MOTOR Magazine Australia

01 FERRARI F8 TRIBUTO SPIDER

09. 2020 NEW. FAST. FIRST 04 PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

Rating 5.0

ENGINE 3902cc V8, DOHC, 32v, twin-turbo

POWER 530kW @ 7000rpm

TORQUE 770Nm @ 3250rpm

0-100KM/H 2.9sec (claimed)

WEIGHT 1400kg (dry) • PRICE $536,888

LIKE: Superb engine and gearbox; brilliant electronics; forgiving chassis; ride quality

DISLIKE: Sound doesn’t match the performance; 488 Spider quite similar to drive

a compromise as it was a convertible when Ferrari launched the 208 GTS Turbo in 1983. Now a largely forgotten if seminal footnote, the 208 was Maranello’s first turbocharged convertible and a preview, some four decades early, of this new F8 Spider. The removal of the 208’s roof made it wobblier than a coupe, but

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