Autoblog: Ferrari 430 Scuderia Spider Render Speculation

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Lies. Damn lies and speculation. Rumor would be another way to put it, as word of a potential convertible version of the 430 Scuderia spreads across cyberspace. Tentatively referred to as the 430 Scuderia Spider, the roadster would naturally be based on the lightweight, Enzo-rivaling 430 Scuderia supercar, but with the roof chopped off.

Various reports have given conflicting information about what kind of roof mechanism would be fitted to the Spideria, including a retractable hard-top similar to that found on the new California, a manual cloth roof to keep weight down, or the same automatic fabric top from the conventional F430 Spider. Or maybe no roof at all, who knows. The wide range of speculation leads us to chalk this up to pure rumor. The removal of structural rigidity and the addition of weight would seem antithetical to the Scuderia's entire raison d'etre. However the prevailing reports suggest that the Spider will also get the California's new seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, be produced in a limited series of 300 and be unveiled on November 5 at the Ferrari Challenge weekend in Mugello... the same event where Ferrari unveiled the FXX Evoluzione last year. Jon Sibal, the skilled supercar illustrator we've come to know and trust, has presented a few renderings of what the 430 Scuderia Spider could look like, which in our eye looks right on the money and you can see for yourself in the gallery below.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/09/09/rendered-speculation-ferrari-430-scuderia-spider/

If this happens, it will confirm my theory about Ferrari's being for posers.
 
Looks nice, but why? What was wrong with the standard F430 spyder for posing?
 
Looks nice, but why? What was wrong with the standard F430 spyder for posing?

x2. Why would you buy a scuderia convertible? You either buy the "standard" car, that convertible or the scuderia hard top.


End of story.
 
Ferrari is losing itself to make money, again.
 
If they really made a lightweight convertible Scuderia I'd lol so hard.
 
thats just ridiculous. Feel your neck dislocate and then be decapitated as the sheer pain of air rushing through the cabin. Unnecessary sellout
 
Wow, if this is for real, wow ferrari, way to cop out.

I hope this is just a rumor.
 
Would anyone be surprised if they actually made a Scuderia Spyder?
 
Looks great, but the standard F430 spyder is just as good, and cheaper too.
 
I have not p-shopped this, it was on Ferrari Chat.

http://img223.imageshack.**/img223/3360/scuderiaspidercp9fx5.jpg
 
That wouldn't make any sense. The Scuderia is about performance, and cutting the roof off isn't really performance enhancing...
 
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