Ferrari, exotic cars with engines in the middle using hardware that can be folded roof is somewhat difficult. But the engineers at Maranello managed to do well.
Thus was born the figure of Italy Ferrari 458 convertible version that fills the position formerly occupied by F430 Spider 360, 355 and 348 Spider. The difference is they use a fabric roof, while the new Convertible is one tough roof model is adopted.
The mechanism is similar to but more sophisticated Superamerica’s because when folded, the hard roof 458 is under the rear trunk lid that protect it from dust and dirt, while the roof of the Superamerica remain outside.
However a consequence, the existence of this roof to make direct-injection engine V8-powered 562 hp and beautiful logo engraved on the lid of the cam no longer be shown as in the coupe model as covered by the roof deck storage