Ever dream of having your own highly modified Ferrari from the experts at Novitec Rosso. Unfortunately they aren’t having a sale, but the Ferrari super tuners have launched an online configurator for the Ferrari 599 and Ferrari 430 models. The program really shows off the difference between the original design from Maranello and what Novitec has done. If you want to see for yourself, check out the link below. Although you can’t bring it home with you, it would still make a nice decoration fro your workspace.
Novitec Rosso is the division of the aftermarket manufacturer that is exclusively dedicated to tuning prancing horses from Maranello, and they do a damn fine job of it. This can be seen with their latest take on the Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M, the high performance version of the factory tuned mid engine roadster will be produced in a limited number of only 499.
Novitec starts off by twin supercharging the 4.3 Liter V8, adding on items like a special intake manifold, high flow air filters, larger injectors and a reprogrammed engine computer to make nearly 700 HP from the high revving eight cylinder. To make sure that operating temperatures stay in a manageable range each cylinder bank gets its own water to air intercooler. The meticulous tuning results in a maximum output of 696 HP, 186 HP over the normal Scuderia 16 M.
The exterior is upgraded with understated touches like blacked out lens covers, but monstrous 20 inch wheels will stick out like a sore thumb. Measuring 12 inches wide in the rear, the rollers are wrapped in 325 series Pirelli rubber and ride on a set of Novitec sport springs. The upgraded suspension also feaures a convenient hydraulic lift that raises the nose to clear obstacles like curb stones and steep inclines, don’t worry about catching any air, the system automatically lowers itself at 80 MPH if you don’t. The Novitec Rosso tuned Scuderia Spider 16M sprints from 0 to 60 MPH in just 3.5 seconds and can hit 300 Km/h after only 23.8 seconds from takeoff and goes past 330 Km/h to a top speed of 205 MPH.
You might remember the tuner ASI from their recent work with a Bentley Continental GTC. The aftermarket parts manufacturer applies the same expert Japanese technical analysis to create a body kit for this Ferrari F-430. The aero kit consists of a new front bumper, side skirts and a redesigned rear bumper, these pieces have all the fit and finish advantages of the factory body pieces except their lightweight construction allows the kit to reduce the F-430’s curb weight by over 50 pounds.
Aside from the obvious performance advantages, ASI’s aero package turns the F-430 into a thoroughbred racer. The slightly larger air intakes up front along with the subtle scoop in front of the rear wheels, make ASI’s Ferrari look like it came straight from a round of FIA GT competition. We especially like the choice of black BBS racing wheels to finish off the white on black look. This vehicle’s racing charm doesn’t end with the exterior, if you notice the backs of those red racing buckets; they have the word BRIDE stitched across their fronts, one of the hottest brands in the world when it comes to JDM goodness.
The ASI F-430 is an interesting machine, starting life as an Italian exotic, only to be given a very Japanese sense of style. Not your typical Asian treatment either, no oversized wing, no body pieces that jut out into oncoming traffic; this F-430 is clean. The only thing that they are missing is a set of Takata harnesses to complete the very JDM, green on red interior.
Press release after the jump.
The only thing cooler than a F-430 Scuderia, is one that can evade police with a quick color change and fly undetected by their radar. Unless perhaps it would be powered by the Italian automaker’s future turbo/hybrid power plant, or possibly the next F-450, but we’ll still have to wait for that one.
It was shocking to say the least when we saw the video of the Ferrari F-40super car getting bested by the new 599 GTB. So how did the Top Speed review board feel when we saw this video of our friend’s at Autocar putting the 20 year old twin turbocharged red rocket ship up against an F-430 Scuderia? You will just have to find out like we did.
Owning a Ferrari F-430 is something that we all daydream of achieving. Unfortunately for the majority of us automotive enthusiasts lusting after the exotic Italian machine is all we are capable of because they are just so damn expensive. However, this prancing horse that recently unveiled at Computex 2009, the Chinese technology show is a much more practical version of the Italian super car. No $1,000 oil changes or $4,000 brake jobs the only maintenance that you will be doing on this Ferrari is changing the CD. The best part is that your wife won’t yell at you for keeping it in the bedroom. Besides, this F-430 is a lot more fun to play with than any carbon fiber Ferrari notebook.
If driving an R8 through the streets of Maranello was a slap in the face for Ferrari from the German automaker. Then the Italian super car builder should send this F-430 over to Sant d’Agatha, to rustle a few feathers. The little Italian town is the home of Lamborghini, a member of the VW family, just like Audi.
What makes this particular Scuderia stand out from all other Ferrari’s is the car’s matte finish. The Marrone Apus color that covers the prancing horse is the exact same paint from the latest super Lambo, the Reventon. As if to say, anything you can do we can do better, this F-430 Scuderia would surely frustrate a few Lamborghini fans because the fighter plane inspired super car’s stealth like exterior is not so exclusive anymore. However, we do have to say, the Ferrari pulls it off quite well.
The Japanese tuning house Iding Power, has been tuning high perfromance machines like Ferraris and BMWs for some time now. This particular example, based on a Ferrari F-430, has been named the F-460 GT. The car features some unique features like a rear spoiler with massive posts integrated into the vehicle’s structure. The number 460 comes from the freshly bored out 4.6 Liter V8 that now makes 508 HP. The added displacement and power allows the car to go from 0 to 60 MPH in under 3.8 seconds and reach a top speed well in excess of 200 MPH.
While most of the world’s attention to yesterday’s Ferrari auction in Italy centered around the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, which became the most expensive motor car in the world ever sold at at an auction by selling for 9,020,000 Euros (roughly $12.2M U.S. dollars at today’s exchange rate), I was more interested in the last production F430 which was being auctioned off to assist the earthquake victims of the Abruzzo region of Italy.
Since the auction results were not yet posted, I contacted Ferrari media and spoke with Joanne Marshall. Ms. Marshall said the hammer price for the F430 was 180,000 Euros (approx. $244,000 U.S. dollars). As with most charity items, there was no buyer’s premium paid. Ms. Marshall also said that Ferrari collected another 40,000 Euros for Earthquake victims through the auction of some memorabilia.
Given today’s earthquake in Los Angeles, all of us here in California are painfully aware of how a sudden jolt can upend lives. Kudos to Ferrari for its noble efforts to provide aid to earthquake victims.
This guy is just giving Ferrari owners around the world a bad name. Further proof that just because you can fork over almost $300,000 for a super tuned Ferrari, doesn’t mean that you are capable of making the most out of the 500 HP. This F-430 Scuderia owner is taking part in a parade of Ferraris in the south of France, and even though it looks like he’s the grand marshal, he doesn’t even know how to get the car into gear. At least he gives us a nice taste of what the adrenaline charged Ferrari F-430 sounds like.
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