Ferrari 488 GTB revealed. 458 Successor

scratch · 3 Feb 2015 at 13:57

Bunka said:
Everything to the rear of the doors is utter filth.

Agreed. Something about it just doesn't look right, like they've just added a big bodykit to the rear. If the roof flowed into the rear wings then it wouldn't look so bad.

MassiveJim · 3 Feb 2015 at 14:05

awesome looking car.
I am not 100% sure on the big gaping mouth however.

SoliD · 3 Feb 2015 at 14:43

JRS said:
Want one. Want one of those. Want one badly.

The engine is 3,902cc in displacement. It has 8 cylinders. If you divide 3902 by 8 you get a number that is cozily close to 488.

Same as the naming convention for Ferraris of old - the 250 (3 litre 12 cylinder), 330 (4 litre 12 cylinder), 365 (4.4 litre 12 cylinder).....the list goes on.

Good stuff thanks, just comparing to the recent, 458 - 4.5 8 cylinders, 430 - 4.3 v8, 355 3.5 v8 5v per cylinder, was trying to figure out how the 488 actually fitted in whatsoever. Thanks for the clarification.

Yaayuh! · 3 Feb 2015 at 14:43

Not sure. It looks excellent from the back and the front but the sides look too OTT

Alibaba99 · 3 Feb 2015 at 18:19

rjkoneill said:
it does look very much like a 458.

mind you, why change a winning formula.

the one thing I wish they would do, is put the side repeaters in the wing mirrors

the ferrari side repeaters are disgusting and ruin the look of every car they put them on.

Ferraris do tend to go in pairs. 308/328, 348/355 and the 360/430. Wouldn't be surprising if the 488 was related under the skin to the 458.

rare · 3 Feb 2015 at 19:13

Amazing. Baby of the range and has 660bhp. Sweet jesus.

thewanted · 3 Feb 2015 at 19:36

rare said:
Amazing. Baby of the range and has 660bhp. Sweet jesus.

Isn't the California the baby?

Housey · 3 Feb 2015 at 19:38

That rear vent scares me, just makes me want to cry to mummy. I can't say why, but it's like people who are scared by indents or have indent phobia that big black hole with a bit of skin between it is ******* with my head.

StonedPenguin · 3 Feb 2015 at 19:39

Nice.

Marvin · 3 Feb 2015 at 20:00

Alibaba99 said:
Ferraris do tend to go in pairs. 308/328, 348/355 and the 360/430. Wouldn't be surprising if the 488 was related under the skin to the 458.

Looks pretty related in the skin as well TBH.

Not that keen myself, but then

I wouldn't say no
the 458 grew on me once I'd seen one in person so maybe likewise.

rare · 3 Feb 2015 at 20:07

thewanted said:
Isn't the California the baby?

True, I guess it must be. I always forget about that car.

nemtizz · 3 Feb 2015 at 20:37

wingman said:
Beautiful car!

The new exhausts look much better, too. Something I wasn't a fan of on the 458.

Yup, that 3 in a row **** looked horrendous. Speciale solved that and looks a monster. Of course this looks even better. :cool:

Dr House · 3 Feb 2015 at 21:26

rear 1/4 looks horrid form the side, other than that I love it.

so when will the 458 start falling in Price? I would love to own a 458 one day

But its not going to happen lol

Vertigo · 3 Feb 2015 at 21:37

Getting away from the looks for a sec...

Turbos?!?! :/

G-MAN2004 · 3 Feb 2015 at 21:42

458 looks better from the front/side. Rear looks awesome though.

rare · 3 Feb 2015 at 21:44

Vertigo1 said:
Getting away from the looks for a sec...

Turbos?!?! :/

Good enough for the F40...

Vertigo · 3 Feb 2015 at 22:14

rare said:
Good enough for the F40...

Good as it was, the F40 had ludicrous lag.

Understand why they're going this way, as are many performance car manufacturers, but can't help feeling it'll be a step backward. Wait for the reviews but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them say the 458 (and especially the Speciale) is a better car.

Glanza · 3 Feb 2015 at 22:38

That is actually a very nice Ferrari which makes a change from some of the more recent ones imo.

zegna · 3 Feb 2015 at 22:45

would have sex with. 10/10

PinkFloyd · 3 Feb 2015 at 22:55

Vertigo1 said:
Good as it was, the F40 had ludicrous lag.

Understand why they're going this way, as are many performance car manufacturers, but can't help feeling it'll be a step backward. Wait for the reviews but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them say the 458 (and especially the Speciale) is a better car.

Didn't the reviews of the twin turbo California come out quite favorable? From memory they had configure the boost to actually under deliver at lower revs to keep it enjoyable to rev higher up the range. So the actual characteristics of the engine weren't as far off a N/A car as everyone had expected.

Great looking car though!