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    Ferrari F430 Spyder 2004-2009

    World Premiére of the Ferrari F430 Spider at Geneva Motor Show

    Maranello, 10th February – Ferrari’s range of V8-engined sports cars will be joined by the new F430 Spider when it is unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show (3-13 March 2005).
    Ferrari’s new drop-top includes a number of important technical features which give hints of the car’s F1 pedigree, starting with the innovative electronic differential - first developed by the racing division for the Scuderia’s all-conquering F1 cars – which improves traction and roadholding under all conditions. The Spider also features the steering wheel-mounted commutator switch, known to the Scuderia’s drivers as the ‘manettino’, which allows the car’s set-up to be adjusted easily and quickly.

    Formula 1 is thus again the inspiration for the development of the company’s road cars. Designed by Pininfarina, the F430 Spider’s sinuous lines, in fact, were fine-tuned using state-of-the-art computer aerodynamics simulation programmes usually employed exclusively by the F1 team.

    The F430 Spider’s shape is the result of lengthy testing and features a pronounced nolder which is integrated into the end of the engine cover, new bigger rear air intakes that emphasise the car’s muscular stance, and a new rear valance that incorporates a diffuser of competition derivation. The engine itself is attractively set below a glass cover.

    Just like the berlinetta, the new Spider incorporates two elliptical air intakes that feed the front radiators. The shape of the intakes is inspired by Ferrari’s racing cars from the 1961 season, especially the 156 F1 which Phil Hill drove to that year’s F1 Championship title. The spoiler that joins the two intakes at their bottom edge is highly effective in directing the central air flow towards the flat underbody.

    The F430 Spider boasts a compact, fully automatic electric hood that allows the engine to be seen in all its glory at all times and which, once lowered, takes up relatively little space, despite the uncompromising central-rear engine layout.

    The F430 Spider is powered by Ferrari’s new 490 hp, 4,308cc 90° V8 which is capable of pushing the car to a top speed of over 310 km/h (over 193 mph) and covering the 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) sprint in just 4.1 seconds. This lightweight and highly compact power unit produces a specific output of 114 hp per litre with a weight-to-power ratio of 2.9 kg (6.4 lbs) per horsepower (dry weight).


    F430 SPIDER
    BRIEF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS


    DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT
    Length: 4512 mm (177.6 in)
    Width: 1923 mm (75.7 in)
    Height: 1234 mm (48.6 in)
    Wheelbase: 2600 mm (102.4 in)
    Front track: 1669 mm (65.7 in)
    Rear track: 1616 mm (63.6 in)
    Kerb weight: 1520* kg (3,351 lbs)

    ENGINE
    Type: 90° V8
    Bore x stroke: 92 mm x 81 mm (3.62 x 3.19 in)
    Unitary displacement: 538.5 cc (32.87 cu in)
    Total displacement: 4.308 cc (263 cu in)
    Compression ratio: 11.3:1
    Maximum power: 360.3 kW (490 hp/483 bhp at 8,500 rpm)
    Maximum torque: 465 Nm (47.4 kgm/343 lbs/ft) at 5,250 rpm
    Specific power output: 114 hp/l

    PERFORMANCE
    Top speed: >310 km/h (over 193 mph)
    0-100 km/h: 4.1 seconds
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    oh you beat me to it


    rather nice in grey, but ordinary in yellow...
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    Very nice pictures! These will make great wallpapers! Now if only I could afford one...

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    OMG, that's the most beautiful Ferrari I had ever seen

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    OMG this is like birthday, christmas and sex at the same time!
    I love the cold titanium finish. Looks very masculine.

    The glas cover for the engine is just AWESOME!
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    Beautiful, Marenello has done it again (As if I would ever doubt Ferrari) It looks great even with the top up!!

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    those grey pics are bloody gorgeous

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    i think it looks nice better then the normal f430. the sports seats dont really fit in a spider i think.
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    it looks good, even better than coupe i think
    will they make a version similar to 575m superamerica?
    that'd be good idea

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    Quote Originally Posted by dydzi
    it looks good, even better than coupe i think
    will they make a version similar to 575m superamerica?
    that'd be good idea
    I highly doubt they will... aside from a CS, I think these are probably the only two versions of the 430 that will be made... they make make a GTS version with a Targa top, but I doubt it...
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    I think you've accidentally posted pictures of the new Hyundai convertible.
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    AMAZING!!!!
    Thats the most stunning thing to come out of europe in its class for quite some time.
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    Coventrysucks....if u think that it was mistaken for a Hyundai Convertible, you can put up a race on any track you want, between this work of art and your Hyundai Convertible, or any other convertible you want, and you will soon realise that this is indeed not a Hyundai LOL

    To have certain preferences is understandable, but to be all out against a maunfacturer for no reason whatsoever is only child`s behaviour and fanboy blindness........after all this is Ferrari we are talking about

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