Ferrari 458 BASE MSRP $233,509
Engine size: 4.5L
Horsepower: 570 HP
MPG: 13 city / 17 highway
Corvette Stingray Convertible 3LT (Fully Loaded)MSRP $77,450
ENGINE, 6.2L (376 CI) V8 DI (455 hp [339.3 kW] @ 6000 rpm, 460 lb-ft of torque [621.0 N-m] @ 4600 rpm) (STD)
Optional performance exhaust increases horsepower to 460 & 465 lb-ft of torque , aggressive exhaust sound, with 4" polished stainless-steel tips
MPG - 16 City / 28 EPA Fuel Economy Est - Hwy (MPG): 28 highway
Pretty close in styling. Ferrari a little more horsepower that could easily be matched & even surpassed for 20,000 or perhaps even less.
Now granted the Ferrari will continue to increase in value whereas the vette won't, but only if you hardly ever drive it. What fun is that? I'll still take the vette., and have fun.
- grocery cart into the door of a Ferrari 458 in a parking lot anyone?
- the new F-type Jags have snappy exhaust and come in 4, 6, & 8 - but a new “Eagle” Jag retro will do it with E-type style on steroids
- buy a silver 1984 low hp smogger Targa Corvette for under $8000 cash - swap in a new ‘Vette LS - or get speed shop prepped hot sb ‘Vette engine and put on your 007 sunglasses -
- Jeremy Clarkson on “Top Gear” snipes at new hot ‘Vettes & Mustangs on interiors and such - but he loves the 205 plus mph and slam in the back of raw screaming power on a budget
- years back CSv saw John Schultz’s AC-Chevy V8 at a race in Florida - GM turned him down - Ford bite down hard
CS copied that AC-Chevy and never made one dime selling the Cobra - he was lousy businessman - he got his bucks from FORD
The AC-Chevy 283ci was not an original Schultz asked what to do with his spun-block AC-Bristol - I recalled a TR3-Chevy, Ferrari TR2590 Testa Rosa-Chevy, and an Austin Healey-Chevy - i lifted the hood on my ‘59 Impala (Duntov/2-4’s) and measured the width - John lifted the hood on his AC-Bristol
Three (3) days later a local truck, tractor, car repair shop on North Dixie Highway cranked up a vicious primer-black AC-Chevy with a 3-speed truck trans - the rest is history - esp. for Ferrari
- But it was the cheap, quick, and dirty fix for John Schultz and all the parts were available at Weatern auto or Slaton Chevrolet or and any S-FL boneyard
The AC-Ace body is an updated copy of early Ferrari racing roadster bodies - 125 - and later - the Bristol engine ohc 6 was copied from a BMW engine
Ego gets in way of truth in the car biz - hot rodder AF Vets after WWII built the first innovative hot street, drags, and lakester cars
- The world followed the Yanks with class cars - but sheer raw screaming power is found in any American boneyard if you bring your own tools and a few 6-paks of Corona for the big guy there
- old war stories -
- the best sneaky sleeper Chevy V8 street rod I ever saw was a plain light blue Triumph Mayflower convertible with a Chevy 283ci Crane/Edelbrock/Holley engine - quiet and scary -
- recently a Mercedes convertible solf for under 15K AND A Ferrari coupe for under 28K at barret-Jackson Auctions - repair parts & labor on exotics is obscene and collectors are saying no
- A late 50’s frame-off restored Corvette or Baby Bird sells for $45K-over $200K and keeps on appreciating -
- Stay thirsty my friends…….