Ferrari F430 - media pics
 

Ferrari has released some pictures of the Ferrari F430.

(below you can see the pics)

The number refers to the cylinders of the V8: 4,3 litre. It produces 490 bhp which is 114 bhp/litre and it gives a power to weight ratio of 2,8 bhp/kg.
It has an electronic differential and a system with which you can adjust damper settings with buttons on the steering wheel. This system is called "marinetto". The gearbox will shift gears in 150 msec, accelerate from 0-100 in 4,0 sec to a top speed of 315 km/h.
In comparison the Lamborghini Gallardo will do it in 4,2 sec and to a top speed of 309 km/h and the Porsche 911 Turbo in 4,2 sec with a top speed of 305 km/h.

Looks like Ferrari has got another winner on their hands!

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http://img48.exs.cx/img48/3094/1598771.jpg

http://img48.exs.cx/img48/2434/1598772.jpg

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/1889/rear1.jpg

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/4711/top21.jpg

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/6686/wheel6.jpg

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/5615/mirror4.jpg

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/7540/interior4.jpg

A bit small to be 100% sure, but those are not pics of a real car IMO...

Any high-res?

I don't have any bigger ones, I got them from a dutch carsite http://www.autoweek.nl/newsdisp.php?cache=no&ID=2693

As for the pictures, I do think they are real, I got to admit they are small but I think it's the real deal!

Dunno.. look at those front lights and air vents.. they just look fake.. it seems just a good render to me.. even the shadows seems wrong.. maybe it's just me...

I've checked it out at the site of Auto Motor und Sport and they have the same news including a couple of new pics.

I have got to admit that these are probably not real pictures. If you look at the seats in the 3rd picture, they just doesn't look real. But I can't get around that this will be the final looks of the car.

In that case I really like it. I've had my doubts about the rear, but seen from this angle it looks really cool. But F430 on the side mirror? hmm, not really my taste.

That is like all the Ferrari media pics. The Enzo were in the exact same style and the car looks just like the pics from Mexico and more importantly like the Ferrari private unveiling.

I think it looks awesome.

i cant see anything :(

i think it's a very close rendition htfaber, not sure if it's the 100% finished product though. Thankyou for the pics mate

Yes it looks the same as the one in mexico , the car is truly dissapointing , love the F430 logo tho , it remings the F40 ones , but a logo in the mirrors ? that is not good

Hi budagboy2, I can't see the pictures either, but I can't figure out why it isn't working. Does everyone has the same problem and pasts the url or can you see all the pics?

Now i see, car looks verrry nice

TT they are the real thing , look at this papparazi pics with a cell phone ( are they stupid :D )

http://www.elenaferrari.net/magz03.jpghttp://www.elenaferrari.net/magz1.jpg

Here you go ...

http://img48.exs.cx/img48/8092/1598770.jpg

http://img48.exs.cx/img48/3094/1598771.jpg

http://img48.exs.cx/img48/2434/1598772.jpg

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/1889/rear1.jpg

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/4711/top21.jpg

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/6686/wheel6.jpg

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/5615/mirror4.jpg

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/7540/interior4.jpg

I like the new car. It looks like a development of the Modena. The pics we saw earlier were pretty awful.

the F430 typed on the mirror is reminescent of the F40 script on its rear spoiler.

Now the Ford GT has competition. Pity the persons who paid about 40K extra for a Stradale..

What about this one ?

http://img58.exs.cx/img58/1263/spy-shot-5.jpg
http://img58.exs.cx/img58/290/spy-shot-4.jpg
http://bbs.163car.com/UploadFile/20047291232167734.jpg
http://bbs.163car.com/UploadFile/20047291232923740.jpg


Quote from supercar forums

Car was presented to a select group of customers in Maranello on tuesday 20th july. Called the 430 Modena, it weighs in at 1350 kg dry and has 490 bhp (euro). It has an electronically controlled diff that the driver can adjust from the thingypit. The back is enzo - like and the front too (notably the lights). Power to weight ratio is equal to that of a CS.

i dont think the pics are real, they do look like all the ferrari media pics but someone can do that to fool people.... also the f430 logo in the mirrors looks awful, thats ricer shit...

The horn buttons on the top part of the wheel looks like it will get pressed often when cornering hard...

the steering wheel looks flattened on the top like the Enzo but minus the shift change lights

The redline is at 8500 - should be a screamer like the CS... :D

BTW htfaber I dont know why your pics didnt post ... I just did a cut and paste and it worked for me :?

15 minutes after seeing it im starting to like it :roll:

for some reason they dont look real to me exspecialy the one of the mirror, the only one that looks real and is real is the interior shot.

Maybe but look at the pics that i posted , that proves is THE car !

yup... i think the same

They are real for sure, all the Ferraris official pics have the same effect, i remember the F50, 360 and so, they were exactly the same, very artifficials ... but true :wink:
I like it, except the rear lights that i find too small but the rest seems ok.
Life will be hard for the Gallardo and 997 Turbo as it seems ( and if the low weight is verified ...).

Right .. the power step up is the best part - ~+100 bhp w/o a weight penalty :D

Something inside of me tells me that those pics are real.

If its not, then maybe there was never such a thing called a 360 modena :)

http://www.members.optushome.com.au/...reequarter.jpg

compared to...

http://img48.exs.cx/img48/8092/1598770.jpg

http://www.members.optushome.com.au/..._photo_top.jpg

compared to...

http://img20.exs.cx/img20/4711/top21.jpg

Judging from those 360 modena pics, i'd say theres a good chance that those 430 pics are real. Possibly only a concept, who knows. Looks great anyway.

How much will it cost?

i say if theyre real and ferrari released them. why arent they on the site ?? where are the bigger resolution ones ???
the media pics are given for the media release, and where theres a media release, there are pics of it

You make a good point about why they arent on the site.

I suppose i can question as to whether or not the car has been officially released. You'd think ferrari will only release photo's after the actual debut of the car or so to speak. Everybody knows what the next gen bmw 3 series will look like via leakage of photos by unknown sources, and yet, there are no bmw 3 series photos on the official website to justify the released shots.

Well regardless, i'm only saying that theres a good possibility that those pics are 'real'. Its a question of whether it'll be the finished product or not.

ur right bout the leakage... its just that the pics dont look real to me... well just have to wait as always

They are real , look at the pics i posted , the car looks teh same and it was released the 20th of July to a private buyers

Dude I know how the 430 looks like, but those media pics are not a "real" car... more like computer generated ... not pics of a REAL car.. looking exactly as the real one but .. oh well I hope you got it by now

Sorry TT :cry: , and yes i think those are computer generated

yup they are obviously CG...did they come from Ferrari? now that's the question...they may be, they look very good, but it may well be the work of a very skilled computer graphics expert...until Ferrari releases the pics officially we won't know for sure...but that is the way the car is gonna look like for sure...

Quite frankly...I'm beggining to accept it...I mean, it's growing on me...but IMO a Ferrari shouldn't "grow" on you...hell...I'm sure I will probably end up liking it anyways, but never as much as the timeless 355...I don't think any other Ferrari will ever look as good as the 355...

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 ;)

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

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

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

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

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.


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http://img44.exs.cx/img44/4789/f430back2.jpg
http://img64.exs.cx/img64/7476/f430back.jpg

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

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 :D can't wait for the first reviews :D

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....

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

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.

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

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 - ;))

Yes elusive or rare is more what I meant.

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 :D

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

I'm also convinced that these are pictures of the real thing. I think that there have been enough different sources of different pictures to say that it's very likely that this is it.
I'm not complaining, I think it looks fabulous. The front end with those fantastic air intakes in classic 'sharknose' fashion and the sharper headlight units are a great improvement on the design of the 360. The rear turned out better than what I expected, but a 360 with a challenge grille looks more mean and purposeful I think.
Overall, I'd say it's better looking than the 360. The extra power is bound to bring it right up there with the competition as well. Oh, and another thing, I love that F1-style steering wheel with the suspension switch. :D

Well I like this car but, maybe it will grow on me like the 360, which today is one of the most beautiful cars on earh in my eyes. What I dont like is the front end. The bumper is way to fuzzy to much stuff in there.

What is impressive are the specs. 490bhp, 0-100 in 4, 315km/h top speed! I mean that is fast so far. I think that seccurs the stragiht line battle already. And with all the diff and damper mambo jumbo it will surelly take the curvy stuff very fast.

Lambo, Chevy and Porke have some work to do....oh wait, all of them already released their latest cars :lol:

i really like the car, as jabba says it might be a victim of its own success, in a company like ferrari i think its important to sell but to remain exclusive... so well have to see....

i think we have to wait for the new 911 turbo...

And the C6 Z06 hasn't arrive yet.. :P Besides - how odd that Ferrari now has to comapre itself to a Chevy (and dont'f forget the Ford GT ;)) -- that means the boys in Maranello have finally realised... you can't just sell to the Cafe Latte crowd.. :P

/\/\/\ Are you saying that Chevy is shit basicly? And Ford in that case :wink:

And its only the 360 F1s that the Cafe Latte crowd is buying.

575 Is for esspresso drinkers you know :wink: