Ferrari 458 MM Speciale Spider
Lowering its roof in the first
rendering, the posh open-top version of the 458 MM Speciale seems just about
ready to tackle the roads of the world's most exotic cities.
Since the coupe unveiled by the Italians
earlier this week is based on the 458 Speciale, and the limited edition
supercar was also offered as an Aperta, it wouldn't be that difficult for the
Italians to make such a variant.
That is, if the 458 MM wasn't a one-off
commissioned by a wealthy British collector who paid his/her way into
exclusivity. Thus, unless the same person requests an open-top, too, Ferrari
will never roll out a Spider version with the same handcrafted aluminum
bodywork - which, by the way, had spy photographers thinking it was the rumored
entry-level, V6-powered Dino.
Despite doing a few fast laps on the
Fiorano circuit with Ferrari's chief test driver Dario Benuzzi, who was joined
by the unnamed owner, the Prancing Horse does not disclose its specs. In the
"worst" case scenario, it uses the same 4.5-liter naturally aspirated
V8 engine as the 458 Speciale, which sprints in just 3 seconds from rest to 100
km/h and in 9.1 seconds from 0 to 200 km/h.
