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Ferrari F430 Pista Auto Show Photo

Ferrari’s Challenge spec racing series began as a box of bolt-on parts for the early 90s 348 model. Each generation of Challenge car has become more and more serious ever since, and was offered for the first time as a standalone model – the 360 Challenge -- in 2000. Now, the F430 gets the Challenge treatment, and its own name, which honors the company’s test track – Pista di Fiorano – in Italy. The basics are much the same as the street F430, but the car gets a lowered and modified suspension, plastic side and rear windows, stripped down interior, racing instrumentation display, racing seat, harnesses, roll cage, and numerous other track-only type modifications. The street car’s E-Diff electronic differential is replaced with a conventional racing style rear diff, and there’s no longer and automatic mode for the F1 autoclutch manual transmission. Although the 4.3-liter V-8 engine’s remains rated at 483 horsepower, vehicle weight is reduced by several hundred pounds, so performance will increase for sure. Unfortunately, the F430 Pista isn’t road legal, but you can be sure some of its race-inspired components will end up on a few customer street models.

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