Ferrari 488 GTB revealed. 458 Successor

peterattheboro · 3 Feb 2015 at 23:05

Surprised there's no hybrid system. Guess they are saving that for the next car..

Those rear quarter vents look foul. Everything else is stunning

crinkleshoes · 4 Feb 2015 at 09:11

Don't like it and I love the 458.

Hope they have done a good job with the turbos and not taken away the character

dwarf · 4 Feb 2015 at 10:08

When the photos were released I thought it was a photoshopped 458 that a magazine had created in a "we only have the technical specifications but this is an artist's impression of what it might look like" sort of way.

I get that this car is an revolution in the engine department and an evolution in the body style (similar to the way the 360 to F430 or the 458 to 355 were), but it just doesn't do it for me. Then again I think the La Ferrari looks gopping too.

I'm sure it will be an amazing car though. That engine should be epic.

Burned_Alive · 4 Feb 2015 at 10:10

For me, the 458 never quite sat right. It's a lovely car but the front end just didnt work, particularly around the lights,

This design seems to have taken the best parts of the 458, added some design cues from the LaFerrari and well, it looks absolutely fantastic.

Swagger187 · 4 Feb 2015 at 10:11

Bang tidy!

Cosimo · 4 Feb 2015 at 10:18

Tis a work of art.

Flibster · 4 Feb 2015 at 18:35

Front half - meh.
Rear half - vile.

Can we have the not so good to drive but gut-achingly pretty Ferraris back now?

Skeeter · 4 Feb 2015 at 19:30

I thought there was going to be a 458 T?

Leeroy Jenkins · 4 Feb 2015 at 21:30

Definitely looks better than the 458, i was underwhelmed by the 458 and preferred the F430 looks wise to it.

Like someone above said why change a winning formula? 458 sold extremely well from what i have heard online and this definitely looks very nice.

EyeDot · 4 Feb 2015 at 22:00

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

Define ludicrous?

In your experience do you think it makes the car undrivable or in any way demeans it?

peterattheboro · 4 Feb 2015 at 22:28

EyeDot said:
Define ludicrous?

In your experience do you think it makes the car undrivable or in any way demeans it?

Oh sssssssnap!

Resistance · 4 Feb 2015 at 23:03

Have driven the 458 very fast

mark0006 · 4 Feb 2015 at 23:38

Ferrari 458 Italia vs 488 GTB

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GreenMint · 5 Feb 2015 at 09:12

Looks amazing, in my head I keep seeing it in the silvery baby blue that Ferrari do

Slackjaw190 · 5 Feb 2015 at 21:17

Turbo ZzZzZ

Skeeter · 5 Feb 2015 at 21:27

Slackjaw190 said:
Turbo ZzZzZ

mysticsniper · 5 Feb 2015 at 21:36

Just looks wrong, not impressed to be honest

Slackjaw190 · 5 Feb 2015 at 21:45

Skeeter said:

A necessary evil these days but turbo cars sound cack compared to N/A. Watch the prices of the last N/A 458's especially the Speciale skyrocket.

I like the look of it though, maybe not quite as much as the 458.

Sargatanas2511 · 5 Feb 2015 at 21:46

Has the 458 really been around so long that it needs a successor already? I thought it only came out a couple years ago!

JRS · 5 Feb 2015 at 22:35

Sargatanas2511 said:
Has the 458 really been around so long that it needs a successor already? I thought it only came out a couple years ago!

Came out in '09 I believe. So been around about as long as the 430 was before being replaced by it. And about as long as the 360 was around before the 430 replaced it. And about as long as the 355 was around before the 360 replaced it