488gtb spider

[jhowlett]

Looks like its set for public release in a weeks time! Just had an email through today saying new car is being announced.

[keith jecks]

Ah, so that's what it is! I was trying to figure it out

[BruceC]

No will be F12 aperta or GTO

[neil-f]

BruceC said:

No will be F12 aperta

or F12 Speciale

[cgt2]

I thought it would be F12 GTO but spoke to a friend at the factory today who said he thinks it's 488 Spider. So who knows!

[KenC]

The clue is in the reply to link ...........




















[e-mail]

[Rocco1]

Got this email a few days ago

[4rephill]

488 GTB Spider? - Unless Ferrari fit a folding hard top to the 488 and decide to call it the GTB/S, that's a car that will never exist.

"GTB" stands for Gran Turismo Berlinetta (The original meaning for Berlinetta in Italian is "little saloon" indicating that the car has a fixed, solid metal roof)


"GTS" stands for Gran Turismo Spider (Spider [and Spyder] originally referred to a small lightweight horse drawn carriage that had a simple folding roof mechanism behind the front seat, so the Spider [Spyder] name indicates a car without a fixed roof).

The open top 488 will most likely be the 488 Spider, or it could be called 488 GTS (as a homage to the old 246/308/328 GTS series of cars), but it's highly unlikely to be called the 488 GTB Spider or 488 GTB/S.

[jhowlett]

just had a look at the reveal. Car looks great, quite like the new blue also.

[purpleperil]

Like the colour but maybe I'm a bit biased

[nige1]

like the spider look!

[epom]

It is just superb looking, especially in that blue.