Italian Red Machine

As much as the Ferrari marque is revered by an untold number of people around the world, there are only a few models they ever produced that did anything for me.

The car I am standing next to, the modern Ferrari 488 Spider, can trace it's evolutionary roots all the way back to the V8 powered Ferrari 308 GTB/GTS (which is one of those favorite cars on my list from this Italian car maker) from the mid-70's. In fact, the F8 Tributo has replaced this car in the current "Prancing Horse" lineup.

Powered by a 3.9 Litre, twin-turbocharged V8, it produces 661 horsepower at 8000 rpm and 561 lb-ft of torque at 3000 rpm (by contrast, the old naturally aspirated 2.9 Litre V8 in the 308GTB/GTS put out 252 horsepower at 7500 rpm and 210 lb-ft of torque at 5000 rpm, less than half for both specs). If both cars were parked side by side, the would nearly compliment each other in size (one would be a touch wider, the other a touch longer, you get the idea).

Sadly, I can't show you what this car would be like in Real Racing 3, since a 488 Spider isn't available. There is the previous model, the 458 Spider, which will just have to do....