Not exactly the soft option

Ferrari’s 488 now comes in Spider form, so you can enjoy more of the scenery, more of the noise – yet it’s no less incisive to drive

Words David Lillywhite

FORGET THAT IT’S THE most accomplished V8 Ferrari has ever built. Forget also that it’s the most technically advanced. For the new 488 Spider, it’s all about how it looks and how it sounds. That’s not a sly dig. It’s merely two factors that were important to the 488 GTB coupé but even more important in the Spider. Even Ferrari makes a nod to this in the choice of test drive location: Rimini on the east coast of Italy, rather than the Fiorano test track and surrounding mountains that hosted the GTB’s launch last summer. So first, the looks. We thought the GTB to be the best-looking of any Ferrari of recent years, wonderfully free of those self-conscious bodywork protuberances that afflict so many modern supercars. Instead, clever active aero work under…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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