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Just Chris
Reged: 06/26/02
Posts: 1106
Loc: Germany
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The F430 comes with a 3.9 liter normally aspirated V8 with 490 hp. Top speed of the car is 315 kph / 197 mph. 0 to 60 in less than 3.5 seconds
The gross weight of the car is 1372 kgs equivalent to 3046 lbs. This results in a power to weight ratio of 2.8 kgs per hp which is exactly like the 360 stradale.
The F430 has 5 different programmable drive settings - ice, slippery surface, normal, race and ASR off. These five programs manage the suspension, ASr settings, ECU as well as the electronically managed lsd.
Like the 360 stradale and the Enzo, the F430 is equipped with 19 inch carbon composite brakes. The rear end adapts the Enzo design.
The world premiere of the Enzo will be at the Paris Autoshow staring September 21.
  
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nberry
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Reged: 06/28/02
Posts: 742
Loc: San Diego, USA
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Chris, I have take my hat off to you. Last Nov. you wrote that the 430 would be introduced and available in Sept of this year. Most people were predicting 2005 or later. Good call/information!! 
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Radar
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Reged: 06/30/02
Posts: 144
Loc: The Frozen North
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Well, Ferrari themselves have released the following:
"The F430 hails the arrival of a new generation of Ferrari 8-cylinder engines. The new model takes Ferrari’s extraordinary achievements with aluminium construction technology, which started with the 360 Modena, to a whole new level and offers a series of extremely significant innovations directly derived from the Prancing Horse’s Formula 1 single-seaters.
Two of these innovations are world firsts for production cars: the electronic differential (E-DIFF) initially developed by Ferrari for its F1 single-seaters but now adapted to the needs of a high performance road car, and the steering wheel-mounted commutator switch (better known to the Scuderia’s drivers as the “manettino”) which the driver uses to select the integrated systems governing vehicle dynamics.
The other main characteristics of the new Ferrari F430 are its light, compact 4,300cc 90° V8 engine which punches out 490 hp to achieve a specific horse power of 114 bhp/litre, guaranteeing the new Ferrari berlinetta a weight-to-power ratio of 2.8 kg/hp (dry weight); a braking system with optional carbon-ceramic discs for optimal efficiency even after severe and prolonged braking; a Formula 1-derived gearbox that cuts gear shifting times to 150 milliseconds, allowing the driver to make the very most of a truly high performance car (0-100 km/h acceleration in four seconds flat, a top speed in excess of 315 km/h); and lastly, sophisticated aerodynamics that adopt the very latest racing developments, especially in terms of the flat underbody and big rear diffuser to increase downforce."
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Jonathan
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Reged: 06/28/02
Posts: 1027
Loc: Ottawa, ON
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These look more like computer mockups than pictures... still, very nice! I can't say I'd turn one away if it were given to me. Perhaps I'll get one used in 30 years when they're in my price range
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angelo
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Reged: 11/04/09
Posts: 2
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Wow that is some Car
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Edited by angelo (11/04/09 10:37 AM)
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