While most of us are hunkering down for winter, Ferrari is gearing up for summer with the launch of the 211mph SF90 Spider.
As the name implies, this X-rated Vitamin D catcher is based on the SF90 Stradale coupé, the four-wheel drive hybrid supercar Ferrari revealed last year. The Spider gets the same electrified powertrain, which consists of a 769bhp twin-turbo V8 backed up by a trio of electric motors producing 217bhp.
Two of those motors drive the front wheels, making the SF90 twins Ferrari’s only four-wheel drive supercars, and that four-wheel drive traction helps the pair hit 62mph in just 2.5sec. Beyond 62mph, the Spider is playing catch-up thanks to a 100kg weight penalty caused by the extra chassis reinforcement and roof mechanism.
But Ferrari says the retractable hardtop is 40kg lighter than a conventional version thanks to its aluminium construction. It folds away in 14sec and as on Ferrari’s other Spiders you can keep the roof up and drop the glass rear window if you want to hear more of the engine noise in bad weather.
In that cabin there’s the same large digital instrument cluster, a head-up display and new-style steering wheel with touch sensitive controls.
And if the standard 986bhp 211mph Spider isn’t extreme enough, there’s always the Assetto Fiorano package. Comprising stickier Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 rubber, a set of dampers made by Multimatic, the people who supply shocks to F1 teams, and more titanium and carbon fibre parts to cut kerb weight by 21kg, it costs £39,360 on the hardtop SF90, and we’d expect the Spider price list to match.
There’s no official word on prices yet, but based on the SF90 coupé’s £376k price, we wouldn’t be surprised if the Spider crept over the £400k mark.
In the twisted world of 1000bhp supercars, that makes the SF90 Spider comparatively affordable. And while the SF90 is a series production car, meaning numbers aren’t limited, expected that order book to fill up rapidly.
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