Ferrari F430 - media pics

[RC45]

It has too may varied elements. Ferrari is trying too hard with the latest crop of cars.

They have no timelss beauty.

Long live the 355

[jorge]

I think it looks better than the 360, but IMO the F355 was the last truly beautiful Ferrari

[SFDMALEX]

/\/\/\ Are you mad man? The 550 is like the most beautiful GT on the planet!

[Caps8419]

i didnt really like it but its kinda growning on me.... reminds me of a challenge stradale on crack.... which is good.

[twboy1999]

is definitly the real picture

there are super high rez of these pics.. and if u look at thoese high rez pics.. they are real car.. not photshop

[twboy1999]

found it
here is the quote from Rennteam
he following pictures are not a photoshop job, they show the REAL thing.

V8 4.3 l engine with 490 HP, 1372 kg weight, top speed 315 kph, 0-100 kph under 4 seconds.
First shown to the public at the Paris Autoshow on Sept 21.
Cars go to customers starting first quarter 2005.


http://img44.exs.cx/img44/1431/f430.jpg
http://img44.exs.cx/img44/7907/f430-steering-wheel.gif
http://img44.exs.cx/img44/5674/f430_top.jpg
http://img44.exs.cx/img44/7568/f430wheel.jpg
http://img44.exs.cx/img44/1430/f430mirror.jpg
http://img44.exs.cx/img44/3069/f430front.jpg
http://img44.exs.cx/img44/4789/f430back2.jpg
http://img64.exs.cx/img64/7476/f430back.jpg

[Fleischmann]

Originally Posted by PATo355 Power to weight ratio is equal to that of a CS.

^^^This is what interests me...makes me wonder how good the 430CS will be

[TT]

Originally Posted by twboy1999 found it here is the quote from Rennteam he following pictures are not a photoshop job, they show the REAL thing. V8 4.3 l engine with 490 HP, 1372 kg weight, top speed 315 kph, 0-100 kph under 4 seconds. First shown to the public at the Paris Autoshow on Sept 21. Cars go to customers starting first quarter 2005. http://img44.exs.cx/img44/1431/f430.jpg http://img44.exs.cx/img44/7907/f430-steering-wheel.gif http://img44.exs.cx/img44/5674/f430_top.jpg http://img44.exs.cx/img44/7568/f430wheel.jpg http://img44.exs.cx/img44/1430/f430mirror.jpg http://img44.exs.cx/img44/3069/f430front.jpg http://img44.exs.cx/img44/4789/f430back2.jpg http://img64.exs.cx/img64/7476/f430back.jpg

Thanks for the highres (next time either use the thumbnails or post links)

But hell, to me it still seems a very well done render LOL.. maybe it's just the light used, but some parts in some of the pics doesn't seem right...
I suppose it is really just me, anyway the pics rock and I already like it can't wait for the first reviews

[Jabba]

Looks much more "exciting" to me than the 360 ever was.....I am sure it will be a victim of its own success though...and become "a regular site"...Ferraris to me should be rare and exclusive...and a challenge to drive and master.....I am gonna hold onto my cash for such a car....although I would still love one of these beauties....

[mindgam3]

seems as though pistonheads have got the same pics too:

"The F430 signals the arrival of a brand new generation of Ferrari 8-cylinder models. This new car takes Ferrari’s extraordinary achievements with aluminium technology, begun with the 360 Modena, to a whole new level, and offers a series of extremely significant innovations directly derived from the Ferrari Formula 1 single-seaters.

Two of these innovations are world firsts for production cars: the electronic differential (E-Diff) and the steering wheel-mounted switch (better known to the Formula 1 Scuderia’s drivers as "manettino"), which manages the integrated systems governing vehicle dynamics.

The other main characteristics of the new F430 are its light, compact 4,300 cc 90° V8 engine, which punches out 490 hp to achieve a specific output of 114 hp/litre, also providing the new Ferrari berlinetta with a weight-to-power ratio of 2.8 kg/hp (dry weight); a braking system with carbon-ceramic discs for optimal efficiency under extreme use (optional); a Formula 1-derived gearbox that cuts gear shifting times down to 150 milliseconds allowing the driver to make the very most of this truly high performance car (0-62 mph acceleration in 4 seconds flat, a top speed in excess of 196 mph) and an aerodynamic design that embodies the very latest competition technologies, specifically the flat underbody and large rear diffuser to increase downforce.

The car will be officially presented during the Paris Motor show in September 2004."

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...p?storyId=8972

[altezza]

F430 Technical Specifications

Dimensions
Overall length: 4512 mm 176.6 in
Overall width: 1923 mm 75.7 in
Height: 1214 mm 47.8 in
Wheelbase: 2600 mm 102.3 in
Front track: 1669 mm 65.7 in
Rear track: 1616 mm 63.6 in
Kerb weight: 1450 kg 3197 lb

Engine
Type: 90° V8
Bore/stroke: 92 mm x 81 mm 3.50 x 3.03 cu in
Unit displacement: 538.5 cc 32.86 cu in
Total displacement: 4,308 cc 262.89 cu in
Compression ratio: 11.3:1
Maximum power: 360.4 kW (490 CV*) at 8500 rpm
Maximum torque: 465 Nm (47.4 kgm or 343 lbft) at 5250 rpm
Specific horse power: 114 CV*/l

Performance
Maximum speed: >315 km/h > 196 mph
0-100 km/h (0-62 mph): 4.0 s

* For reasons of homogeneity, engine power is expressed in kW, in accordance with the International Systems of Units (SI), and CV (cavalli = horse power). The brake horse power (bhp) can be calculated as follows: 1kW = 1.34 bhp.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by Jabba Looks much more "exciting" to me than the 360 ever was.....I am sure it will be a victim of its own success though...and become "a regular site"...Ferraris to me should be rare and exclusive...and a challenge to drive and master.....I am gonna hold onto my cash for such a car....although I would still love one of these beauties....

I further predict that the F430 will become ht emost commonly "smashed" Ferrari in history..

Lets say 1 out of every 2 sold will turn around and bite the driver in the proverbial buttocks..

That way you get your "a challange to drive and master" - but they will sell far too many to be an elusive sight (I prefer the term elusive to exclusive - )

[Jabba]

Yes elusive or rare is more what I meant.

[sameerrao]

I wonder if the wating list is very long? Correct me if I am wrong but the waiting list on a 360M was something like 8 months for a coupe and a year or more for a spider...

RC, I am sure the 430 will be equipped with the usual alphabet soup of traction control devices to keep the car on the straight and narrow. And if most of the owners are upgrading from a 355 or 360 they should be able to handle the extra power. Its the ones who upgraded from a saloon or so that have to watch out

Jabba please get a 288 GTO ... pretty please .... rare, fast, elusive, exclusive, challenge to drive ... all that and more ... make Sameer a happy camper

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

Every innovations like these....the brakes, the differential, the steering wheel, the 490bhp, the light shape,....will make the car very efficient on a racetrack or on the road in good hands(skilful drivers), however, i see the 150miliseconds a bit too short time to shift a gear(i hope that im wrong).

Finally, as long as ferrari gets a non confortable car, difficult car to drive on limit, and beautifully shaped(i rely on ferrari that the 430 will fulfill these three requirements), and the manual 6 speed gearbox option as well, it will continue being one of my favourite cars ever IMO