Ferrari to unveil hardtop roof for 458 Spider model
Ferrari is looking to usurp the Frankfurt Motor Show shame by launching its 458 Spider to a select audience a week before the start of the German anniversary of new cars next month.
But those select few are in for a shock. While most people have been with child a traditional folding cloth roof to steer well unburden of the California's market for folding metal roofs, Ferrari found another way.
Sources stress it will drive the 458 Spider down the path it once took with the 575M SuperAmerica with its odd, folding plate glass roof.
Insiders say the 458 will use a similar roof that will really flip back 180° when you want sunshine and brand-new air. It then sits flat - and upside down - on top of the 458's appliance cover.
The chromatic glass system also allows the roof to let in precisely the right amount of light for the weather conditions, while the 4.5L V8 and the seven-rapidity twin-clutch gearbox do the rest.
The 458 Spider will supersede the F430 Spider, which ended production in 2009. The Frankfurt Motor Show is scheduled to run from September 15 to 25.
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