The Ferrari 458 Speciale Aperta has officially made its public debut at the 2014 Paris Motor Show.
Limited to just 499 units, the 458 Speciale Aperta is the most powerful spider in Prancing Horse history, effortlessly marrying extreme performance with the sublime pleasure of drop-top driving. Its aluminium retractable hard top, which takes a mere 14 seconds to deploy or retract, helps reduce the weight difference with the Speciale to just 50 kg.
Motivation is provided by a naturally-aspirated 4.5-liter V8 engine which produces 605 hp at 9,000 rpm and 540 Nm of torque at 6,000 rpm. This allows the 1,340 kg supercar to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in 3 seconds, 0-200 km/h in 9.5 seconds and hit a top speed of 320 km/h.
The 458 Speciale Aperta is also billed as being "the most aerodynamically efficient Ferrari spider ever" and is being premiered in a unique triple-layer yellow livery with a Blu Nart and Bianco Avus central stripe as well as five-spoke forged wheels in Grigio Corsa.
The cockpit has a distinctive racing-inspired look: lightweight yet exclusive materials have been adopted throughout and, of course, crafted with Ferrari’s signature artisanal sophistication. This is particularly true of the finish of the dash, the moulded door panels and central tunnel in an exclusive blue carbon fiber as well as the newly-designed seats in Alcantara with contrasting stitching and 3D technical fabric.
