Ferrari Mailing List: New 430 "Scuderia" model announced today

[Gary Reed (gary]

>From the Ferrari Owner's web site:

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.