When it comes to sports cars, it’s the wheels that have the final word. And while there’s no doubt in our minds that automakers like Ferrari offer some of the most amazing wheels around the world, vehicles can still do better with the help of some skilled tuners. The 430 Scuderia, for instance, is offered with an impressive set of new 10-spoke alloy wheels. However, what was impressive at its launch, isn’t as impressive now that CarGraphic has gotten their hands on this Ferrari.
p>The Ferrari F430 Scuderia is a lightweight version - about 100 kilos lighter - of the standard F430 and CarGraphic has continued with that theme with a new set of 20" alloy wheels. These wheels help the Ferrari achieve that extra weight loss because they are made of lightweight carbon fiber. It’s too bad that the price tag has experienced the same type of weight loss; the cost of these additions is about 7729.05 euro ($10,800).
That may be a little stiff for some, but if you can afford a Ferrari then the cost of these new wheels is just chump change.
If only we could get invited to these exclusive track meets, then we’d be the ones getting videotaped with our fancy Ferraris instead of being the ones watching it from our sofas all while imagining the day when we could get our hands on a Prancing Horse.
That being said, there’s no shame in watching these videos because, well, this is probably as good as it can get for us.
This track video comes courtesy of Marchettino who somehow found himself at
Monza riding with a bunch of Ferrari owners for a nice day of leg stretching around the Italian race track. Watch the video and you’ll notice some of Maranello’s best running around Monza, including a black Ferrari 458 Italia, a Ferrari 599, and what looks to be a Ferrari 575M. Oh and there’s some Ferrari 430s and 360s scattered in the area as well.
If that’s not enough, we get a close-up look of an F430 Scuderia going full blast at 170 mph while producing that unmistakable engine roar to the delight of our speakers.
Not to sound like a jealous man, but…I want one of those!
Admit it, people. You’re all as envious as we are right now.
As with any other Ferrari model, the F430 sports car has received star treatment from worldwide Ferrari tuning firm, Novitec Rosso, but apparently Michiel van den Brink and ZR Auto thought the package needed just a few more tweaks before it was just right. In case anyone has already forgotten these Canadian tuners were the ones that created the 1200 HP Gallardo, and Michiel van den Brink is the designer of the famous Ferrari Vandenbrink GTO so we can only imagine that what they added to the F430 is sure to please!
Unfortunately, these creative minds have only provided us with a few images of their version of the F430 by Novitec, but we can only hope that since Michiel van den Brink was in charge of the exterior design, that ZR Auto was given the task of boosting power under the hood. Do we see a 1200hp F430 in our future? Maybe, maybe not, but we’ll get back with more details as soon as they are released.
Until then, just sit back and enjoy the red exterior paint along with those black stripes and ZR Auto. And when you look at the ZR Auto logo just remember that you might be feasting your eyes on a power hungry version of the Ferrari F430. Bon Appetit!
You know when people say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?
Well this dude took it to a whole new level. See, he has a Toyota MR2, a nice sports car that has no chance when parked beside, say, a Ferrari F430 Spider.
Apparently, our MR2 owner found a way to make his MR2 a little more presentable: he dressed up his Toyota sports car to look like a Ferrari F430 Spider. We say “look like” because no matter how hard he tried, you still wouldn’t mistake one for the other.
The story becomes more ridiculous when the owner of the Fauxrarri decided to participate in a sports car meet somewhere in the Netherlands with his dressed up MR2. Upon arriving at the location of the meet, the owner parked his sports car in one spot, oblivious to the fact that another sports car, albeit a lot more powerful, was parked very close by.
Care to venture a guess at which sports car that was?
Yep. It was a Ferrari F430 Spider, and a real one at that.
Proving that Prancing Horses can still be given an upgrade or two, exhaust extraordinaire Capristo has come out with a new exhaust system for the Ferrari 430 Scuderia.
Not only does this system allow the car to lose about 24 kilos in weight, but more importantly, the added significance of the lost weight and the upgraded performance of the tuning house’s exhaust combines to give the 430 Scuderia, an already powerful Ferrari by any measure, an added 25 horsepower and 50 Nm of torque.
And to show the Ferrari-loving world just how much of a difference the new exhaust system makes on the 430 Scuderia, the boys at Capristo were kind enough to release a video of the supercar doing some tests before the exhaust was put in, the process of putting their system in the 430 Scuderia, and the resulting difference between the old exhaust and the new Capristo system.
