Ferrari 458 Italia

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The Ferrari 458 Italia is the latest incarnation of the center of the rear-engined Berlinetta and will be at the upcoming IAA Show.Maranello, unveiled 07/28/2009 – It is true that every Ferrari is innovative by definition, it is also in Over the history of Ferrari, a few cars with a real departure from the current range. This is certainly the case with the Ferrari 458 Italia, a great leap forward from the last of the company is in the mid-rear engine sports car.

The new model is a synthesis of style, creative flair, passion and the latest technology, the characteristics of a nation and that Italy is known. This is why Ferrari chose the name of his homeland to the traditional figure of the movement and the Ferrari 458 Italia cylinders.The add, is a completely new car from every corner of the engine design, aerodynamics, behandeling, measurement and ergonomics, just to name a few.
A two-seater Berlinetta, Ferrari 458 Italia, as is traditional for all Ferrari road sports cars, Formula 1 would benefit from the experience of business. This is particularly clear who in the speed and precision with which the car responds to input drivers and the focus on reducing the internal friction in the engine for better fuel efficiency than the F430, despite the fact that both the total displacement and violence increased . However, Ferrari makes track experience her presence felt in the 458 Italia, not only in terms of pure technology transfer, but also an emotional level, because of the strong emphasis on creating an almost symbiotic relationship between driver and car. The 458 Italia has an innovative environment, driving a new kind of steering wheel and instrument panel, which is the direct result of racing practice. Once again, the contribution of Michael Schumacher – who was involved from the beginning of the 458-Italia project – a very important role.
The Ferrari 458 Pininfarina Design Italia provides further evidence of the complete departure from the past that is the new car. The Ferrari 458 Italia has a compact, aerodynamic form, emphasizing the concepts of simplicity, efficiency and ease, that the project has inspired. As with any Ferrari, the car styling strongly influenced by the demands on aerodynamic efficiency, as the output shows 140 kg at 200 kmh generated by the new model. The front has developed a single opening for the grille and side air intakes with aerodynamic and profiles to direct air to the radiator coolant and the new flat base. The nose also sports aeroelastic small winglets, the speed increases to generate as output, transform the portion of the radiator inlets and cut to reduce aerodynamic drag.
The new 4499 cc V8 is the first Ferrari with direct injection and rear center mounted. It has a very low compression piston height of the typical racing engines, which helped achieve the compression ratio of 12.5:1 to. Equipped with a traditional flat plane crankshaft, produces the engine 570 CV at 9,000 rpm, with an excellent output of 127 CV / liter, sets new standards not only for the entire spectrum of Ferrari and the company’s history, but also the entire segment . The maximum torque of 540 Nm at 6,000 rpm, more than 80 percent of the available from 3250 rpm. Specific torque is 120 Nm record / liter. But what is truly extraordinary, the amount of torque is available, while still a high performance at low speeds.
The soundtrack is typical Ferrari car, back with an exciting, powerful growl of the engine through the exhaust channel before the three exhaust pipes.
The Italia 458 is equipped with the seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox with the performance and also increases very smooth shifts even at full throttle. The engineers have a special relationship between athletic performance and torque curves of the V8 race, provides high torque at low speeds and give the car a top speed in top gear to reach.

The new Ferrari is a great leap forward when it comes to emissions. Despite the fact that the new engine significantly more than the V8 engines that preceded it, then created the Ferrari 458 Italia only 320 g / km CO2 and fuel consumption is 13.7 l/100 km (combined), the best in the entire segment.
The engineers on weight reduction during the design phase focuses on similar grounds. Consequently, the Ferrari 458 Italia a dry weight of 1380 kg with a power to weight ratio of 2.42 kg / CV weight. The weight is optimal by 58 percent over the rear axle. The result of the engineering effort can be summarized in two simple statistics to encapsulate perfectly extraordinary performance of Italia Ferrari 458: 0-100 kmh acceleration in under 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 325 kilometers per hour.
For the new chassis, again in aluminum, Maranello-engineering various types of advanced alloys, together with the air-and space-derived production has techniques.With and binding in terms of driving dynamics, the Ferrari 458 Italia on double wishbones with listed the front and a multilink rear suspension set-up for maximum downforce and superlative handling Tuned. Together with direct steering, a 458 Italia extremely fast turn-in and check on the spot and at the same high level of comfort.
The integration of the E-Diff and F1-Trac (now of the same ECU) controlled and their respective assignments is even greater, resulting in an increase of 32 percent in the longitudinal acceleration in the turns compared to previous models. The development of control logic, with fast and accurate estimate of the degree of grip, provides more stability, better handling and easy control of the border.
The same ECU also controls the high-performance ABS, a more precise control over the threshold of the logic and efficiency. The brakes also have a role to fill with the piston in the caliper, to bring the pads into contact with the disks in order to minimize delays to eliminate brake is applied. That cut, together with the ABS, the braking distance of 100-0 kmh in a mere 32.5 meters.
The Ferrari 458 Italia interior is another area of the car that its sporting character throws. The driver is greeted by a new layout and a revolutionary ergonomic surface, where the most important controls are all clustered on the steering wheel.
The Ferrari 458 Maranello Italia a distinctive new cars has brought his 8-cylinder. The company now offers two models share a common race derived DNA, both sporty and fun uitzonderlijk in a real Ferrari tradition to ride, but focuses on two very different types of customers. While the Ferrari California for the owners, a variety of sports cars are created with a practical part of the 458 Italia designed for owner, for which priority is uncompromised performance on the road with the occasional track day potential, but still car that the issue drive used in day-to-day, as all previous models by Ferrari.

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