Ford V Ferrari Ken Ferrari 488 Challenge Road Legal

Just like its predecessor the 488 challenge is a slightly beefed up version of the standard road car as far as design goes.

Ferrari 488 limited edition mclaren supercar history. The hollywood blockbuster that brought the story of ken miles carroll shelby and le mans 1966 to the silver screen was so good that its crying out for a sequel says charles bradley. The story of ken miles carroll shelby and fords gt40 beating ferrari at le mans in 1966 was showcased to the world via the ford v ferrari movie starring christian bale as miles and matt damon as shelby. The ferrari 488 type f142m is a mid engine sports car produced by the italian automobile manufacturer ferrarithe car replaced the 458 being the first mid engine ferrari to use a turbocharged v8 since the f40.

For this reason the harder but still road legal 488 is expected to adopt a new tag that continues the trend set by its spiritual forebears the 360 challenge stradale 430 scuderia and 458. This is most noticeable things are up front where ferrari. Ferrari hollywoods latest stab at tackling a racing film has fans still drooling over its enthralling story and more importantly the cohorts of legendary cars that appear on the big.

The car is powered by a 39 litre twin turbocharged v8 engine smaller in displacement but generating a higher power output than the 458s naturally aspirated engine. I really enjoyed james mangolds retelling of the ford v ferrari story in which christian bale utterly nails the grouchy but brilliant ken miles and matt damon uses his considerable acting talent to counter his physical deficiency playing larger than life texan carroll shelbythe tale ends of course spoiler alert with miless sad demise testing the j car at riverside california. Recently ferrari launched the 488 pista and pista spider the latest in a brilliant line of track inspired mid engined special series road carsit is the successor to ferraris v8 engined special series the 360 challenge stradale 430 scuderia and 458 speciale all critically acclaimed performance cars and some of the most desirable ferraris on the market.