The Ferrari 458 Speciale: A Oppo Overview

"Victorious Secret" (victorioussecret) 02/28/2014 at 12:59 • Filed to: Ferrari, 458, Speciale

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It is certainly a special car. See what I did there? Heh. sometimes I crack myself up. Okay, maybe not. Moving on...

Ferrari wanted me to not drive this car so bad they invited us all out to have food, booze and good conversations before even pulling the red drape off the car. I thought about sneaking a peak under the cover, but I remembered that the Italian man who runs the dealership would be very upset and probably have me taken care of, if you catch my drift. I also took all these photos with a iPotato 5, because I wanted to enjoy the night and not carry around a lumbering and back breaking DSLR. There are moments for such things (and I'll get another crack at this car later) and I figured this wasn't that moment.

So where to start with this car? Maybe with this; no other car in recent memory has ever captured my attention and held it this fast. Ever. You can wax rhetoric all you want about how great Ferraris are and how much passion they have and anything else, that is generally a given when it comes to their cars. But this? This was something else entirely.

The car covered in a drape looked more evocative than most cars do uncovered. Menacing, aggressive; you need a large thesaurus to fill in all the words you would probably want to use in describing this car.

It is very blue, in case you missed the picture. The white stripe works. The aggressive front and rear work. Everything about this works.

Some cool things, both the front and rear have active aero, because why not? That is the cool thing to do. Can't comment on how it works. I didn't drive it. I won't drive it. Ever, probably. But active aero is always nice to see. There is also a set of giant exhausts. Giant. They put out a fierce sound.

It has a ducktail spoiler instead of a genuine bolt on or active aero spoiler. Its great, because they could've gone and ruined that rear end with a huge (but functional) spoiler but they didn't. They ducktail'd it. And it looks great.

Those pipes. And carbon fiber. LOOK AT IT.

Look, there really isn't more to say without a proper drive. It is a 458 Speciale. Puns aside, it really is special. Everything about it is amazing. Maybe it is the color they rolled out (who doesn't love a nice blue?) but this car is just amazing. Full stop. It doesn't need any qualifications. It screams excitement. It looks more sexy and aggressive than the base 458 but it doesn't look over the top. Sadly, unlike the F430, we won't see many of them. This thing is all spoken for. I didn't ask how many orders were placed locally. Maybe a handful if we are lucky.

I talked with a friend about what makes this car so appealing (to us at least) and its nothing immediate. The car just...works? I guess? Without resorting to typical tropes of passion and more passion and passion sprinkled on the side. I'm not even a Ferrari fan, but this gets me.

I'll say no more. I'm tired. 2 hours of sleep is not recommended. If you'll excuse me, I have some more sleeping to do. I'll just post the rest of the potato shots below.

Also, EXPOSED FASTENERS!!!!

Also, iPhone wallpaper material. It is reasonably straight. I think. I don't crop well.

Bonus: LOUD(ish) noises; you might have to turn up volume for this.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 13:06

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I think this dude is wanking it.

Brian Silvestro > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 13:07

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This thing looks fucking amazing in blue.

Victorious Secret > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/28/2014 at 13:08

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*Werting.

No confirmation if it was actually Ray Wert on the scene.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 13:08

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How many hockey pucks and moose burgers were there at the event?

Also, was the provided milk served from bags?

Naijaflavor, I Love Doritos > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 13:08

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Victorious Secret > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 02/28/2014 at 13:09

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Snap wat r u doin

Snap staph

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 13:10

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The dude behind the door. Not the dragons behind the car...

Forgetful > SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman 02/28/2014 at 13:11

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Ketchup chips

Poutine

Back bacon

Maple syrup

Victorious Secret > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 02/28/2014 at 13:11

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Oh we were all definitely wanking it.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 13:13

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Bro hugs!

JR1 > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 13:16

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The horror!!!

Victorious Secret > JR1 02/28/2014 at 13:18

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CRISIS ALERT

CRISIS ALERT

Gamecat235 > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 13:28

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Staph? You should get that looked at.

Victorious Secret > Gamecat235 02/28/2014 at 13:31

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Don't make me come up there, old man.

Gamecat235 > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 13:38

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Listen whippersnapper, spell like a proper murican canuckistanian and I'll have one less thing to give you a hard time for.

Victorious Secret > Gamecat235 02/28/2014 at 13:47

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You won't even remember what I was talking about in 15 minutes cause of your dementia.

I win.

Gamecat235 > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 13:48

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Tom McParland > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 14:03

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Some of you might enjoy this

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 17:54

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So much better in blue. If you have class, your Ferrari is silver, blue or black (sorry Doug!).

dogisbadob > Victorious Secret 02/28/2014 at 18:13

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ooooooo Dodge Viper paint job!

Chrysler should really consider making the Viper just a 458 but with a manual transmission (and maybe slightly less power if Ferrari insists), or maybe it could be a Chrysler-branded halo car, if Viper fanboys want to keep the pushrod V10. For people that like that V10 but want an automatic, Gilles can charge them twice as much for a Ferrari 810 Viperelli

Axial > dogisbadob 02/28/2014 at 18:23

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Engine in the wrong spot for a Viper of any sort. Sorry, them's the breaks.

dogisbadob > Axial 02/28/2014 at 18:28

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Too bad :(

It would be nice to see an American nameplate RMR supercar

Axial > dogisbadob 02/28/2014 at 18:31

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It would be, I just don't think it should take the place of the Viper. Without a FMR Viper, what's going to compete against the Corvette visually?

Chrysler has made attempts at a RMR supercar before, though, so they could do it again. I don't think the FIAT portion of FCA would let it best Ferrari, though.

Rows His Own > Tom McParland 03/01/2014 at 12:44

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Im not sure if that's the driver's doing, but that car looks very prone to understeer and snap oversteer. And that's definitely not a good thing.