Anderson Germany Turns Ferrari F430 Spider into Scuderia Spider 16M

A new alternative tuning proposal for owners of the Ferrari F430 Spyder has been released by Anderson Germany. The design house has created a package that brings the brings the regular version closer to the flagship edition of the series, the F430 Spider Scuderia 16M.

The transformation begins on the outside with a new aero kit comprising of a front air dam, side skirts and a rear apron. Anderson Germany then finishes the car in a new color called Hyper Black and adds pin stripes in the form of carbon fiber accents with a yellow border.

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Eyewitness Update on the Ferrari F430 Spider vs Taxi Cab Incident

Yesterday, we told you about a recent Las Vegas incident involving the drivers of a Ferrari F430 Spider and a yellow taxicab. In our original story, we wrote that the cabbie “allegedly rear-ended” the Italian exotic. It turns out though that there was no collision between the two cars with the Ferrari driver exploding simply because the cabbie cut him off.

Patrick Fritz, the person who filmed the video outside of Fry's Electronics, came in contact with Carscoop and detailed the events that eventually led to the Ferrari driver punching the cabbie.

Here’s what Patrick told Carscoop:

“I saw this altercation from the very beginning. The Ferrari was trying to leave the Fry's Electronics parking lot as the Taxi driver pulled in front of him, cutting him off. The Ferrari driver was pissed that he got cut off. There was NO collision.

The Ferrari driver then peeled out as he drove up past the cab and stopped in front of him and began yelling at him for "driving like an a$$hole". Then the Ferrari driver got out of his vehicle and approached the cab driver. That's the beginning of the video.”

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Ferrari F430 Spider Owner Attacks Cab Driver for Cutting Him Off [*Updated]

A sad tale of road rage between the driver of a red Ferrari F430 Spider and a Taxi Cab driver took place in front of the parking lot of an electronics store in Las Vegas recently.

Story has it that the cabbie allegedly rear-ended the Italian supercar, but did not cause any significant damage to the vehicle – or at least non that can be seen in this amateur video that was filmed after the two cars parked on the side of the road.

Unfortunately, instead of exchanging information, the driver of the Ferrari was in the mood for some talking with his…fists. We can’t hear all that was said between the two men, but it looks like the only person going overboard here was the F430 driver. Watch the video right after the break.

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Toyota Corolla vs Ferrari F430: Can You Guess Who Wins this Race?

Pitting a puny stock Toyota Corolla against a Ferrari F430 and asking which car would win in a straight line race sounds like a joke, right? Well, under any other circumstances, you would be right to take this as a shaggy dog story but this comparo, which was made for a Japanese TV show, has a peculiar twist to it: the race was run in reverse gear… So, now that you know, can you pick the winner? Enjoy the quirky drag race between the Corolla sedan and Maranello’s supercar in the video clip after the break.

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VIDEO: Ferrari F430 Scuderia Cone Drifting on the Wet

Yes, it’s another drift video, but who’s complaining, especially when the protagonist is a Ferrari F430 Scuderia? The clip was filmed during a special track day at the Circuit Park Zandvoort, which is located north of the town of Zandvoort, in the Netherlands, with the F430 Scuderia being tossed left and right on a wet course. Read more »

Indian Firm Whips up a Ferrari F430 Replica out of a Toyota Corolla

Here at Carscoop we’ve shown you Ferrari F430 clones based on all sorts of sports cars ranging from the oh-so popular Pontiac Fiero to the Toyota MR2 and even the Toyota Celica. Now it’s time to show you an F430 doppelganger of even more humble origins as this creation is reportedly based on a Toyota Corolla.

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Laurence Gartel Turns Ferrari F430 Scuderia into a Rolling Piece of Art

Would you turn a supercar into a piece of art? Well, the answer to that question really depends on your definition of art. For some, a Ferrari F430 Scuderia is already a piece of art on its own, but for Laurence Gartel, this translates to a psychedelic looking vinyl wrap designed on a computer.

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It Came from eBay Hell: Toyota Celica-Based Ferrari F430 Replica

There are probably more Pontiac Fiero-based imitations in the world than real Ferraris. Today, though, we have something a little different. No, it is not a Pontiac Fiero-based Lamborghini Miura (we have already had one of them), it is a Toyota Celica that has been transformed into a passable F430 replica.

Did I say passable? Well, only just. From the front, it looks okay, with the hood, headlights and A-pillar being sufficiently F430-like. As you move back, however, it all starts to unwind. The awkward side window treatment, slab-sided rear flanks and the shape of the rear windscreen just seem wrong. Though you can’t expect much from trying to transform a front-engined, front wheel drive Japanese coupe in a mid engine, rear wheel drive Italian exotic.

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James Glickenhaus’ Ferrari P4/5 Competizione Starts Taking Shape

In 2006, American car collector James Glickenhaus took the world by surprise with his Enzo-based one-off Ferrari P4/5, built by Pininfarina. In the meantime, Mr. Glickenhaus decided to build a race version, too, dubbed P4/5 Competizione, which, initially, was scheduled to make its racing debut at this year’s 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Unfortunately, that never happened.

However, we're happy to report that the build is still underway. And there’s more: thanks to an update on a dedicated Facebook page, we can show you pictures depicting key moments of the assembly, available after the jump.

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Push and Pull: Ferrari F430 Spider on a Leash...

Even though it's an unfortunate situation to be in, we hope for the owner's sake that the reason why these men put are pushing and pulling this Ferrari F430 Spider has to do with the snow and the frozen roads, and not something relevant to the story line of the "Gone in 60 Seconds" film... More photos after the jump.

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VIDEO: Ferrari CEO Luca di Montezemolo Drives the New Stratos

After Pininfarina presented the New Stratos to the car's owner Michael Stoschek, the Italian design house invited Ferrari head-honcho Luca di Montezemelo to take it for a spin around the Fiorano circuit in Maranello.

According to the project's official website, Mr. di Montezemolo was very impressed with the New Stratos, openly praising it with exclamations such as "bellissima" and "congratulazioni". And that's not all, as the Ferrari CEO called his technical director, Roberto Fedeli, and suggested he should also take a look at the car.

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Pininfarina Hands Over One-Off New Lancia Stratos to its Owner

In what could be one of the happiest days in Michael Stoschek's life, the German millionaire who commissioned the creation of a modern-day Lancia Stratos, took delivery this week of the one-off Italian supercar from Pininfarina's headquarters outside of Turin.

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Pininfarina's Lancia Stratos Supercar: New Engineering Details Emerge

The automotive industry was taken by surprise a few months ago when it was revealed that German businessman, Michael Stoschek, commissioned Pininfarina to build an one-off successor to the legendary Lancia Stratos HF, based on the Ferrari F430 Scuderia. Now, new technical data emerged about this very special model.

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VIDEO: 170 mph in a Ferrari 430 Scuderia on the Monza Track

Where are my friends with their Ferrari 430 Scuderias and Monza track days? The best I can hope for is a ride around the McDonald's parking lot in a rust-coloured Datsun 280ZX with a faulty clutch. No wonder I'm so cynical.

So the story goes that YouTube member "Marchettino" flew shotgun in his mate's Ferrari 430 Scuderia at some sort of invitation only track day for Ferraristas. Speaking of which, there's a nice selection of Maranello muscle there. I think I saw (and correct me if I'm wrong) two 430s (white and red), a red 360, a black 458 Italia, a red 599 and a silver 575 M. Man, my Jealous-O-Meter is at like 11 right now.

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First Photo of the Ferrari World Abu Dhabi F430 GT Roller Coaster

In a few months time, the rich and famous of our world will have their own automotive 'Disney Land' with the opening of the new Ferrari World theme park in Abu Dhabi. Among the twenty or so rides and attractions featured at the park will be the GT roller coaster and this here is the first photograph of the car .

Each coaster vehicle in this particular ride is a replica of a Ferrari F430 Spider that can seat up to four people. According to Ferrari, the GT Racing Coaster will send two competing roller coaster carriages dashing along twisting parallel tracks on a race to the finish line.

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The Wedding Crashers: Lamborghini Murcielago Smashes Into Ferrari F430 at South African Reception

In the well-known Hollywood comedy, divorce mediators and life-long friends John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) had a weird hobby of crashing weddings to meet single women.

But in this real-life South African parody, the two drivers of the Ferrari F430 and Lamborghini Murcielago took the term "wedding crashers" a bit too literally as they somehow managed to crash into each other during a VIP wedding reception at a sports club in the town of Eshowe.

According to local news sites, the drivers of the two cars are Romeo Mbambo, said to be a former IFP hitman, and a man known only as ND Sibiya.

While the two men escaped injuries, witnesses at the scene claim that the drivers became aggravated when people started to take pictures of the cars, and allegedly assaulted one man, threatened a local journalist and seized mobile phones with cameras.

Apparently, they didn't succeed too well in hiding the incident from the press...

Via: Wreckedexotics , Source: IOL

VIDEO: Truck Literally Drops Off Ferrari F430 Spider at Boston Dealership...

We're pretty sure that when this truck driver's boss told him to drop off the red Ferrari 430 Spider at Ernie Boch's luxury car dealership in Norwood, which is located just outside of Boston, this wasn't what he had in mind...

The expensive drop off was caught on camera by the helicopter news crew of Skyfox. Watch the video and weep for the Prancing Horse model after the jump.

Thanks for the nod Maria! Via: Skyfox and Jalopnik

Ferrari Scuderia Spider 16M makes World Premiere at Bologna Motor Show

Following the presentation of the new Scuderia Spider 16M at the Mugello circuit in northern Italy in early November, Ferrari staged the car's first public debut at the Bologna Salon. The limited production Scuderia Spider 16M is essentially a roadster version of the 430 Scuderia featuring most of the same chassis and mechanical upgrades as the coupe. From a technical point of view, the Scuderia Spider 16M has a dry weight of 1340kg (80kg lighter than the 'standard' F430 Spider) and is powered by an uprated version of the Spider's V8 engine producing 510HP.

Boasting a power-to-weight ratio of 2.6 kg/hp, the Scuderia Spider 16M achieves a 0-100 km/h (62mph) acceleration in just 3.7 sec and a top speed of 315 km/h (196 mph).

The car will be available in two versions, with a basic configuration of black with grey edging or an optional tricolour livery from the Carrozzeria Scaglietti Personalisation Programme. Exclusive features include a roll-bar with a carbon-fibre outer shell, a specific new generation audio system which can be combined with the removable personalised Ferrari Ipod Touch 16 GB which is docked in the dash.

Ferrari Unveils F430 Scuderia Spider 16M with 510HP V8 and iPod Touch - 26 High-Res Photos

Today Ferrari proved true all those rumors concerning the development of a drop-top version of the hardcore F430 Scuderia with the presentation of the limited series Scuderia Spider 16M at the World Finals in Mugello in celebration of its recent victory in the F1 Constructor's World Championship 2008, which takes the firms overall manufacture titles to 16 - hence the name Scuderia Spider 16M.

If you're (rightfully) questioning the purpose of a track-ready F430 in convertible form, the only smartass answer could think of is for the same reason that the Italian firm decided to equip the Scuderia Spider 16M with a removable Ferrari iPod Touch 16 GB. In other words, it doesn't make much sense. Nevertheless, we have no doubt whatsoever that all 499 examples of the vehicle will be sold faster than it takes an F1 to go from naught to 60.

Talking about speed, Ferrari claims that the limited production Scuderia Spider 16M is faster around the Fiorano circuit than any other Prancing Horse open-top road car built to date. Just like the F430 Scuderia Coupe, the Spider features a tweaked version of the firm's 4.3-liter V8 which now produces 510HP while Ferrari's extensive diet has resulted to a weight saving of 80 kg or 176 lbs for a total of 1340 Kg or 2,954 lbs (versus the F430 Scuderia Coupe's 2,756 lbs).

The result is a power-to-weight ratio of 2.6 kg/hp with a 0-100 km/h (62mph) acceleration in just 3.7 seconds and a maximum top speed of 315 km/h (196 mph).

From a styling point of view the Scuderia Spider 16M is available in a choice of two new signature colour schemes: the standard version is black with grey trim and a tricolor livery which is available as part of Ferrari's "Carrozzeria Scaglietti Personalisation Programme".

The track-ready / capable Spider also sports special plaques on its rear grille and above the air vents at the centre of the dashboard. Other exclusive features include a roll-bar with carbon-fibre outer shell and a specific new generation audio system that can be combined with the removable customized Ferrari iPod Touch 16 GB with central dock just in front of the dashboard.

SCUDERIA SPIDER 16M - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Engine

• Naturally aspirated mid-rear 90° V8, 4308 cc
  
• Maximum power output 375.4 kW (510 hp) at 8500 rpm
  
• Maximum torque 470 Nm (47.7 Kgm) at 5250 rpm
  
• Max engine speed 8640 rpm (at limiter)
  
• Compression ratio 11.9:1
  
• Bore and Stroke 92 mm X 81 mm
  
• Specific power output 118.4 hp/litre
  

Transmission

• Six-speed plus Reverse F1 gearbox
  
• Dry dual clutch
  
• Electronic differential E-diff + F1-Trac
  
• Oil gearbox lubrication with oil/water heat exchanger
  

Performance, fuel consumption, emissions

• Acceleration 0-100 km/h 3.7 secs
  
• Maximum speed 315 kph
  
• Drive weight/power 2.6 kg/hp
  
• Fuel consumption 15.7 l/100 km (combined ECE)
  
• CO2 emissions 360 g/km (combined ECE)
  

Chassis and bodywork

Car dimensions:

• - Length 4512 mm
  
• - Width 1923 mm
  
• - Height 1216 mm
  
• - Wheelbase 2600 mm
  
• - Front track 1669 mm
  
• - Rear track 1616 mm
  
• Dry weight * 1340 kg (-80 kg vs F430 Spider)
  
• Kerb weight * 1440 kg
  
• Weight distribution 43% front, 57% rear
  
• Fuel tank capacity 95 litres
  

• Independent front and rear forged aluminium double wishbone suspensions, titanium helical springs, hollow anti-roll bars and lighter electronic shocks
  
• 398mm X 36mm carbon-ceramic material front brake discs with aluminium 6-pot callipers
  
• 350mm X 34mm carbon-ceramic material rear disc brakes with aluminium 6-pot callipers
  
• 19" five-spoke split rims front and rear
  
• Tyres: 235/35 front and 285/35 rear; Fabbrica Pirelli PZero Corsa only
  

Electronic control systems

• CST Stability and Traction Control System. Steering wheel-mounted manettino with five settings to integrate the F1 gearbox, CST and F1-Trac (Stability and Traction Control System), suspension control.
  

*Figures refer to the European market versions

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