The successor of the famed 360 Challenge Stradale (which happens to be the piece de resistance on our banner) looks to have done its job right. We've seen spy pics of prototypes running around the Nurburgring since wizard fans were (and still are) on their knees waiting for the seventh Harry Potter book to come out. This is our Deathly Hallows and the waiting has paid off. The Scuderia joins the Coupe and the Spyder in the F430 line-up. The newbie is the more track-oriented variant of the trio. Its engine is modified to churn out 27 more horsepowers than the conventional F430, to an impressive 510hp. The Scuderia weighs 220lbs less than the F430 and therefore, the horsepower to weight ratio is a mind-blowing 1hp per 5.4lbs.Some other exclusives for the Scuderia include an integrated traction control and stability control. The icing on the cake is that the Scuderia will be unveiled in Frankfurt by none other than the Prancing Horse legend, Michael Schumacher. Continue reading to view a hi-res image gallery and the official press release.
[Source: Ferrari]
PRESS RELEASE: The Ferrari 430 Scuderia. Michael Schumacher will officially unveil the car at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
The new Ferrari 430 Scuderia will join the road-going V8 line-up alongside the F430 coupé and the F430 Spider. The 430 Scuderia is a truly high-performance 2-seater berlinetta which demonstrates how Ferrari's Formula 1 know-how is carried across to its production cars.
The new model is a special series based on the F430 and is aimed specifically at Ferrari's most passionate and sports-driving oriented clients. Development focused on light weight, minimum trimmings and innovative technology. All this to exalt the car's extremely high-performance and ability to thrill the driver.
The new car can count on an extremely low weight-to-power ratio of just 2.45 kg per hp thanks to a low dry weight of just 1250 kg - 100 kg less than the standard F430 – and to the naturally-aspirated 4308cc V8's 510 hp at 8500 rpm.
Superb performance both on and off the track is assured by a series of cutting-edge solutions. There is the latest F1 software - Superfast – which reduces gearchange times to just 60 milliseconds, and new traction control which, for the first time, combines the E-Diff electronic differential and the F1-Trac traction and stability control in a single integrated system.
Vehicle dynamics, control and performance thus represent the zenith of Ferrari's achievements in terms of developing road-certified sports cars.
The 430 Scuderia will be officially unveiled by Michael Schumacher on September 11 2007 at the IAA Motor Show in Frankfurt.
