The zenith for atmospheric Ferrari V8s is no less sublime a decade later - here's what to look for
Note for reference: car weight and power data are hard to pin down with absolute certainty. For consistency, we use the same source for all our guides. We hope the data we use is right more often than it’s wrong. Our advice is to treat it as relative rather than definitive. Ferrari has quite a reputation for designing and building epic engines and the Speciale’s dry-sumped, naturally-aspirated, direct injection flat-plane 4.
Similarly, the difficulties that some early 458 owners experienced with their transmissions and clutches have not been replicated in the Speciale, which came with a seven-year servicing package, a four-year/unlimited mileage warranty and a year’s worth of tracking. Tracking, not trackdaying, though plenty of owners went in for that. They wouldn’t have had as broad a comparison sample as journalists who had tried out hundreds of cars on the world’s tracks.
The dampers for the magnetic adaptive suspension do have a reputation for leaking and they’re not cheap to replace. Front lift is not as essential on the Speciale as it can be on other supercars as there’s good ground clearance built-in plus the backup feature of a plastic protector under the front of the car.A Lexan engine cover and thinner glass trimmed 13kg off the 458. Active aero played a big part in keeping what weight remained under the wind.
Carbon wing-top air vents were a relatively cheap option at £1,500 but even so not every Speciale has them. Carbon fins were more expensive at £2,500 but are perhaps more commonly seen on used cars than the wing vents. Carbon generally looked ‘right’ on the Speciale. You can retrofit carbon with factory parts but at a somewhat higher cost than if the car had been specced with them from new.
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