Ferrari
will launceh a Spider version of the new Ferrari F8 Tributo
supercar. The successor to the 488 GTB was unveiled only three days ago, and
already X-Tomi Design has rendered the F8 Tributo in Spider guise. The supercar
looks good as a coupe but it looks even better without a roof.
X-Tomi’s creation takes obvious inspiration from the
458 Spider and 488 Spider with the lack of a fixed roof making way for a pair
of bulging buttresses on the rear decklid. The car looks so good that it would
make you think twice before buying a McLaren 720S Spider. Not that Woking’s
open-top supercar isn’t delicious on its own, but we’ll understand if you’re
tempted by Maranello’s offering – when it hits the market, that is.
While the F8 Tributo is being marketed as an all-new
model, this is not exactly true. In fact, the F8 Tributo retains the same basic
architecture as the 458 Italia and 488 GTB. It also has largely the same
3.9-liter twin-turbo V8 as the 488 Pista, pumping out 710 HP at 8,000
rpm and 770 Nm of torque from 3,250 rpm. In a straight line,
Ferrari says its new mid-engined V8 goes from 0-100 km/h in 2.9
seconds, 0-200 km/h in 7.8 seconds, and hits a top speed of 340 km/h.
The F8 Tributo has an impressively low dry weight of
1,330 kg, but the future Spider version will inevitably weigh a
little bit more. Not that we expect it to lose anything in performance, while the lack
of a roof will probably make it even more enjoyable to drive.
