the roofed version. Never really liked the original 458's look, to be honest. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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