If there’s anything better than a beautiful, red Ferrari 458 Italia, it’s that same beautiful, red Ferrari with its top stripped off. We received confirmation that Ferrari was planning on producing a Spyder version of one of their highly successful new models back in 2009 from none other than Luca di Montezemolo, himself and now we’ve taken out our drawing board and sketched us up a nice little image of what that car will look like.
Rumors suggest that the new 458 Italia Spyder will make good use of the same folding hardtop found on the Ferrari California. If this is true then we can expect a hard top made from aluminum panels with a cast aluminum weight-bearing structure. This structure has reduced its overall weight and the moving masses involved. The entire opening/closing cycle is completed in just 14 seconds.
It’ safe to say that we’ll find the same 4,499 cc V8 engine mated to an F1 dual-clutch gearbox under the hood of the Spyder version with the same 570 HP at 9,000 rpm and 398 lb-ft of torque at 6000 rpm as the coupe. The engine delivers an outstanding power output of 127 HP/liter and 120 Nm/liter and only 307 g/km of CO2 with a fuel consumption of just 13.3 l/100 km. As with any other convertible model, the Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder will gain some weight due to the hardtop which will make performance suffer just a bit. The sprint from 0-60 mph will take a tad longer than 3.4 seconds while top speed will sit below 201 mph.
UPDATE 07/15/2011: Ferrari has officially confirmed that the future 458 Italia Spyder will indeed feature a trick folding hard-top and not a cloth roof as used in its predecessor. The roadster version will also drop the transparent engine cover. (Piston Heads)
Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder originally appeared on topspeed.com on Friday, 15 July 2011 16:00 EST.
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