Here's Why the Ferrari 488 Spider Is Worth $350,000

A new Ferrari is not cheap. This, for example, is a new 2017 Ferrari 488 Spider and it costs around 350,000. I borrowed it from a viewer

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in New Jersey so I could show you exactly why it's

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, in the most obvious place, the 488 has a turbocharged V8 that makes 670 horsepower and 560 pound-feet of torque. It does 0-60 in three seconds. It's monstrous, but a lot of cars are fast. The appeal of the 48 goes far beyond its performance, so today I'm going to give you a little tour of this car, show you all these strange quirks and interesting features, and then take it out on the road to find out exactly how a Ferrari 350 works. 000. units and of course there are more if you click the link below to see my autotrader oversteer column.

I'll start the tour by pulling on the 488's unusual door handles to open the door and the first thing you'll notice is something interesting about the steering wheel in this car it's all on the steering wheel and I mean everything you want to put on the turn signals all you have to do is press the turn signal button with your thumb you want to press the horn it's up here again push it with your thumb flash the lights on the wipers even switch the car from sport mode to race mode to wet mode You can control the suspension system from the steering wheel and you can even turn the car off and on once you get in this thing and put your hand on the steering wheel, you never really have to take it off, but that's not the coolest part of the steering wheel.

The coolest part is the red LEDs on top that light up when it's time to shift up. Here's something else I love about this car. You're sitting in the passenger seat of a normal car and maybe you're wondering what gear we're in, how fast we're going in the 488, you don't have to wonder because the passenger side has its own screen right under the airbag. that tells you all the important information that the driver gets in his gauge cluster and you can also cycle through different views such as the current speed but also the maximum speed and the average speed, your trip odometer and trip time and various readings of level of performance, but that's The only fun you'll have as a passenger because everything else in this car is designed solely for the driver.

The best example of this is in the middle, where the infotainment screen is not in the center, it's right here in the gauge cluster. the passenger has access to the climate controls even the stereo controls are angled towards the driver this one for example is the volume button if you are the passenger and want to change the tune forget it talking about the middle it also houses a cup holder More or less and since this car starts with buttons, the center also includes a nice little place to store the key so you can look at it as you drive and move along the glove box, which is divided into nice, neat little sections, which it's something more. cars should work and the air vents are not exactly the rectangles of your car, but rather they have these stern shapes perfectly positioned to blow air towards the driver and passenger.

The last perfect thing is the location of the heated seat controls which are on the side of the seat. where no one could see them, the strange thing is that they are numbered although you will never be able to see what the numbers say and then there are the door panels. This is the door panel, obviously, and in it you'll find the door latch, of course, and also the front trunk release mechanism and the fuel door release mechanism, you'll also find the power mirror switch , but you won't find the window switches or the lock and unlock button.

To find those things, we'll have to go searching. Now the window switches are located on the center console, which makes a lot of sense, but the power locks have to be around here somewhere in some logical location, no, no, they're located on the roof, right next to the towing mode. The button you'll never use is the lock and unlock button you'll use all the time, but getting back to the cool features, like how some buttons here let you check turbo efficiency and response, you can also adjust vehicle dynamics and it has a lap timer for track use and then there's the best part: the pit speed button, use it when you're on a track day to set a maximum speed for the pit lanes so you don't accidentally violate the speed limit. speed when making a pit stop, I bet you don't have that in your Toyota Camry.

You probably also don't have this amazing three-part instrument panel on the left, the vehicle setup in the middle, this gorgeous tachometer that also tells you what gear you're in. Inside and to the right is the infotainment system, which also doubles as a sharp camera with many different angles. Now another one of my favorite features on this car is the front axle lift system. That's true. Freud knows that the car is quite low, so you may have trouble clearing obstacles like driveways and speed bumps, so he presses a small button inside the car and the front axle rises to give you extra ground clearance when you've overcome any obstacle you need, press the button again and the car moves to the right.

Back to normal, another interesting exterior detail. Sure, he's seen car company logos and wheel center caps, but have he ever seen them on a tire valve stem cap? But of course, one of the most important things about the 488 Spider is that it's a convertible. So how do you lower the top on a 48 Spider? You press a small switch inside the cabin and then it lowers in an unconventional way. Note closely that the rear lifts up as usual, but then the top simply folds back. itself instead of retracting like the roof and so many other convertibles and then there's my favorite feature about the 488

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Say you don't want to put the top down but you want to hear that glorious exhaust note, you press a little button inside the car and this window goes down, that means from inside the car you can still hear everything that's happening back here without having the roof down, that's a really cool idea and then we get to the front trunk, you unlatch the front trunk and Actually, you'll find it's surprisingly spacious up here and I mean really surprisingly spacious. I had a Ferrari 360 and I think it had about half this space in the trunk. The front trunk of the 48 also houses two other pretty cool features, number one on all cars sold in In the United States it is mandatory that there be a small latch inside the front trunk that you can use to escape in case you get trapped in the trunk of the 48.

The latch actually depicts a guy climbing out of the trunk of a 488. The other interesting thing. The thing about the front trunk is that inside the trunk is a well-done panel that shows off all the cool customization options you've selected for your 488. Some of my favorite options on this car include a carbon exterior skin and a carbon center bridge. carbon fiber. Beyond the features, the 488 is also

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a lot because it is beautiful and I mean really beautiful, the 488 and its predecessor, the 458, are two of the most attractive cars ever made, some of the closest modern cars to the works of rolling art, beauty is subjective and i.

I know some people don't agree with this, but to me this car is absolutely beautiful and what about the driving experience? It's time to find out. Let's drive the 488. It's not incredibly low, it's not as low as some cars, that is, with zero acceleration. So much life now, the journey is much more exhausting, you feel it instantly than in California, don't you think you can feel it clearly immediately? We can feel the punches a lot more if you don't like that, then there are a lot of other things. cars you could buy, you know, this is for people who like, they're like "fuck", I want the best driving experience possible, I'll tolerate it, you know what's so funny, these old Italian cars, the old ones were so committed like the pedal box.

It was too small and there were all these things you had to put up with. These new cars are simply designed so that anyone can drive them and drive them fast. The transmission is so smooth and so quick that it's very clear that this car is designed for a single purpose. and that's just the speed that you handle like a smaller cabin and like you know there's no big center screen or it's easy to touch anything like you're driving a car that's designed specifically when you're in this thing people. Let's say, oh, it feels like a spacer in a lot of cars, but like that, everything is focused on the driver and designed to make it as easy as possible for you, to be like boom, change the radio boom, whatever so that don't have to do it.

I can just focus on driving alone. Wow, it sounds so good and feels so good. Yes, I'm lucky. I recently got to drive a Huracán, which was an incredible car. This car and I thought it was one of the best cars I've ever owned. I have driven really a surprising surprise, this car is so good, they are both in the upper echelon, it is so fun, people say oh which one is better, well you are talking about two cars, it is practically indistinguishable, these are two cars which are some of the best cars you could even consider buying.

The steering turn is so good and so precise on this car. It's just amazing. I feel so confident that it is already car. It's funny you're driving. It's a 3500 car. I should be nervous, but. the way Ferrari designs this car you feel so confident in your abilities and the car's abilities this car you feel like you can do anything I feel like superman yeah I will say I think the hurricane sounds better I think it's just a function from the fact that it has a bigger engine and all that, although this car could sound better in the cabin, especially with that window, that's right, wild boys, it's surprising how much you can hear, oh my god, shit, wow , that was the first time I really got it, it's crazy to feel it, it was crazy, oh that's the turbo actually kicking in, that's what it's about, holy shit, I thought it was fast before, when I was like revving three quarters, that's crazy, that's some of the craziest power I've ever felt.

The 0-60 time doesn't tell the whole story of this car just because of the way the turbo comes on, there's no lag because it's quick from the start, but then you go into the turbo and it's like, oh my god, no. I can't believe I'm doing that, oh my god, that's crazy, how is that real? How does a car like that feel? It's so funny that there was so much controversy with Ferrari. Oh, they're going to turbocharge that. The latest naturally aspirated cars are worth a lot because it feels better because it feels better, it feels amazing.

You know, I just drove to California and California is amazing and I really think it's an amazing car. I really like it, but if you want serious performance. and great speed and totally flat corners and incredible handling, I mean, it's hard to beat this, not in terms of Ferraris, in terms of all cars, this is the newest, the latest Ferrari is generally the best and, uh , this is the latest Ferrari and there is no doubt that it is great so the 488 is an amazing car to drive but part of the fun comes from the ownership experience and here to tell me a little more about this is the businessman who owns this car and professional speaker, Barry Habib.

Thanks for lending me. your 488 the day you bought it, what's it like to walk out to your garage and see this? Oh, you'd be lying if you said it didn't make you smile every time, almost every time. I know I grew up extremely poor, so you come from a place of gratitude and appreciation and this is just one of those nice things that you can treat yourself to and enjoy and it's beautiful to see, it's a great experience to be in and drive. Does attention ever bother you, you know, it's kind of nice because I find most people are pretty respectful and, uh, most people are very nice and I'm very easy with that, you know, just hey, you want to take a photo with the car, right? the right people sit in the car and you have to do it right, yeah, you know, most people respect it, all they want to do is just take a look and they say, hey, that's a really nice car and they're tremendously kind about it. attention is something like that, it's certainly a nice thing, you take it, you know, to the store and all that, you treat it like it's old, oh yeah, I'm not, it's not a museum piece, it's something I like to drive how often.

Are you driving up and down with this instead of up every chance I get? If I can tolerate the cold. I want to drive well. What is your favorite part of the experience?own a Ferrari? By doing the research, I mean that's really part of the wonderful experience that you already know, so it starts right there, of course, the excitement of picking it up and every time you get in it, every time you drive it, every time that you take it. Someone takes a ride and you get to experience it and witness that kind of excitement through someone else's eyes, plus it's really nice so for you it's not just the driving experience, there's more to it and you still get excited when you do it. you do.

When you order it and pick it up now, even after eight nights, oh my God, yes, it's very exciting, and picking it up is exciting, waiting for it to arrive. You'll probably let me track it down and I'll let you. people make fun of you they send you pictures of the factory here you know you see the shell you don't even know what the hell it is but oh man I have a picture it could be anyone's car but you say Oh this is in the future and then the dealer calls you one day and you say, "This is it." It's coming, well, you know you're usually bugging the deal, right?

Is he still here? It is not like this? So yeah, it makes you feel a bit like a kid and there you have it, the Spider 48. Expensive but it offers the complete package an amazing driving experience an amazing ownership experience great styling and lots of really cool features. It's hard to imagine paying 350,000 for a car, but if you're going to do it, this should be on your short list.