Ferrari Reveals the 488 Spider

By Ameya Naik

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Published on July 29, 2015

Highlights

Having already brought out the 488 GTB, Ferrari has now gone ahead and revealed its all-new avatar. The company revealed the 488 Spider ahead of its official reveal at the Frankfurt Motor Show this September. According to Ferrari, this will be the most powerful ever mid-rear-engined V8 car of the brand to feature a retractable hard top. The company has also said that the 488 Spider is the most aerodynamically efficient Ferrari spider ever built. The 488 Spider comes with a spaceframe chassis that is made of 11 different aluminium alloys combined with noble metals such as magnesium. The end result is that there is an improvement in torsional rigidity and beam stiffness and just like the 488 GTB, an improvement of 25% in chassis performance. Then there is the retractable hard top that folds backwards in two overlapping sections and it takes 14 seconds for the top to fully retract or deploy. Also Read: Ferrari 488 GTB Review The engine remains the same as the 488 GTB and that's the 3.9-litre V8 twin-turbo engine which is good for 660bhp and develops 760 Nm of torque from 3000 rpm. These power figures make the car sprint from 0 to 100km/h in just three seconds, while it hits the 200km/h mark in just 8.7 seconds. Top speed of the car is rated at more than 325 km/h. The 488 Spider consumes 11.4 litres per 100 kilometres and according to Ferrari boasts of lower CO2 emissions as well. Check: Ferrari 488 GTB Photo Gallery