Ferrari 458: Reasons Of Buying This Car
The Italian sports car manufacturers produced a midsized sports car which was named as the Ferrari 458 Italia which replaced another sport car Ferrari F430. At the Frankfurt motor show the 458 Italia was unveiled on September fifteen in the year 2009.
Features of the 458 Italia
Italia is engineered by a 270cu in 4.5L V8 engine. The engine is derived from the Masterati and Ferrari designed producing 419kw and 562 horsepower 570 Ps at nine thousand rotation per minute at redline and 540 mm 398 lb .ft at six thousand rotation per minute with eighty percent torque at 3250 rotations per minute available. The engine also features a setup which is very first for the Ferrari that is direct fuel injection in its road cars.
At 127 PS per liter the Ferrari 458 Italia held the title of the naturally aspirated petrol engine of the highest specific output which was the first in the manufacturing of the road car. This record was again raised to the 134PS per liter by the Ferrari 458 Speciale.
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Technical Characteristics of Ferrari 458
Technical Characteristics of 2009 Ferrari 458 Italia produced by Ferrari (IT).
| Body Type | Fixed-head coupe 2 doors |
| Weight | 1485 Kg |
| Length | 4527 mm |
| Height | 1213 mm |
| Wheelbase | 2650 mm |
| Front Track | 1672 mm |
| Rear Track | 1606 mm |
| Ground Clearance | n/a |
| Fuel Capacity | 86 liters |
| Engine location | n/a |
| Engine alignment | longitudinal |
| Drive Wheels | Rear wheel drive |
| Steering | n/a |
| Fuel Supply System | direct petrol injection |
| Max Power | 570HP (419 kW) @ 9000 rpm |
| Max Torque | 540Nm @ 6000 rpm |
| CO2 Emissions | 307 g/Km |
| Engine Coolant | water |
| Displacement | 4499 cc |
| Bore | 94 mm |
| Stroke | 81 mm |
| Cam Design | DOHC - Double Overhead Camshaft (per bank) |
| Cylinders | n/a |
| Valves per cylinder | 4 |
| Total Valves | 32 |
| Compression Ratio | 12.5:1 |
| Aspiration | Normal |
| Front Brakes | VeDi |
| Rear Brakes | VeDi-S-ABS |
| Standard Wheels | 8?J x 20 / 10?J x 20 |
| Standard Tyres | 235/35 ZR 20 / 295/35 ZR 20 |
| Suspension Front | I.DW. |
| Suspension Rear | n/a |
| Transmission | 7 speed manual |
| Number of gears | 7 |
| Acceleration 0-100 Km/h | 3.4 seconds |
| Acceleration 80-120 Km/h | n/a |
| Top Speed | n/a |
| City | n/a |
| Road | n/a |
| Mixt | n/a |