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Frankfurt Preview: Ferrari 458 Spider

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13 years ago

August 24, 2011

Ferrari will be debuting the 2012 Ferrari 458 Spider at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week. It’s the world’s first mid-rear engined Berlinetta equipped with a retractable hard top!

Ferrari has been making some curious moves. First there was the California. Then we see the FF (and throw up a little bit). Now we’ve got a Ferrari with a retractable hard top?!

But as you can see from these official photos (which were leaked to the Internet), it works quite well. While I loved the old F355 convertibles, they looked like hell when the top was up. But with the hard top on the 458, you can’t even tell that it’s a convertible when the top is up!

Enjoy the pics!

And a video of the retractable hardtop in action:

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Sujeet Patel is the founder of Guys Gab, the definitive men's lifestyle blog, and he's one of the biggest car enthusiast you'll ever meet. He's been fortunate enough to turn his passion for cars into a full-time job. Like they say, "If you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life."