FERRARI F430!

Designed by Pininfarina, under the guidance of Frank Stephenson, the body styling of the F430 was revised from its predecessor, theFerrari 360, to improve its aerodynamic efficiency. The car's name was etched into the Testarossa-styled driver's side mirror.

Specification

Engine: 4.3L V8 petrol engine 

engine's output : 490 PS (360 kW; 483 hp)

Top speed: 315 KM/H

0-100 km/h : 3.6 seconds

Brake: Ceramic composite brake.

Variants : F430 scuderia, F430 spider, F430 challenge

Car’s review

The steering is so intuitive and so beautifully weighted that placing the car is a cinch, and the chassis is so fluent and poised that it’s easy to dial out incipient understeer with power. Once you’ve switched the traction and stability control off via the steering-wheel-mounted selector, you can even unglue the tail on the exits of these 180-degree bends. The F430 corners flat and true, the fat Bridgestones gripping hard. This is sensory overload, and it’s great.

The F430 uses an aluminum spaceframe chassis that is 10 percent heavier than the 360’s, but it also has 20 percent better torsional stiffness and is 8 percent better in bending. Ferrari says that improved crash performance is the reason for the extra weight. Overall, the car is 132 pounds heavier than the 360, but the power-to-weight ratio has improved from 7.1 pounds per horsepower to 6.2, thanks to the new, larger engine. Some castings on this 4.3-liter, DOHC, 32-valve V-8.

The F430 is sensational. It isn’t as fast in a straight line as some of its competitors (such as the Ford GT­) but the blend of drivability, excitement, immediacy, and purity is unmatched.

EXTERIOR OF F430

INTERIOR OF F430 STANDARD

INTERIOR F430 SPORT EDITION

EXTERIOR F430