Description
Rosso Corsa with Crema leather, Rosso contrast stitching and Bordeaux carpets. Spec highlights include manual gearbox, electric Daytona seats and a number of carbon interior trim options. 23, 518 miles. Detailed service history (just serviced by Bell Sport & Classic).
SPEC:
Rosso Corsa
Crema leather
Nero hood
Rosso contrast stitching
Bordeaux carpets
Electric Daytona seats
Crema trimmed roll hoops
Carbon steering wheel
Carbon driver zone
Carbon centre console
Carbon dash inserts
Carbon air vents
Carbon gear knob
Giallo rev counter & Instruments
Hi Power audio system with subwoofer
Scuderia shields
Red brake callipers
Carboceramic brakes
A well maintained, low mileage example in iconic Rosso Corsa with Crema. Featuring the highly sought after six-speed manual gearbox (only around 10% of production was manual as opposed to F1) and a number of rare and desirable options, this Ferrari F430 Spider is highly collectable now.
The mid-noughties were heady days for Ferrari. They achieved Six back-to-back F1 Constructors’ titles and built some of the finest road cars in history.
And then, in the autumn of 2004, it launched the F430, the latest – and easily the most potent – in a long line of V8 mid-engined supercars.
Evo magazine proclaimed it ‘Ferrari’s baby Enzo’ summing up the F430’s appeal: strikingly modern, brutally potent and chock-full of engineering and aerodynamic knowledge gained in the heat of Grand Prix battle.
The red, crackle-finish plenums visible through the glass engine cover belonged to a new 4. 3-litre V8 engine with a flat-plane crank and the Enzo’s highly sophisticated variable valve timing system giving a 0 to 62mph time in 4. 0sec and on to within a whisker of 200mph.
Styled by Pininfarina and honed in Ferrari’s wind tunnel, the F430 Spider saw a number of direct technological transfers from F1 including the E-diff and Manettino driver controls.
Today, the F430 manual is enjoying a resurgence amongst collectors with its compelling combination of analogue driver engagement, high-performance and its place in Ferrari history as the last mid-engined V8 Ferrari to offer a fully manual gearbox.
