If you will be inheriting a very big fortune or maybe won the lottery, and you think you need a new ride, the 458 Italia Spider supercar by Ferrari might be a very good choice. Since the Italian supercar manufacturer offers a good range of options to customize your ride, you might need some time to figure things out. You might want to preview any changes or tweaks for your new ride. Good thing then than the configurator website for the 458 Italia Spider has just gone live.

The first step to customize your Ferrari is actually an immediate challenge. You might just nod that it should be Scuderia Red but what if you are presented a Moderna Yellow. And what if you hear other Ferrari lovers that those two are not the only colors that will look good on your open-air speed monster. What if you see 38 colors to choose from? Make life a bit more difficult with 6 options for your rims and about 20 options that you can add to the exterior of the car.

More headache is expected when you see the options for the colors of the interior of the 458 Italia Spider. You have to choose the seats size and style, color of the carpet and material, trim pieces, and the other options for the interior.

Once you have made up your mind for the exterior and interior elements of your new Ferrari ride, you can print a summary out. You guessed it right. This might take you at least an hour. Perhaps more if you not just having a wishful thinking that you are buying one.

The configurator though will not show you how the tag price is also going up with every element that you add to the Ferrar 458 Italia Spider. The car marques is leaving this to be discussed with your Ferrari dealer. Buying and setting up your Ferrari has nothing to do with saving money, so expect the total payable to sky rocket once you are done with the configurator.

Starting point for a Ferrari 458 Itali Spider – $257,000.

People from Maranello hinted that the 458 Italia Spider from the stable of the prancing horse marques will come with a folding hardtop! You read that right and that will be a feature similar to its sibling, the Ferrari California.

Ferrari lovers though might be wondering how the mechanism for the hardtop will be installed since unlike the California which has its engine in front, the 458 Italia has its engine mounted in the rear.

We are pretty sure though the designers and engineers have all it figured out so we leave it all to them. With the California, the hardtop was made from aluminum panels with a supporting structure also made from cast aluminum which decreased its overall weight. Press the switch and the roof will close or open in 14 seconds.

The 458 Italia Spider will make use of a V8 4.5L engine that can give out 578 horsepower. This Ferrari can zoom from 0 to 100 km/h in a matter of 3.4 seconds with its max speed pegged at 325 km/h. This new model will be a bit slower compared to the coupe as the mechanism for the mechanism of the folding hard top will add some pounds to the car.

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