Ferrari 458

The Ferrari 458 is a mid-engined sports car
produced by the Italian sports car
manufacturer Ferrari . The 458 replaced the
Ferrari F430 , and was first officially unveiled
at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. [2][3]
Specifications
In Ferrari's first official announcement of the
car, the 458 was described as the successor
to the F430 but arising from an entirely new
design, incorporating technologies developed
from the company's experience in Formula 1.
[4]
The body computer system was developed by
Magneti Marelli Automotive Lighting.
Engine
The 458 is powered by a 4.5 L (270 cu in) V8
engine derived from a shared Ferrari/Maserati
design, producing 570 PS (419 kW; 562 hp) at
9,000 rpm ( redline ) and 540 N·m (398 lb·ft) at
6,000 rpm[5] with 80% torque available at
3,250 rpm. [4] The engine features direct fuel
injection , which is a first for Ferrari mid-
engine setups in its road cars. [4]
At 127 PS/L the 458 held the title of highest
specific output naturally-aspirated piston
petrol engine ever in a production road car.
The 458 Speciale raised this record to 134
PS/L.
Transmission
The only transmission available on the 458 is
a dual-clutch 7-speed GETRAG gearbox, in a
different state of tune shared with the
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. [4] There is no
traditional manual option, making this the
fourth road-car after the Enzo, Challenge
Stradale and 430 Scuderia not to be offered
with Ferrari's classic gated manual. It is the
first mainstream model to not be offered with
a manual transmission.
Handling
Rear
The car's suspension features double
wishbones at the front and a multi-link setup
at the rear, coupled with E-Diff and F1-Trac
traction control systems , designed to improve
the car's cornering and longitudinal
acceleration by 32% when compared with its
predecessors. [4]
The brakes include a prefill function whereby
the pistons in the calipers move the pads into
contact with the discs on lift off to minimize
delay in the brakes being applied. [6] This
combined with the ABS and standard Carbon
Ceramic brakes have caused a reduction in
stopping distance from 100–0 km/h
(62-0 mph) to 32.5 metres (107 ft). [7] Tests
have shown the car will stop from 100 km/h
(62.1 mph) in 90 feet (85 with run flat tires),
85 feet from 60 mph (97 kmph) and 80 feet
from 60 mph (97 kmph) with run flat tires.
The adaptive magnetorheological dampers are
co-developed with BWI Group .
Performance
Ferrari's official 0-100 km/h (62 mph)
acceleration is 3.3 seconds, [8] while top
speed is 325 km/h (202 mph). It has fuel
consumption in combined cycle (ECE+EUDC)
of 13.3 L/100 km (21.2 mpg -imp ; 17.7 mpg -
US ) while producing 307g/km of CO2.
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