The Ferrari SP-8 is the automaker’s newest one-off creation, and was commissioned by a purchaser in Taiwan.
The SP-8 is so-named as a result of eight is a fortunate quantity in Chinese language, whereas additionally referencing the automobile’s V8 engine and the F8 chassis lurking beneath.
In comparison with the F8, the SP-8 has a unique exterior with an attention-grabbing two-tone impact, the place the rear half of the car and centre part of the doorways is completed silver paint, whereas the remainder of the automobile options unpainted carbon-fibre.
The SP-8 is completely topless as there’s no roof included, not even a hard-to-erect short-term material affair.
Up entrance there’s a thinner set of headlights, a brand new bonnet urgent with wider U-shaped vent, and a full width aluminium grille with vertical bars that’s constructed from a 3D-printed mould.
It’s on the rear the place Ferrari says it made essentially the most adjustments. Free of the necessity to stow a folding hardtop out again, its designers had been capable of “radically restyle” this space.
The again finish now consists of aspect air intakes with separate ducts for the intercoolers and engine, and tail-lights pilfered from the Roma.
There are different name outs to Ferraris each previous and current, with the exhaust referencing the 296 GTB, and directional five-spoke alloy wheels clearly impressed by the F40.
Inside, the dashboard is straight carry from the F8, and the cabin has distinctive trim and highlights all through. The centre tunnel sports activities the most important change, with the usual column of buttons for the transmission changed by a sequence of switches designed to resemble an old-school Ferrari handbook shift gate.
Behind the passenger cell is a 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8. Taken instantly from the F8 donor car, it makes 530kW at 7000rpm and 770Nm at 3250rpm.
It drives the rear wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. No phrase from Ferrari about efficiency, however the F8 Tributo can full the 0-100km/h run in 2.9 seconds.
In accordance with Ferrari one-off automobiles, such because the SP-8, commissioned by means of its Particular Initiatives division take about two years to finish.
The SP-8 is at present on show on the Mugello Circuit, about an hour’s drive from Florence, Italy. On the finish of the month it will likely be moved Ferrari Museum in Maranello, the place it will likely be on present till March 2024.
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