New Ferrari 458 Italia Challenge Spied in Italy?

Is this Ferrari's 458 Italia Challenge weekend racer? It sure does look like it. According to Axis of Oversteer, the car was spied at the Vallelunga circuit in Italy. As you can see from the pics, the 458 Italia has special tires, center-locking wheels, a lexan window, and tow hooks.

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First Recorded Crash of Ferrari 458 Italia!

It was bound to happen sooner or later; someone had the unfortunate luck of being the first one -or at least the first we've heard of- to crash Maranello's new 458 Italia supercar. Details remain scarce, though the guys over at Wreckexotics claim that this incident occurred in the city of Wroclaw in Poland. If you happen to know something about the Ferrari 458 crash, leave us a comment below. Supercar-accident-addicts can get their fix in the gallery after the break.

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VIDEO: Ferrari 458 Italia vs. Porsche GT3 - The Comparison

Sent over by Señor Chris Harris from EVO were these tasty videos featuring an "unauthorized comparo" between Ferrari's 458 Italia and Porsche's GT3 RS. According to Mr. Harris, "I'm probably banned from Maranello for life. Hey-ho. At least I got to rinse a 458 and a GT3 RS."

HEY-HO indeed.

For an interesting run-through and comparison of these two track-day supercars (Ferrari isn't releasing the 458 Scuderia/track model for a while), check out the vids after the jump. Don't forget, we over here aren't afraid of no stinkin' Ferrari. I'm watching you, Montezemolo.

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Ferrari 458 Italia a sucessora da F430

Ferrari apresentou a 458 Italia. O modelo que será apresentado no Salão de Frankfurt vai substituir o modelo F430.

O motor é um 4.5 V8 a gasolina produz 570 cv a 9.000 giros e 55 kgf/m de torque a 6.000 giros. Tem 4,5 metros de comprimento, 1,9 m de largura, 1,2 m de altura e 2,65 m de distância entre eixos. Com peso de 1.380 kg, acelerando de 0-100 km/h em menos de 3,4 segundos alcançando a velocidade máxima de 325 km/h.

A Ferrari ainda anuncia que seu novo esportivo tem emissões de CO2 de 320 g/km de CO2 e um consumo médio de 13,7 l/100km.