2010 Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta

From the initial sketches to the final, road-legal car took just 14 months. As the 599 GTB Fiorano donor car is a coupé, considerable effort went into strengthening the chassis by using finite element analysis in development and the increase in weight was kept down to just 20 kg by employing carbon-fibre extensively. The car was designed by Pininfarina and built in Maranello, and the client was directly involved in each stage of its development.

2010 Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta

2010 Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta

"I had always dreamed of designing sports cars," Walson explains, "and when I saw this film the decision came of its own accord: one day I would have 'my' Ferrari." In accordance with the Special Project's approach to producing such individual one-offs, the Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta respects all existing international safety and homologation requirements and is thus road legal.

2011 Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta

2010 Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta

The Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta's proud new owner, Edward Walson, son of John Walson, the inventor of cable TV, approached Ferrari in 2008 to produce a modern reinterpretation of the gold-coloured car in the film. The car, the second in a new Special Projects programme created by Ferrari to meet requests from the most discerning clients and collectors to create truly unique models, is based on the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and was inspired by a Carrozzeria Fantuzzi-designed Ferrari built specifically for the 1968 Fellini film, Toby Dammit, itself inspired by one of the tales of Edgar Allan Poe.

Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta

2011 Ferrari 458 Challenge

This mid-rear V8-engined berlinetta will allow Ferrari Challenge participants to enjoy to the full the exhilarating cut and thrust of With the new 458 Challenge, Ferrari is offering its sportier clients - professional and gentlemen drivers alike - a car that is extremely responsive, with great performance and superb handling. Equally impressive is the amount of lateral grip the new car generates - up to 1.6G. In the course of the intensive development sessions involved in honing the Ferrari 458 Challenge for the track, the engineers also managed to improve the car's lap time at Fiorano by two seconds over that of its predecessor, resulting in a new record of just 1'16.5".

2011 Ferrari 458 Challenge

2011 Ferrari 458 Challenge

In high grip conditions it is also possible to select CT-OFF to de-activate the F1-Trac traction control. The driver can thus either chose from the WET or DRY configurations. The required ABS, F1-Trac and E-Diff calibration settings are selected via the manettino on the steering wheel, the first time this solution has been adopted on a model developed for the Ferrari Challenge series. The F1-Trac is completely integrated with the E-Diff to guarantee maximum acceleration out of corners. Two specific track-biased calibrations - wet and dry - have been developed for this application, with control logic and strategies derived from Ferrari's extensive racing experience in the F1 and GT championships.

2011 Ferrari 458 Challenge