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❝<br />

The Pista’s V8 delivers<br />

excitement almost every<br />

time you flex the pedal<br />

❞<br />

∆ and sounds so frenetic, but also<br />

because it keeps on pulling violently<br />

right the way to the 8000rpm redline,<br />

so long after so many modern turbos<br />

have begun tailing off.<br />

And that high-range work ethic<br />

isn’t there by chance. This is an<br />

engine whose thrashing pistons<br />

are managed and motivated more<br />

cleverly than a Pep Guardiola cup<br />

final squad. That it effectively saves<br />

torque back for the higher gears while<br />

also revving so freely makes the car’s<br />

outright performance level seem to<br />

have almost no limit. That, in turn,<br />

also makes the process of pinning<br />

the car’s accelerator, and then being<br />

brave enough to keep it pinned and<br />

hold on shift by shift, a thrill ride<br />

that’s very difficult to find an equal<br />

for anywhere in motordom.<br />

Launching from rest to 60mph<br />

on its Michelin Cup 2 R tyres in a<br />

two-way average of 2.8sec (2.77sec<br />

being the car’s quickest one-way run,<br />

almost a tenth quicker than Ferrari’s car is barely half a second slower<br />

claim), the Pista would outsprint from 60mph to 110mph when hauling<br />

both a McLaren Senna and a 720S through top gear than a BMW M2<br />

to 90mph. It would also leave a is over the same increments when<br />

Lamborghini Huracán Performante pulling flat out in fourth.<br />

trailing by several car lengths CHASSIS over a You & may BODY well wonder if that kind of<br />

standing quarter mile, and then just performance level can ever really be<br />

keep gapping it. Construction enjoyed on Aluminium the road in monocoque <strong>2019</strong>; and you<br />

Ultimately, though, both Weight/as McLarens tested can surmise 1385/1465kg that, if the answer’s yes,<br />

would haul the Ferrari back Wheels in and it’s only in 9.0J very x short 20in bursts, (f), which is<br />

overtake it with enough room to run undoubtedly a frustration at times.<br />

into. (The Senna’s aerodynamics But the Pista’s 11.0J V8 x 20in has such (r) power<br />

eventually slow it down again Tyres above<br />

150mph.) But the Pista needn’t<br />

look to absolute supercar class<br />

domination to make you appreciate<br />

what’s so special about its engine –<br />

because, in truth, almost everything Spare<br />

about it is special. The car is so fast<br />

at full power, over the higher reaches<br />

of the rev range, that it borders on<br />

the absurd at times. And yet it’s<br />

responsive, tractable, docile, cleanrevving,<br />

drivable, theatrical and<br />

expressive, too. Believe it or MPH not, the<br />

sold, if you could find an unregistered one in stock,<br />

finance provider Magnitude Finance would quote a<br />

deal which, after a £50k deposit, would put the car<br />

on your driveway for under £3500 a month. APR is<br />

6.9%, with a balloon payment of £115,440.<br />

EQUIPMENT CHECKLIST<br />

20in alloy wheels<br />

Carbonfibre exterior body trim (front flaps,<br />

side splitter, engine cover, diffuser)<br />

Scuderia Ferrari shields on front wings<br />

‘HELE’ engine start/stop system<br />

Alarm and satellite tracker<br />

Automatic windscreen wipers<br />

Two-zone climate control<br />

Four-point harnesses £2112<br />

Carbonfibre front air vents, sill covers,<br />

floor plates, instrument cluster £14,496<br />

Carbonfibre side mirrors £3500<br />

Alcantara dashboard £1056<br />

Embroidered seat headrests £720<br />

Embroidered floor mats £768<br />

Two-tone paint stripe £8640<br />

Height adjustment for driver’s seat £1440<br />

Yellow stitching for seats, upper<br />

dashboard £1680<br />

Black brake calipers £864<br />

= Standard na = not available<br />

Mid, longitudinal,<br />

rear-wheel drive<br />

Type<br />

V8, 3902cc,<br />

twin-turbocharged, petrol<br />

Made of<br />

Aluminium block and head<br />

Bore/stroke 86.5/83.0mm<br />

Compression ratio 9.6:1<br />

Valve gear 4 per cyl<br />

Power<br />

710bhp at 6750-8000rpm<br />

Torque<br />

568lb ft at 3000-3200rpm<br />

Redline<br />

8000rpm<br />

Power to weight 513bhp per tonne<br />

Torque to weight 410lb ft per tonne<br />

Specific and direct output in their handling, 182bhp per then litre<br />

the Pista explores the outer limits of<br />

possibility – and acceptability – on<br />

every single one of those points.<br />

With fewer than two full turns<br />

TRANSMISSION<br />

between extremes of steering lock,<br />

the car feels like it’s up on its toes at<br />

Type all times 7-spd and dual-clutch in all situations. automatic There<br />

Ratios/mph is just enough per weight 1000rpm in the steering<br />

1st system 3.33/5.6 to make 2nd its 2.28/8.1 pace digestible, 3rd 1.72/10.8<br />

and a little contact patch feel. The<br />

4th rack 1.36/13.6 isn’t as brilliant 5th 1.11/16.7 as the 6th best 0.87/21.3<br />

and drama 245/35 that it delivers ZR20 (f), excitement 7th produced 0.64/28.9 by Porsche Final drive and McLaren ratio 4.375:1<br />

almost every 305/30 time ZR20 you flex (r), the pedal. in recent years but remains very<br />

It’s a wonderfully overbearing consistent in its weighting even<br />

presence in Michelin the car; Pilot too forceful, Sport even,<br />

SUSPENSION<br />

under extremes of load, which allows<br />

at times – Cup but it’s 2R never anything Front you to Double acclimatise wishbone, to its directness coil springs, adaptive<br />

short of epic. na<br />

dampers quite quickly.<br />

And although it’s very firm and<br />

Rear Multi-link, coil springs, adaptive dampers<br />

HANDLING AND STABILITY<br />

AAAAB<br />

The 488 Pista handles like a car that<br />

ACCELERATION<br />

has had its ‘Ferrariness’ dialled up to<br />

11. If modern Prancing Horses are,<br />

by and large, darting, TIME (sec) pointy, reactive<br />

0-30 1.4<br />

0-40 1.9<br />

0-50 2.3<br />

0-60 2.8<br />

0-70 3.4<br />

0-80 4.0<br />

0-90 4.8<br />

0-100 5.6<br />

0-110 6.5<br />

0-120 7.6<br />

0-130 8.9<br />

0-140 10.3<br />

0-150 11.9<br />

0-160 13.7<br />

lively, the 488 Pista isn’t generally<br />

a nervous-feeling car on the road.<br />

That only ever begins to change<br />

on the odd occasion: when uneven<br />

THE SMALL PRINT Power-to-weight and torque-to-weight figures are calculated using manufacturer’s claimed kerb weight. © <strong>2019</strong>,<br />

Haymarket Media Group Ltd. Test results may not be reproduced without editor’s written permission. For information on the 488 Pista,<br />

contact Ferrari North Europe Customer Services, 275 Leigh Rd, Slough, SL1 4HF (01753 878700, ferrari.com). Cost-per-mile figures<br />

calculated over three years/36,000 miles, including depreciation and maintenance but not insurance; Lex Autolease (0800 389 3690).<br />

Insurance quote covers 35-year-old professional male with clean licence and full no-claims bonus living in Swindon; quote from Liverpool<br />

• In terms of power and handling for the public road, the 488 Pista lives on Victoria the edge (0800 of 066 reason. 5161, lv.com). But it Contract rarely feels hire figure nervous based and on a three-year boasts an lease/36,000-mile agility that will contract be hard including to match maintenance; Wessex<br />

Fleet Solutions (01722 322888).<br />

38 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 7 AUGUST <strong>2019</strong><br />

40 AUTOCAR.CO.UK 7 AUGUST <strong>2019</strong><br />

TECHNICAL LAYOUT<br />

Ferrari’s twin-turbo V8 mounts longways<br />

the rear axle through a seven-speed twin<br />

e-Diff. Suspension is via double wishbon<br />

Weight was distributed 41:59 on MIRA’s w<br />

488 GTB; 458 Speciale tested in 2014 wa<br />

ENGINE<br />

Installation<br />

ACCELERATION IN GEAR<br />

surfaces make the car bump steer a<br />

mph little, when 2nd it tramlines 3rd 4th slightly 5th over 6th 7th 8th<br />

20-40 1.3 1.8 2.4 - - - -<br />

30-50 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.5 4.2 - -<br />

40-60 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.1 3.1 6.4 -<br />

50-70 - 1.3 1.6 2.0 2.7 4.8 -<br />

60-80 - 1.2 1.5 2.0 2.6 4.1 -<br />

70-90 - - 1.5 1.9 2.6 3.5 -<br />

80-100 - - 1.5 1.9 2.6 3.3 -<br />

90-110 - - - 1.9 2.6 3.5 -<br />

100-120 - - - 2.0 2.7 3.7 -<br />

110-130 - - - 2.2 2.7 4.0 -<br />

120-140 - - - - 2.8 4.3 -<br />

130-150 - - - - 2.9 4.6 -<br />

140-160 - - - - - 5.0 -

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