Yahoo Autos 2019 Ferrari 488 Pista Spider Offers 710 HP without a Roof
A 30-mph wind can tear a baseball cap off your head on a gentle boat cruise, so just imagine your forehead dipping into the airstream of this open-roof Ferrari. It can do 211 mph-same as the coupe-with its roof up.
Ferrari can't confirm that top speed with the top down on the new 488 Pista Spider, the folding-roof version of Maranello's most extreme V-8 supercar, but it's not going to be ballcap-friendly with more than 700 horsepower pushing it through the air.
This white-and-blue-striped model made its debut at the decadent Monterey Car Week festivities, where a 1962 Ferrari 250GTO sold for $48.4 million. For a mere 1 percent of the price of that old racing car-which may not see sunlight again until its owner decides to sell-you could enjoy the best power-to-weight ratio of any Ferrari convertible (barring the LaFerrari Aperta) without fearing a smidge of new-car depreciation. Ferrari claims this car's 4.3 pounds per pony won't hinder its ability to clock an estimated 2.8-second run from zero to 60 mph, although the power-folding hardtop helps add roughly 220 pounds (per Ferrari's quoted dry weight, without fluids) over the weight of the Pista coupe. The extra weight, by its maker's estimation, slows the Pista's run to 124 mph (needing 8.0 seconds instead of the coupe's 7.6) but not its 211-mph top speed.
The 3.9-liter twin-turbo V-8 makes the same extraordinary 710 horses and 568 lb-ft of torque, tamed by the Ferrari Dynamic Enhancer, which applies individual brakes to improve cornering. It's similar to torque vectoring but, in our recent Pista track drive, felt more subtle in operation and allowed the driver to ride comfortably on a knife's edge. The Pista's additional scoops and trick aero bits (like the S-duct on the hood) all carry over, along with the interior's aluminum foot plates and heaps of carbon-fiber trim.
Exclusive to the Pista Spider are new 20-inch star-pattern wheels. Choosing carbon-fiber wheels instead can save more weight. Ferrari hasn't announced prices for either Pista, but a half-million-dollar budget should ensure room to tick a few of Ferrari's Tailor Made custom options before taxes. They might even throw in a free hat. Ask for one with a chin strap.
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