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| Subject: Ferrari 458 Speciale lives up to the promise Sat Aug 02, 2014 8:34 pm | |
| It’s brave to call a car special (or even speciale), smart, or superb, or any of the other presupposing names that have been applied to sometimes not-so special, smart or superb cars.
The Ferrari 458 Speciale, however, is pretty damn speciale.
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It’s aimed at buyers who have always admired the 458 Italia coupe – which certainly gets this vote as the most beautiful car in showrooms today – but have been annoyed that the Italia puts out a mere 425 kW.
For them, this version cranks up the compression ratio of the wondrous 4.5-litre dry-sumped V8 to 14:1, so as to achieve 445 kW.
http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/ferrari-458-speciale-lives-up-to-the-promise-20140802-zvpip.html |
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