Ferrari 458 Speciale Review

We believe that all Ferraris are special. Yes, even California. We take this sighting to be real and universal, a fact of life that even the owners of Lamborghini, Red Bull Racing fans, and Prius drivers receive and appreciate. However, spend significant time in Maranello's industrial burg, and you'll arrive at the distracting awareness that its residents are cool to the ultra-hot Ferrari Italian sports car. The pedestrians looked straight ahead as LaFerrari was almost disguised in the past. On the sanctified Fiorano test track, a glowing "Off Gas" sign ordered us to lift straight because the drilled Ferrari was too hard for the neighbors to handle.

Those who breathe the same air with a V-8 flat plane and fall asleep with the V-12 sweet songs have been sensitive. For these cynical people, the new Ferrari 458 Speciale is just harder and faster than the 458 Italians who have been terrorizing the city for half a decade. Around Maranello, 458 Speciale was as tingly as F-150 in Dearborn.

Special Sauce Is Software

Too bad, because 458 Speciale is another Italian masterpiece, laden with improvements you would not think possible or necessary if you were encouraging 458 Italians. Speciale shifts faster, turns faster, and stops shorter. Thanks to the extra 35 horsepower and 200 pounds less, it's faster than the car that became its base, in a straight line and around the track. Best of all, Ferrari has improved on a sublime 458 chassis with new smart technology and engineering. This car reinforces your skills, scratches your ego, and stimulates your pleasure center, all of which have a high enough limit to make the driver feel humble.

Speciale's secret sauce is part of the software: side-slip control, an algorithm co-developed with LaFerrari to determine the car's slip angle in real time, adjust the target slip angle based on your driving style, and adjust the agility or stability. SSC changed the Speciale temperament by controlling the electronic back differential (E-Diff) and traction control (F1-Trac). The computer reduces the differential locking torque during understeer to turn on the handling. In oversteer, diff unlocks and F1-Trac cut off engine power to keep the rear from overtaking the front. The beauty of this program is that it works even when you're not exploring that extreme scenario - plowing out of the corner or wildly flying around the corner. SSC offers the nuances and finesse to customize your path as you enter the corner on neutral tactics and below the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 rubber limits. As we were around Fiorano in three rounds, the 458 Speciale gracefully spun even as we were away from the pace of the professionals.

Crazy horse

This car is more than one and zero. The Speciale is crazy with a 4.5 liter V-8 which now produces 597 horsepower at its peak of 9000-rpm. (The usual 562 horsepower car package, both cars make the same 398 lb-ft of torque.) Increased power is made possible by a sky-high 14.0: 1 compression ratio, revised combustion chamber, rebuilt intake ports, shorter intake runners, new pistons, and lift higher on the exhaust and intake valves, along with new carbon fiber manifolds and airbox.

Source from here.

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