Ferrari's new 458 Spider The hard top though is pretty special as a piece of engineering. In comparison to the Italia's folding soft-top, it is a full 25 kg lighter, and has a deployment time of ...

There’s been a lot of buzz about Ferrari coming out with a spider version of its ... only 14 seconds and adds just 50 kg (110 lb) to the dry weight of the 458 Speciale coupé to tip the scales ...

Behold the new Ferrari 458 Italia Spider, the world’s first mid-rear ... including a reduction of 25 kg in weight and a faster deployment time of just 14 seconds. In addition, the company ...

The answer is no. Dropping the arachnoid connections (read: Spider) for the convertible incarnation of the 458 Speciale, Ferrari has decided ... the A loses 90 kg (198 lbs) compared to the ...

and that the 2012 Spider will outweigh its coupe counterpart by only 50 kg. That's enough to maintain Ferrari's mysteriously vague 0-100 km/h acceleration time for the 458 Italia of "less than 3.4 ...

(1,370 kg) Italian sportscar—no wonder it does wheelies coming hot off the starting line. The retractable hard-top mid-engine 2014 Ferrari 458 Spider is nothing to scoff at, especially not with ...

Despite some compelling evidence to the contrary, the Ferrari 458 Spider is not perfect. For example, some people believe that certain details of the design, such as the flat nose or three-pipe ...

The Ferrari 458 Spider is the hardtop convertible variant of the 458 Italia and is powered by a 4.5-liter V-8 with 562 hp and 398 lb-ft of torque that's paired to a seven-speed dual-clutch ...

Ferrari has confirmed that the hot Spider drop-top version of its 458 Italia will become the first ... the fact that the new 911 has lost up to 45 kg of metal flab, and its key 0-100 km/h ...