A few days ago we presented the 488-th in Moscow, at the opening of a new dealership Ferrari-Avilon at the Volgograd prospectus, which has built a car city. In the near future is waiting for customers is also the official opening in dealer showrooms AVILON Aston Martin.
Home inauguration was put on Manezh Square near the Hotel Four Season, which brought together the owners of cars Ferrari, both contemporary and vintage. Recall that there a few months ago there was an exhibition of racing supercars participating series Blancpain GT Series before the race weekend, and then the car was also among the few Ferrari 458. It is likely that in the near future they will be replaced by the latest 488th.
On Manezh Square cavalcade of cars from Maranello has moved in the direction of the Volgograd prospectus, which took part in the opening of the salon. The holiday was decorated in the spirit of Italy, the central area of Modena and restaurant Concerto — one of the most popular among fans of Enzo Ferrari and! After solemn words on the main stage was filed very hero of the occasion — Ferrari 488 GTB, and rolled it to the audience none other than Vadim Kogan, owner of a racing team Rinaldi Racing, taking part in the championship Blancpain on cars Ferrari 458 Italia, and a big fan of Ferrari. Also on the scene it was noticed another battle racing a Ferrari 458 team of SMP Racing.
Latest 488 GTB, despite the fact that is the actual successor to the 458-th, differs from it quite seriously still, for nearly 6 years after the date of the 458 th September 2009 in Frankfurt, technology evolved wildly.
For example, for Ferrari 488 used a number of developments that could boast LaFerrari. Were modified suspension and chassis, the same applies to magnetic adaptive shock absorbers, which are used to improve the stability in cornering.
The modern electronic systems of the car received a control system of lateral slides Slide Slip Control 2, an electronically differential E-Diff F1-Track, traction control «manettino» with several modes, Variable Torque Management, which limits the torque in low gears and Launch Control, allowing to achieve less slippage when accelerating from a standstill.
The main change occurred in the engine. The current trend to replace atmospheric to turbo engines are now touched and Ferrari. On the 488 th set new V8 biturbo volume of 3.9 liters and output of 670 hp at 8000 rpm. Maximum torque is 760 Nm. The engine is similar to that used on Ferrari California T, but somewhat larger in volume. Thanks to turbochargers Ferrari was able to demonstrate their loyalty to the environment and to reduce by 15% emissions of CO² shielding gas.
In addition, the car is equipped with start / stop, choke the engine when you stop, that has never been used on the Ferrari. Thanks to technological advances and changes one tank car can now be enough for nearly 700 km.
Robotised box preserved from Italia, but redesigned and modernized. Now the 7-speed has become faster by 30% with an increase in transmission and 40% faster with decreasing.
Gross vehicle weight is 1475 kg. Cost — 25,515,096 rubles.
Dynamic performance:
0–100 km / h — 3 seconds
0–200 km / h — 8.3 seconds
0–400 m — 10.4 sec
0–1000 m — 18.7 sec
The maximum speed — 330 km / h
On the corporate Fiorano test track machine showed time 1.23.00, is half a second faster than the 458 Speciale limited series and 2 seconds faster than the normal version of the 458 Italia.
