Ferrari 488 Spider 2017

- Low mileage car with full history

- A Tailor Made Ferrari with many special features

- Unique bi-turbo V8 engine

- Super-fast shifting F1 transmission

- A fantastic driver’s car which is also a comfortable tourer

- Perfect mechanical and cosmetic condition

Our Ferrari 488 Spider, with just 25,620 KM on the odometer, was put on the road on 2017 and is an original UK market car. This superb 488 Spider comes in a traditional Ferrari Rosso TRS 64181105 paint, complemented by a refined Crema leather interior, offering a combination that is both classic and sophisticated. The bodywork is in excellent overall condition and the interior is also in good condition.

Under the hood, this Ferrari houses a 3.9L twin-turbo V8 engine developing 670 hp, coupled to an automatic gearbox. It delivers all its power with ease, and offers the bonus of open car motoring in its Spider configuration. Serviced exclusively by Ferrari agents, with a recent final service in 2024. Full service history and invoices are available.

Additional to the very high spec that is standard on a 488 Spider, here are the Tailor Made options on this particular car:

- Rosso TRS 64181105 paint

- Special Livery in glossy Nero DS 1250 229511 with inner edge in glossy Argento Nurburgring 266697

- External mirrors with livery in glossy Nero ds 1250 and glossy Argento Nurburgring

- Rear diffuser in Matte Nero DS1250 with horizontal flaps in glossy Rosso TRS

- Narrow Italian flag painted on side air splitters

- Seat belt cover, lower part of rear shelf, centre console panels and cup-holders in Crema leather

- Inserts in \Rosso Ferrari leather on seat sides, door armrest and lower part of dashboard

- Inner door handles in glossy Rosso TRS

- Internal part of air vents in glossy Rosso TRS

- F1 paddles in glossy Rosso TRS

- Button surrounds on F1 console in glossy Rosso TRS

- Speaker grilles in same colour as leather

- All internal plastic parts in same colour as leather

- Red additional carpet mats with Crema leather edge

- Crema leather side inserts and “488 Spider” logo embroidered in Rosso 0504 thread

- Dedication plate with Tailor Made logo and Tricolore stripe

- Sill kick with Tailor Made logo and Tricolore stripe

- STC2 tone-on-tone stitching as follows: 4000 thread on the black parts, in Rosso 0504 on the red parts and in beige Chiaro 1209 thread on the Crema parts

- Seats with racing style centre recess panels with contrasting central stripe in Rosso Ferrari leather

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The transformation into an open-top 488 has naturally involved some fundamental changes. Gone is the elegantly sloping glass rear window, with its view of the V8 beneath, replaced by a flat deck area surrounded by flying buttresses. The multi-metal tub has been bolstered at the front and rear to compensate for removing the roof panel. In doing so, Ferrari claims the Spider has the same torsional rigidity as the coupe. However, it’s that bracing, plus the roof mechanism, that adds 50kg onto the kerbweight. Depress a switch on the centre console and 14 seconds later the roof has vanished into a space over your shoulder.  

Dynamically, it’s nearly impossible to tell the Spider apart from the GTB. Driven back-to-back, then yes, maybe, but realistically they are incredibly close. The structure of the Spider feels so strong: on hideously scarred, broken asphalt that made me wince in anticipation, there’s the slightest suggestion of a tremor from the rear-view mirror, but it’s something you see rather than feel through the car’s body.  The steering is quick and light in the modern Ferrari style, but it’s not a difficult car to drive enthusiastically. With ‘Sport’ selected on the Manettino it can be subdued – ideal for slogging along an Autostrada or soaking up the rays on the Riviera, with a ride quality that would shame many an executive saloon. Switch to RACE, and it positively ripples with raw energy, but there’s no end of systems on your side, including the latest Side Slip Control 2, bequeathed in principle from the La Ferrari. Such is the 488’s intelligence that it in effect attempts to adapt itself to the skills of the human at the helm. Set up like this, you can drive incredibly quickly – arguably too easily? – and never feel anxious.

Turn everything off and it’s somewhat different. The 488 has so much more torque compared to the 458 that your options can be dictated dramatically by the right-hand pedal. The 488 will power out of curves and slide over crests with 35 degrees of slip, smearing black lines on the road, but seemingly turning 99% of the energy into forward motion. It’s an exhilarating, heart-thumping experience, but the E-Diff and magnetic dampers give the car such a graceful, malleable character even in extremis.

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