For most, a standard Ferrari 458 Italia will be more supercar than they’ll ever need, with a screaming 4.5-liter V8 engine , lightweight (mostly) carbon and aluminum construction and enough buttons on the steering wheel to make their use a bit of a chore.
However, as is tradition, it really needed a more special version, which would get many tweaks to make it even faster and more distinctive, and whereas the more hardcore version of the 430 was called the Scuderia , Ferrari didn’t really bother with picking a name for this hotter 458 and just called it the “Speciale." It seems that they chose not to go with the originally-speculated name, "Monte Carlo ."
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