The owner of a brand new Ferrari 458 Italia with some 500 miles on the odometer in Brandon Florida received a quick lesson on the disadvantages of a low slung sports car in the land of pickup trucks and SUVs when a Ford F-150 ran over its hood. We don't know if the F-150 driver mistook Maranello's creation for a red speed bump or if the Ferrari owner questioned Ford's 'Built Tough' slogan, but something tells us this video is going to become a hit. You can watch the clip after the break.
While Underground Racing admits that Ferrari has done a great job with the 458 Italia, the North Carolina-based tuner wants to spice up the Italian supercar as “something’s missing” from the stock setup. And what may that "something" be, we hear you ask? Why a turbo kit, or even better, how about two? Underground Racing will develop a Stage 1 system that will be fitted to the stock engine, while the Stage 2 conversion will be a more comprehensive update, including a custom built powerplant and force induction. More photos and videos alongside with performance numbers are said to follow soon.
It took 11 accidents involving the freshly launched 458 Italia with five of them being ruined by fire, and a whole lot of media attention from the internet, for Ferrari to finally investigate the issue and announce a total recall on their latest supercar.
Being that Ferrari considers itself as something out of this world that is not subject to the same unwritten rules as the rest of the automakers, the company did not publish a broadly available press release to inform the media, and consequently, the public, about a problematic product that puts at a fiery risk the lives of its clients. Instead, the Italian brand simply answered questions to individual media outlets such as CNN through its spokespersons.
According to CNN, Ferrari's investigators discovered "defects in the bonding adhesive used to attach the heat-shield to the wheel arch in each of the five cars" that caught fire. Since the heat-shield is used to shelter the wheel arch housing from the exhaust pipe, if the glue dissolves, then the housing is exposed to extremely high temperatures and can catch on fire.
However, the Italian company claims that it takes a combination of extreme conditions to actually cause a fire.
"Heavy usage of the car, such as driving very fast down a twisty road or up a mountain, will increase the temperature inside the engine bay," the Ferrari spokeswoman said. (And we all know that everyone buys a Ferrari to cruise at 50mph on the highway...)
"If that is combined with extremely high ambient temperatures, which has been the case throughout Europe especially this summer, then this will cause the defamation of the wheel arch, bringing it closer to the exhaust and causing the car to smoke or ignite."
The company told the news site that it plans to recall and examine all 1,148 cars produced up to July 30 this year. The five fire-related incidents have occurred in the U.S., Britain, France, Switzerland and China.
"We're contacting clients across the world to get them to bring their cars back to the dealers so we can check the wheel arch," the spokesperson said. "If necessary we will replace the heat-shield with a new heat-shield that is riveted to the wheel arch rather than attached with the adhesive."
According to the dictionary, "camouflage" is authentic as "the camouflage of people, equipment, and installations by painting or accoutrement them to accomplish them alloy in with their surroundings". Clearly that's not the case with this vinyl captivated Ferrari 458 Italia that stands out added than a adipose man walking on the artery with aerial heels, abate bracelets and a Peggy Bundy wig.
But actively now, the military-style 458 Italia was created by a German aggregation alleged Cam Shaft that specializes in vinyl wraps alms buyers all sorts of choices in colors and patterns including a added alert matte white accomplishment (see pictures below).
And if you're apprehensive how it's done -the wrapping- bang actuality to watch a video of a Ferrari F430 accepting a matte atramentous vinyl treatment.
According to the dictionary, "camouflage" is authentic as "the camouflage of people, equipment, and installations by painting or accoutrement them to accomplish them alloy in with their surroundings". Clearly that's not the case with this vinyl captivated Ferrari 458 Italia that stands out added than a adipose man walking on the artery with aerial heels, abate bracelets and a Peggy Bundy wig.
But actively now, the military-style 458 Italia was created by a German aggregation alleged Cam Shaft that specializes in vinyl wraps alms buyers all sorts of choices in colors and patterns including a added alert matte white accomplishment (see pictures below).
And if you're apprehensive how it's done -the wrapping- bang actuality to watch a video of a Ferrari F430 accepting a matte atramentous vinyl treatment.
According to the dictionary, "camouflage" is authentic as "the camouflage of people, equipment, and installations by painting or accoutrement them to accomplish them alloy in with their surroundings". Clearly that's not the case with this vinyl captivated Ferrari 458 Italia that stands out added than a adipose man walking on the artery with aerial heels, abate bracelets and a Peggy Bundy wig.
But actively now, the military-style 458 Italia was created by a German aggregation alleged Cam Shaft that specializes in vinyl wraps alms buyers all sorts of choices in colors and patterns including a added alert matte white accomplishment (see pictures below).
And if you're apprehensive how it's done -the wrapping- bang actuality to watch a video of a Ferrari F430 accepting a matte atramentous vinyl treatment.
According to the dictionary, "camouflage" is authentic as "the camouflage of people, equipment, and installations by painting or accoutrement them to accomplish them alloy in with their surroundings". Clearly that's not the case with this vinyl captivated Ferrari 458 Italia that stands out added than a adipose man walking on the artery with aerial heels, abate bracelets and a Peggy Bundy wig.
But actively now, the military-style 458 Italia was created by a German aggregation alleged Cam Shaft that specializes in vinyl wraps alms buyers all sorts of choices in colors and patterns including a added alert matte white accomplishment (see pictures below).
And if you're apprehensive how it's done -the wrapping- bang actuality to watch a video of a Ferrari F430 accepting a matte atramentous vinyl treatment.
Ferrari 458 Italia very fantastic car in speed and strong,For all those Ferrari devotees that immediately closed their eyes and began making revving engine and shifting gear sounds after drooling on the keyboards in their cubicles over the new Ferrari 458 Italia earlier this morning, we have good news. While not exactly a new series of photos, the crew from Maranello has let loose two new videos of its mid-engined hypercar. The first vid gives us an early glimpse of the suitably high-tech view from the driver's seat, but both new clips may offer something even better: the glorious sound of Ferrari's latest mid-mounted 4.5-liter V8 engine running up and down the ratios of its seven-speed dual clutch gearbox, watch this video Ferrari 458 Italia
italian manufacture launched Ferrari 458 Italia New WALLPAPER AND REVIEW 458 Italia, it is the two-seater mid-rear engined berlinetta,this Ferrar is the latest addition to the Prancing Horse's history. Ferrari 458 Italia is expected to be unveiled at the upcoming 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show. The result of the Ferrari engineers’ endeavours can be summed up in to two simple statistics which together perfectly encapsulate the Ferrari 458 Italia’s exceptional performance: 0-100 km/h acceleration in under 3.4 seconds and a maximum speed in excess of 325 km/h.
