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Written by Jason Barlow
There really is no such thing as a free lunch. With the global car industry still fumbling its way through the aftermath of the VW emissions debacle, Ferrari has reimagined its signature V8 to the tune of 661bhp, 561lb ft, while simultaneously slashing CO2 and fuel consumption. Yet all anyone thinks to ask about is the noise, and how crisp the throttle response is now that the engine is t****charged. How do these guys catch a break?They don"t. Because this is Ferrari we"re talking about, and therefore we have unfeasibly high expectations. Sorry about that, chaps. Give the 488 Spider"s spec a cursory inspection, and you"ll have a serious headache long before you"ve figured out how the algorithms governing the E-diff"s interaction with the traction control work, or quite how they can have improved the side-slip-angle thingy for extra slidey fun with impunity. Ferrari might still play on that old devil Enzo for a narrative kick, but right now, the technology story in Maranello could give the bum"s rush to Silicon Valley"s most Tefal-headed boffins.Photography: Joe Windsor-WilliamsThis feature was originally published in the December 2015 issue of Top Gear magazine.
Date: 16 Dec 2015
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ID: 704
There really is no such thing as a free lunch. With the global car industry still fumbling its way through the aftermath of the VW emissions debacle, Ferrari has reimagined its signature V8 to the tune of 661bhp, 561lb ft, while simultaneously slashing CO2 and fuel consumption. Yet all anyone thinks to ask about is the noise, and how crisp the throttle response is now that the engine is t****charged. How do these guys catch a break?They don"t. Because this is Ferrari we"re talking about, and therefore we have unfeasibly high expectations. Sorry about that, chaps. Give the 488 Spider"s spec a cursory inspection, and you"ll have a serious headache long before you"ve figured out how the algorithms governing the E-diff"s interaction with the traction control work, or quite how they can have improved the side-slip-angle thingy for extra slidey fun with impunity. Ferrari might still play on that old devil Enzo for a narrative kick, but right now, the technology story in Maranello could give the bum"s rush to Silicon Valley"s most Tefal-headed boffins.Photography: Joe Windsor-WilliamsThis feature was originally published in the December 2015 issue of Top Gear magazine.
Date: 16 Dec 2015
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 704
