It's been two years since Ferrari released the 488 GTB. The one we've all been waiting for is the heir to the 458 Speciale, and that's reportedly just around the corner.

According to Autocar, the hardcore version of Maranello's core mid-engined supercar is set to be called the 488 GTO. Word has it that the stripped-out 488 could also boast some 700 horsepower, leaving the Lamborghini Huracan 640-4 Performante in the dust and catching up to the McLaren 720S.

A stripped-out cockpit, thinner glass, and the like would help cut down on excess weight, with a beefed-up suspension and brakes to drive the message home even more emphatically and cut the 0-100 km/h time down from three seconds flat in the GTB to about 2.7 in the GTO.

It'd be just the thing, to fend off the advances from Porsche's forthcoming 911 GT2 RS, and is expected to arrive sometime next year.