+Leon Henry I'm saving up for my first car. Please don't hate it, it's a Honda. But one day, maybe one day I can afford one of these things if I don't fuck-up my life. :)) I'll keep everybody posted. :))
+Leon Henry *Sell the kids and move in with mum and dad.* I'm no Miss Cleo, but in ten years I'd wager the 458 Speciale is significantly more expensive than it is today. It's the last of the naturally-aspirated mid-engined Ferraris, and it has essentially the same power-to-weight ratio as the 488 GTB (each horse carries just three more _ounces_).
+Peter Griffis Steve is great and so is Jethro (: those two are up there with Chris...Harry seems like a nice bloke but just makes me sleepy listening to him
EVO, you just nailed it by using the standard 458 and the 430 Stradale as reference. This has to be the most professional review I have ever seen on UA-cam ever. Keep this up... please and you will surpass everyone. Big thumbs up! And Jethro, you're more open now and are showing character! Good stuff!
I've been privileged enough to have driven a speciale. It's incredible. The gearbox is absolutely unbelievable, it changes down the box before you've even thought about it. Ferrari for me are on another level at the minute. The naysayers will always disagree but as much of a cliche as it is, I've never known any other car go from complete every day pussy cat to absolute weapon at the flick of a paddle. Enzo would have been proud!!
+Benjamin Richley There are many cars that do it but far above the Speciale price range, the Paganis carry on that DNA, and the Mclarens are trying their best as well. But I understand your statement.
Eric Zhu always. I tried to love the 488 but the exhaust note is terrible compared to the 458. Even the 488 Pista has a worse exhaust than the standard 458
Simply amazing footage and savvy journalism. Please upload raw and uncut footage of the entire run up the hill from the drivers door/window cam. That view brings the realization of driving the car on limit to life and is also very educational. Please give us that footage no matter if its an hour long. Thanks for the upload, brilliant as usual EVO.
Jethro your reviews just get better and better. Tremendous driving and great assessment. You really make me want to be there! Just to be a passenger on that road might be one of the greatest automotive experiences ever!
Jethro Bovingdon is the ONLY guy I would put on par with Chris Harris in terms of delivering a detailed video that makes us - viewers - virtually drive the cars! Respect! And keep up the good work Evo!
Evo, please please please include more 'driver's eye view' footage just like @ 9:02.. Put us behind the wheel with Jethro, let us experience what he is when his narration is interrupted by whatever interrupted it! He is obviously a very talented driver, we want to see that from his point of view, not just a cockpit view..
Fuck I'm sick of all the drifting in cars that were specifically designed to stay planted. If you want to go drifting buy an old buick and slap a four barrel on it. You could never drive that way anyway because your clutch would be wrecked and it would cost 40K for a new one.
EVO, please release spare footage from the point of view of the driver (cirka 09:00) and post it on here. I think there are a few of us that would like to watch minutes on end from that perspective with just engine sound. Thank you.
This is still one of the better car films to this day All car films should look somewhat like this if they want to be the best Way to go Evo and also way to go deathrow
It's clear why Ferrari is the winner. While Mclaren chases efficiency in numbers and wind tunnel and GT3 has to resort to AWS to make the car work (and that awful rear wing) , none of them offer the ultimate joy of play and control that the Ferrari has. And we have not even mentioned the beauty and sound of it. And it all continues to the next step where Laferrari is a clear nr 1. I know it's all personal opinions but I really try to be objective :)
opmike343 Sorry, meant AWS. It steers on all wheels. I have no time in any of them but like most things in the world we can make an educated guess on which one is better. I've driven and sat in both type of car but older models. I've seen some of these testers compare them and the Ferrari is a bit better (for example in Autocar). The thing is that in the end, the Ferrari is more desirable. Period. You can have fun with the Porsche on track and it could be amazing there but it's no beauty. As soon as you park it next to the Ferrari it loses. No matter what. Just like parking a Porsche turbo next to a 458. Ferrari is simply more desirable by the vast majority.
***** I do understand the appeal of it but somewhere along the way Mclaren lost the focus and went to much for the control of the car in not such a good way. If you had the money to buy a Mclaren you probably have another car for the soothing drives. How many buy one of these cars as a daily driver? Even if it's possible? Almost nobody. If Mclaren's goal was what you say then why have they since it lost to 458 tried to make it drive more like a 458 and be engaging?
***** You are like some others are stuck in the idea about 70:s Ferraris being unreliable and that it's the same today. It's not like that anymore. Times have changed. Ferrari makes some of the best sports cars today and the line of buyers, despite the prices, conforms that.
that awful rear wing it's true downforce, not marketing BS, you will see it on any 458 race car lol. also did anybody else noticed how much the car was struggling to put the power down on each corner exit? was it because he set everything off or just not enough grip?
David Vu let me tell you something a f1 engine cant go more than 5000 miles and you might be the only person in world who thinks this car doesn't produce a lovely sound also depends what f1 engine you are talking about because a turbo charged f1 engine sounds like shit
Well done EVO! What is the best and the most unique part of this test is the short driving clip without talking or music ... you´ve done the same with the GT3 clip in the car of the year and that is really what I think is the best of the best. I personally needs more of those driving clips because its shows the character and the atmosphere of driving more than anyone can talk.. brilliant
i think people should stop over commenting about journalists/video quality/stuff. it is very annoying to see people saying: "chris harris this" "chris harris that" "amazing piece of work" etc and don't say a word about the car... i mean, compliments are good, but don't overwhelm the whole comment section of the video with them
There is a 458 Speciale owner in my town (20k inhabitants). And what can I say... This car is an absolute beast! It's so monstrous and beautiful at the same time. Combined with the music that comes out of the exhaust pipes, it almost gives you an orgasm every time it drives by. Wow, just wow!
gt3 is already as quick as the 12c around the track if not faster on some circuits. gt3 is already the king. Rennsport version will munch the competition imo. lets wait and see.
e36mmm I agree. Porsche have always built cars that are comparable in performance with Ferrari, but at a fraction of the cost. I think the GT3 RS will be a monster.
surewin That's because they've been building the same car for 50 years. They should have everything sorted out. Not impressive compared to what Ferrari has done and continues to do, regardless of track times.
ewt415 Porsche is overrated mate, like the Porsche carrera GT being considerably slower than it's rival the Enzo, or the 959 got beaten by the F40 which is now a legendary supercar, or again like the 918 spider being 5 sec slower (!!!) on the 0-186 mph compared to LaFerrari. Did you see the drag race betwen the F12 Berlinetta vs the Merc SLS Black Series and the 911 turbo S? both got honestly humilated badly by the F12. So then again Porsche's are great but there is a reason why you pay them half the price
Well, it depends how you look at it. It didn't have some things the F40 did but it did have some things the F40 didn't like for example that amazing engine which defines the car. Either way, I'm mostly talking about the latest cars. 458 is better than the 430 which was better than the 360, F12 is better than the 599 which was better than the 550 etc.
I have to admit I was wrong. When I first saw it on the photows I said it was ugly and I really thought it was. But when you see it life, it is very nice and sharp car. On the first photos, the color of the front grill and those shapes looked strange to me
There are not many other cars that you can throw into a corner so effortlessly like Jethro did and come out on top of everything. Ferrari continues to set the benchmark in super cars. Forza Italia!!!!!
Christophe L Speak for yourself. I'm saying i rather not hear a mans voice lol. The thought isn't appealing. It does sound good, just not like a mans voice.
People who say Ferrari is trash because you can’t modify it well that’s not what Ferrari is for Ferrari is something special another breed of speed cornering ability I can’t wait to drive a Ferrari doesn’t matter what one they are all special but the 458 with its naturally aspirated V8 engine is just mesmerising and I can’t get enough of it, although we are at turbo charging stages with the 488 and 488 pista the 458 speciale is a lot more special yes okay it might not be the most powerful Ferrari V8 but it certainly is the last of the true V8 breed adding stuff like superchargers and turbos is wrong with a naturally aspirated V8 you just can not go wrong I don’t care how old the car gets it will always be my dream car
I love this car! Every car Ferrari makes is brilliant these days, its such a shame that Ferrari has become so cold and corporate now, there may be people who work with and build the cars who actually give a damn about the legacy that Enzo Ferrari gave the company, but now its full of men in suits who don't even like cars - some of them that is, this is in my experiences anyhow.
What about the fact that Ferrari customer cars will perform nowhere near as well as the press cars such as the one in this video? Ferrari has also become quite unscrupulous in that sense.
I’ve been tossing up between mclarens Lamborghinis and the 812 Ferrari but again this car just proves to be the one I’d go for haven’t heard anything bad about a 458 and as top gear says the 458 Italia is all the sports car you need and then the speciale being better I’d take this as a dream car and I’d have it anyday over a turbo charged Ferrari 488 even though the 488 is better to drive nothing beats the howling naturally aspirated 9000 RPM reving engine
Such test has happened. The regular GT3 is a tad slower then Speciale around track. Some have reported the 650S nips 458 on track. The Autocar review was going to prove this but Ferrari back out of course.
Jeffrey Williams think the 650s took the yard stick a bit further than the mp4 did. as for the gt3-rs obviously there is only the old 997 to go from but its quicker than the new gt3 by quite a margin, around 10 seconds on the ring. Ferrari have a habit of backing out if they think they'll lose lol
Jethro is obviously a driving god and a man who knows his stuff, yet also a pretty good car journalist and a showman. Still I'd like to see some REAL excitement and opinions in addition to this "Auto Express" style of good mood gigling. Try to review the cars to us like you do it to your colleagues and close friends. Thanks anyways for this great video!
Very Chris Harryesque review ,great on everything,but we can't drive like that on the road,nice to see an empty road on this vid in reality it's the opposite,much traffic in roads like this.
It is kind of odd when they have these racetrack and "road" settings for supercar videos is that they get these beautiful mountain passes with usually perfect weather (in the UK, really?), closed off to regular traffic, and they drive it at 11/10ths drifting every corner, disregarding lane markings completely. The track videos are in fact more dialed back. It does look great, but I don't really see how that proves how well behaved the car is on road, just that it can handle something only slightly less smooth than a pristine, billiard board flat racetrack and how fun it is to throw around a several hundred thousand dollar car that's not yours. There should be a third section to these videos, even if it's shorter, where you can see the car dealing with traffic, speed limits, curbs, potholes, and of course the whole crowd of people snapping pictures of the Ferrari with their cellphone cameras. Kind of why I like some of Top Gear's reviews where they actually have to drive *to* that perfect road in another country and show what it's like to live with.
Krishan Mistry Just ask Jethro how how fun it is to throw around a several hundred thousand dollar car that's not yours on a NOT pristine billboard flat flat surface when it`s a Ferrari FF and you slam it into a kerb,totally demolishing a several thousand $ rim,he knows....lol. Check out "First Ferrari FF crash (2011) Car rewiew". He says the F word alot haha
What a incredibly exciting car, and what a boring video, if you've watched the first five minutes you've seen it all.Watching someone slide a car round a track is becoming so tedious and self indulgent.Any old rear drive muscle car or a caterham will do that.
I’ll never be rich. But if I was, I’d have this car in a heartbeat. Even though they now cost £600,000. The last naturally aspirated V8 Ferrari will likely ever make. Fair enough. I’d pay it twice for this absolute masterpiece of a car.
Yep. You don't need more power than that, and you give up so much to get that extra power you don't need. You can convince yourself the 488 sounds good until you go back and watch one of these Speciale videos. I just hope I get rich in time to get a GT3 or Performante or Speciale before I croak. Sadly it ain't likely to happen. I took my shot and fell short and there's not enough time left to risk taking another and potentially pissing away what time I have left.
7:06 , 7:28 , 8:03 , 8:32 , 8:41 , and OMG 9:25 ! *THIS IS THE ONLY SUPERCAR I truly had my breathe taken away JUST WATCHING IT TAKE CORNERS!* I mean it TRULY stands out just by watching it handle, I love how it has a very controlled oversteer, and you can just tell it's *ripping with all it's might towards where your pointing it!* ~It's a true DRIVER's supercar, and the only one I think is actually WORTH the price, that's why *IT WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE.*
Is anybody else as pumped about the 458 as I am? I know there is, but I feel more caps lock is needed for how epic this vehicle it is. *It's modeled and balanced like a freakin' F1 CAR* , however it ENCOURAGES you to DRIFT (controlled-ly), it takes you past that point of maximum grip, and turns you sideways to viciously CLAW toward the apex your pointing at, it's my idea of the perfect handling vehicle. Most won't let you slip nowadays.
I feel like they really dropped the ball on the 430's rear. I think they actually kind of messed up with the 458 because it's way down in the range (might even be the cheapest, don't know if they're still doing the California) but it's spectacularly better looking than anything else they've got. And the Speciale just looks like the Ridge Racer version of the normal 458 which I consider a very good thing (|'ll have one in blue please).
I wonder if he prefers it to the almighty GT3... That would've been gorgeous, him comparing those two masters of driving pleasure machines... Great video nonetheless, as all the comments below already say:-) Let's see whether Chris' 12C vs. Turbo S video can match the this review's superiority ;-)
STOP DRIFTING!!!!!!! drive the fuckin car like you actually know what your doing. Hit your marks, hit the apex, and stop fucking about. I'm so sick of car shows driving like this. Like we couldn't possibly be interested in cars without all the ridiculous dramatic driving. It's insulting to real driving enthusiasts and the people who make cars for them. twits.
Porsche GT3 and 458 Speciale move game on completly new level of madnes(like they should),this is first real Ferrari after f40,9500rpm!,CR 14:1,weight under 1400kg,shift with unbelivable speed,and looks great... i cant wait for 991 GT3 RS too
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Sento parlare di confronto con la porsche gt3 o mclaren mp4 !!!!! ma ragazzi le porsche mi dispiace per i tedeschi non potranno mai competere contro delle ferrari. le porsche stanno due gradini sotto ok? contro una porsche ci basta una maserati proprio se volete!!!! con la mclaren mp4 potrebbe esserci un confronto di potenza ms scordatevi la guidabilità sportiva ed emozionante di una 458 speciale!!!
love this cars design and that of pretty much all the modern ferrraris except the enzo which i find to be pig ugly, but JESUS what is with the wheel arch gaps? looks like a dakar spec lol
I bet it would look better with a subtle wing and sculpting the rear end a bit more around that. Rounding out the front aero just a tad. Make it look less trapazoeidy i guess. I really like the look now though!
I may not have that smooth accent, or anywhere near the car control that you consistently display across all your videos, but can I PLEASE have your job?
I'm saving up for my 458. Should have the cash in about 10 years. I'll keep everybody posted
+Leon Henry I'm saving up for my first car. Please don't hate it, it's a Honda. But one day, maybe one day I can afford one of these things if I don't fuck-up my life. :)) I'll keep everybody posted. :))
Engr.Pet
Nothing wrong with a Honda dude. I used to have one
+Leon Henry mate. i love your ambition. i really really hope in 10 years you have your 458.
just put your mind to it!
+Leon Henry
*Sell the kids and move in with mum and dad.* I'm no Miss Cleo, but in ten years I'd wager the 458 Speciale is significantly more expensive than it is today. It's the last of the naturally-aspirated mid-engined Ferraris, and it has essentially the same power-to-weight ratio as the 488 GTB (each horse carries just three more _ounces_).
He is a brilliant driver to be fair
+1207s Eason I'm a car geek lol
That was nice of you to say. I like this dude too. He seems sincere/real and not arrogant/snobby.
+Kings mario
He's a great editor and communicator. Thank Dickie Meaden for salvaging his career.
This guy is the only one on par with Chris harris
Antonio Dias Dude sounded so much like Harris i had to check who it was during the intro
Nobody is on par with Chris. Fanboy? Yes. Regardless Jethro is the only other person I'd watch after Chris.
Antonio Dias Jethro drives a performance car like a performance car. Harris turns every review of a performance car into a driftfest
+Antonio Dias Steve Sutcliffe and Harry Metcalfe?
+Peter Griffis Steve is great and so is Jethro (: those two are up there with Chris...Harry seems like a nice bloke but just makes me sleepy listening to him
EVO, you just nailed it by using the standard 458 and the 430 Stradale as reference. This has to be the most professional review I have ever seen on UA-cam ever. Keep this up... please and you will surpass everyone. Big thumbs up! And Jethro, you're more open now and are showing character! Good stuff!
I've been privileged enough to have driven a speciale. It's incredible. The gearbox is absolutely unbelievable, it changes down the box before you've even thought about it. Ferrari for me are on another level at the minute. The naysayers will always disagree but as much of a cliche as it is, I've never known any other car go from complete every day pussy cat to absolute weapon at the flick of a paddle. Enzo would have been proud!!
+Benjamin Richley
There are many cars that do it but far above the Speciale price range, the Paganis carry on that DNA, and the Mclarens are trying their best as well. But I understand your statement.
amazing drifts on the public road inside the guide rails - looked very close.
Yes, the driver is very good. But like i sais in another comment, it's more Show than Go...
Serious set of balls to drive like that on road
458 speciale over 488 all day
N/A over turbo all day
Eric Zhu always. I tried to love the 488 but the exhaust note is terrible compared to the 458. Even the 488 Pista has a worse exhaust than the standard 458
Wrong!
i love how he speaks so casually while taming that horse
He's not taming any race times. He's drifting and fucking around like most posers.
I'm your child. Glad you are taking care of me.
You should go see him in a conference..he loves to speak a lot and in a conference you rarely hear sounds of cars as in that video.
The speciale is maybe the best car ever produced
Jethro Bovingdon really is a top reviewer, more of this guy!
I love how this guy explains everything in complete details and I love how his enthusiasm brings smile to us.
Yes! Cudos to Jethro!
Simply amazing footage and savvy journalism. Please upload raw and uncut footage of the entire run up the hill from the drivers door/window cam. That view brings the realization of driving the car on limit to life and is also very educational. Please give us that footage no matter if its an hour long. Thanks for the upload, brilliant as usual EVO.
I completely agree, can you show more of the drivers door/window cam view?
This and an SLS black series please..
Ferrari should of just kept making the V8 larger , this sounds miles better than the 488
Jethro is the proof that knowledge can be interesting and entertaining as well! An excellent presenter! All Petrolheads thumbs up!
Maybe the greatest car ever. Seriously. Absolute motoring Nirvana.
good review but it does get boring when you let the tail swing out on every corner
Jethro your reviews just get better and better. Tremendous driving and great assessment. You really make me want to be there! Just to be a passenger on that road might be one of the greatest automotive experiences ever!
Jethro Bovingdon is the ONLY guy I would put on par with Chris Harris in terms of delivering a detailed video that makes us - viewers - virtually drive the cars! Respect! And keep up the good work Evo!
Wow he has some skills behind the wheel. Genuinely impressive.
Evo, please please please include more 'driver's eye view' footage just like @ 9:02.. Put us behind the wheel with Jethro, let us experience what he is when his narration is interrupted by whatever interrupted it! He is obviously a very talented driver, we want to see that from his point of view, not just a cockpit view..
Yes I love those views!!
A 458, a 430 Scuderia, AND a 458 Speciale huh? Don't take this the wrong way, but I hate you :|
Nice video man, keep up the good work :)
The 458 speciale is my dream car
I agree and still!
@@eljefe797
Ferrari is my favorite supercar brand. But the McLaren 765LT is my favorite supercar.
Fuck I'm sick of all the drifting in cars that were specifically designed to stay planted. If you want to go drifting buy an old buick and slap a four barrel on it. You could never drive that way anyway because your clutch would be wrecked and it would cost 40K for a new one.
TheBlackIdentety go lay an egg somewhere else
The car is oversteery in nature, RWD also helps
EVO, please release spare footage from the point of view of the driver (cirka 09:00) and post it on here. I think there are a few of us that would like to watch minutes on end from that perspective with just engine sound. Thank you.
No tyres were harmed during the filming of this video.
Id have a 488 for weekends and road trips. And a 458 Speciale for track days and special occasions.
and f12 for my bitch
F12 the boss!
Old Evo days with Jethro driving like a maniac. Love it!
I knew this was going to be huge but this could just be the best car in history right next to the F40. Very impressive!
Ferrari themselves have said that this car is more fun to drive than an F40, so it must be next in line haha
Well if they claim it, it must be true. I would kill to own that car :D
I come back to this video every time I want a laugh. The way he is absolutely ringing the snot out of this thing while casually talking is hilarious.
This is still one of the better car films to this day
All car films should look somewhat like this if they want to be the best
Way to go Evo and also way to go deathrow
Get a comparison between the 911 GT3 and the Speciale now. Or just wait for the GT3 RS or GT2 and then do it ;)
YES YES YES
The Ferrari will demolish the Porsche!
stefan torozov no it won't.....they been going at it for 3 decades
stefan torozov I doubt it. The old GT3 RS outed the standard 458. The 991 models will do just as good if not better.
In what way ????You are talking nonsense.
It's clear why Ferrari is the winner. While Mclaren chases efficiency in numbers and wind tunnel and GT3 has to resort to AWS to make the car work (and that awful rear wing) , none of them offer the ultimate joy of play and control that the Ferrari has. And we have not even mentioned the beauty and sound of it. And it all continues to the next step where Laferrari is a clear nr 1.
I know it's all personal opinions but I really try to be objective :)
Umm, the GT3 is rear wheel drive, not AWD. Also, since you speak of objectivity, how much seat time do you have in these vehicles?
opmike343
Sorry, meant AWS. It steers on all wheels. I have no time in any of them but like most things in the world we can make an educated guess on which one is better. I've driven and sat in both type of car but older models. I've seen some of these testers compare them and the Ferrari is a bit better (for example in Autocar). The thing is that in the end, the Ferrari is more desirable. Period. You can have fun with the Porsche on track and it could be amazing there but it's no beauty. As soon as you park it next to the Ferrari it loses. No matter what. Just like parking a Porsche turbo next to a 458. Ferrari is simply more desirable by the vast majority.
*****
I do understand the appeal of it but somewhere along the way Mclaren lost the focus and went to much for the control of the car in not such a good way. If you had the money to buy a Mclaren you probably have another car for the soothing drives. How many buy one of these cars as a daily driver? Even if it's possible? Almost nobody. If Mclaren's goal was what you say then why have they since it lost to 458 tried to make it drive more like a 458 and be engaging?
*****
You are like some others are stuck in the idea about 70:s Ferraris being unreliable and that it's the same today. It's not like that anymore. Times have changed. Ferrari makes some of the best sports cars today and the line of buyers, despite the prices, conforms that.
that awful rear wing it's true downforce, not marketing BS, you will see it on any 458 race car lol. also did anybody else noticed how much the car was struggling to put the power down on each corner exit? was it because he set everything off or just not enough grip?
The 458 still sounds like a glorified 9k rpm 4cylinder.
Same can be said about the porsche 918 spyder since it sounds similar to the 458 Italia. Zondas AMG V12 and Lexus LFA sound best.
I thought I was the only 1 noticed the pumped up 4cyl noise. The flat plane crank brings the pitch up far too high.
I mean, what's so special about that sound?! Everybody says it is so nice but I can't understand that. But the F12 really sounds nice.
David Vu let me tell you something a f1 engine cant go more than 5000 miles and you might be the only person in world who thinks this car doesn't produce a lovely sound also depends what f1 engine you are talking about because a turbo charged f1 engine sounds like shit
Maybe how it's translated through the speakers, but I do agree with you. Sound's like a Honda Type-R.
It makes me very happy that you drove that Speciale the way you did.
Well done EVO! What is the best and the most unique part of this test is the short driving clip without talking or music ... you´ve done the same with the GT3 clip in the car of the year and that is really what I think is the best of the best. I personally needs more of those driving clips because its shows the character and the atmosphere of driving more than anyone can talk.. brilliant
The Ferrari 458 speciale is a very special car couldn’t agree less and there is no way of denying it it’s my dream car
I couldn't stop smiling watching this whole vid!
Oh my, this guy can drive....brave to drift that car like this
The way it dances around the raod 😍. No boring Mclaren can ever do that
Ahmed Farhan - exactly. They are just far too clinical. They don’t get it.
i think people should stop over commenting about journalists/video quality/stuff. it is very annoying to see people saying: "chris harris this" "chris harris that" "amazing piece of work" etc and don't say a word about the car... i mean, compliments are good, but don't overwhelm the whole comment section of the video with them
There is a 458 Speciale owner in my town (20k inhabitants). And what can I say... This car is an absolute beast!
It's so monstrous and beautiful at the same time. Combined with the music that comes out of the exhaust pipes, it almost gives you an orgasm every time it drives by.
Wow, just wow!
great driver. and car reviewer😊😊👍👍👍👍
Awesome review as always. It will be interesting to see how the 991 GT3 RS stacks up against the Speciale.
gt3 is already as quick as the 12c around the track if not faster on some circuits. gt3 is already the king. Rennsport version will munch the competition imo. lets wait and see.
e36mmm I agree. Porsche have always built cars that are comparable in performance with Ferrari, but at a fraction of the cost. I think the GT3 RS will be a monster.
surewin That's because they've been building the same car for 50 years. They should have everything sorted out. Not impressive compared to what Ferrari has done and continues to do, regardless of track times.
cavaleer And what exactly is so impressive about what Ferrari does, that Porsche doesn't?
ewt415 Porsche is overrated mate, like the Porsche carrera GT being considerably slower than it's rival the Enzo, or the 959 got beaten by the F40 which is now a legendary supercar, or again like the 918 spider being 5 sec slower (!!!) on the 0-186 mph compared to LaFerrari. Did you see the drag race betwen the F12 Berlinetta vs the Merc SLS Black Series and the 911 turbo S? both got honestly humilated badly by the F12. So then again Porsche's are great but there is a reason why you pay them half the price
My god! Doesn't anyone ntice his driving skills? the way he drove that Ferrari in a public road, that narrow, is just unbelievably scary.
Great video! But this car begs the question, how much better will the next generation be?
Some times next generation cars are worse than the previous
That's majority of the cases right now. Most new cars are much worse than their predecessors or even nothing like them.
We're talking about Ferrari people. Every new car they make is better than the previous one ;)
ianiva
F50 was worse than F40
Well, it depends how you look at it. It didn't have some things the F40 did but it did have some things the F40 didn't like for example that amazing engine which defines the car. Either way, I'm mostly talking about the latest cars. 458 is better than the 430 which was better than the 360, F12 is better than the 599 which was better than the 550 etc.
I have to admit I was wrong. When I first saw it on the photows I said it was ugly and I really thought it was. But when you see it life, it is very nice and sharp car. On the first photos, the color of the front grill and those shapes looked strange to me
I totally agree, especially the back looks great in my opinion, whereas the 458 didn't do it for me on the backside.
There are not many other cars that you can throw into a corner so effortlessly like Jethro did and come out on top of everything. Ferrari continues to set the benchmark in super cars. Forza Italia!!!!!
Listen from 8:58 that engine actually sounds like a man's 'voice'!
i rather not hear a guys voice when im driving.
Themayseffect
Yeah, this car really sounds bad, huh. If only they could pump Prius noise into the cabin... :/
LOL! Enzo would start to spin in his grave!
Christophe L
Speak for yourself. I'm saying i rather not hear a mans voice lol. The thought isn't appealing. It does sound good, just not like a mans voice.
it sounds like a dalek
This dude can DRIVE. Holy shit
You want a 600 bhp naturally Aspirated super car. this is one not Huracan
Huracan Performante is the one for me.
360 Stradale is still my fave
The best :)
Shame they didn't put one in the test too.
i'm just waiting for the day a journalist drifts right off teh side of a cliff in a supercar and ruins it for everyone.
supposedly that happened they wont film it
zhbroder that has happened to a reviewer can't remember who. apparently flipped a Diablo.
Looking back on this now in 2020, this is probably the most rowdy and bonkers road review ever. Mega.
evo's best video ever, hands down
What an incredible video! Driven a standard 458 but the speciale is my dream car
Brilliant review and a just as brilliant machine!
Forza Ferrari!
I think it will beat a Mclaren mo4-12c, damn what a fenomenal car!!! Love it
Jethro is the right mix between facts and entertainment... And he can really drive!
EVO, Speciale or a GT3?
Same camera angles over and over. Same slides over and over. I expected better from Evo.
People who say Ferrari is trash because you can’t modify it well that’s not what Ferrari is for Ferrari is something special another breed of speed cornering ability I can’t wait to drive a Ferrari doesn’t matter what one they are all special but the 458 with its naturally aspirated V8 engine is just mesmerising and I can’t get enough of it, although we are at turbo charging stages with the 488 and 488 pista the 458 speciale is a lot more special yes okay it might not be the most powerful Ferrari V8 but it certainly is the last of the true V8 breed adding stuff like superchargers and turbos is wrong with a naturally aspirated V8 you just can not go wrong I don’t care how old the car gets it will always be my dream car
I want one two :)
I'm back again. Best car review ever
I love this car! Every car Ferrari makes is brilliant these days, its such a shame that Ferrari has become so cold and corporate now, there may be people who work with and build the cars who actually give a damn about the legacy that Enzo Ferrari gave the company, but now its full of men in suits who don't even like cars - some of them that is, this is in my experiences anyhow.
What about the fact that Ferrari customer cars will perform nowhere near as well as the press cars such as the one in this video? Ferrari has also become quite unscrupulous in that sense.
I’ve been tossing up between mclarens Lamborghinis and the 812 Ferrari but again this car just proves to be the one I’d go for haven’t heard anything bad about a 458 and as top gear says the 458 Italia is all the sports car you need and then the speciale being better I’d take this as a dream car and I’d have it anyday over a turbo charged Ferrari 488 even though the 488 is better to drive nothing beats the howling naturally aspirated 9000 RPM reving engine
have to wait and see how it goes next to the mp4-12c and new gt3-rs
Such test has happened. The regular GT3 is a tad slower then Speciale around track. Some have reported the 650S nips 458 on track. The Autocar review was going to prove this but Ferrari back out of course.
Jeffrey Williams think the 650s took the yard stick a bit further than the mp4 did. as for the gt3-rs obviously there is only the old 997 to go from but its quicker than the new gt3 by quite a margin, around 10 seconds on the ring. Ferrari have a habit of backing out if they think they'll lose lol
Jethro is obviously a driving god and a man who knows his stuff, yet also a pretty good car journalist and a showman. Still I'd like to see some REAL excitement and opinions in addition to this "Auto Express" style of good mood gigling. Try to review the cars to us like you do it to your colleagues and close friends. Thanks anyways for this great video!
Cant he be quiet for a moment? im trying to enjoy the sound of the car more.
Play Driveclub.
Finally he ends the talking and we can better hear the Ferrari @ 8:55.
I wonder if there's something wrong in letting us hear the sound of the cars?
RAVIEWZ You want a review or want to listen to the car? Go play a video game if you want to hear the car.
Storm Holloway Driveclub
This is the review I was waiting for!! Amazing driving and amazing car! Thx!
More of that camera angle around the 9:00 mark! Amazing!
Good job EVO and Jethro, i enjoy it! The car looks and sound amazing!
Very Chris Harryesque review ,great on everything,but we can't drive like that on the road,nice to see an empty road on this vid in reality it's the opposite,much traffic in roads like this.
I'm pretty sure that were closed roads
that's what im saying,we can't have a closed road if we wanted to drive like this
Didier Drogba oh, sorry... I read in a rush and I misu did misunderstood your words...
It is kind of odd when they have these racetrack and "road" settings for supercar videos is that they get these beautiful mountain passes with usually perfect weather (in the UK, really?), closed off to regular traffic, and they drive it at 11/10ths drifting every corner, disregarding lane markings completely. The track videos are in fact more dialed back. It does look great, but I don't really see how that proves how well behaved the car is on road, just that it can handle something only slightly less smooth than a pristine, billiard board flat racetrack and how fun it is to throw around a several hundred thousand dollar car that's not yours. There should be a third section to these videos, even if it's shorter, where you can see the car dealing with traffic, speed limits, curbs, potholes, and of course the whole crowd of people snapping pictures of the Ferrari with their cellphone cameras. Kind of why I like some of Top Gear's reviews where they actually have to drive *to* that perfect road in another country and show what it's like to live with.
Krishan Mistry Just ask Jethro how how fun it is to throw around a several hundred thousand dollar car that's not yours on a NOT pristine billboard flat flat surface when it`s a Ferrari FF and you slam it into a kerb,totally demolishing a several thousand $ rim,he knows....lol. Check out "First Ferrari FF crash (2011) Car rewiew". He says the F word alot haha
What a incredibly exciting car, and what a boring video, if you've watched the first five minutes you've seen it all.Watching someone slide a car round a track is becoming so tedious and self indulgent.Any old rear drive muscle car or a caterham will do that.
Are you suggesting he should drive in the heart of a city at approximately 1 kmh?
Nate Barry Now that would be silly.
jake Stevens soo you want to watch him slide about?
The only car that sounds like a burning bear. According to Clarkson.
I’ll never be rich. But if I was, I’d have this car in a heartbeat. Even though they now cost £600,000. The last naturally aspirated V8 Ferrari will likely ever make. Fair enough. I’d pay it twice for this absolute masterpiece of a car.
Yep. You don't need more power than that, and you give up so much to get that extra power you don't need. You can convince yourself the 488 sounds good until you go back and watch one of these Speciale videos. I just hope I get rich in time to get a GT3 or Performante or Speciale before I croak. Sadly it ain't likely to happen. I took my shot and fell short and there's not enough time left to risk taking another and potentially pissing away what time I have left.
Yep. Still my favourite video on youtube. Probably 75% of the views are mine
This is my favourite car ever. Simple.
7:06 , 7:28 , 8:03 , 8:32 , 8:41 , and OMG 9:25 !
*THIS IS THE ONLY SUPERCAR I truly had my breathe taken away JUST WATCHING IT TAKE CORNERS!* I mean it TRULY stands out just by watching it handle, I love how it has a very controlled oversteer, and you can just tell it's *ripping with all it's might towards where your pointing it!*
~It's a true DRIVER's supercar, and the only one I think is actually WORTH the price, that's why *IT WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAVORITE.*
Is anybody else as pumped about the 458 as I am? I know there is, but I feel more caps lock is needed for how epic this vehicle it is. *It's modeled and balanced like a freakin' F1 CAR* , however it ENCOURAGES you to DRIFT (controlled-ly), it takes you past that point of maximum grip, and turns you sideways to viciously CLAW toward the apex your pointing at, it's my idea of the perfect handling vehicle. Most won't let you slip nowadays.
You shag cars
This is not fair, this guy gets to drive these cars for a living and I cant even fit in one.
The 458's!! The last "entry-level" Ferrari's wroth owning.
fantastic review, really enjoyed it!
Not sure why he's trying to make it oversteer in every fucking corner but okay lol
Drifting, flat out, Ferrari, mountain roads, no guard rails... Big Balls.
Has to still be the best day of your life right? Has to be. In a cardigan no less.
The 430 scud is perfect in blue
In terms of styling, I think the 430 Scud is far, far better.
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I agree. If I could have a 430 Scud that performed like the Speciale, I would be in heaven.
I feel like they really dropped the ball on the 430's rear. I think they actually kind of messed up with the 458 because it's way down in the range (might even be the cheapest, don't know if they're still doing the California) but it's spectacularly better looking than anything else they've got. And the Speciale just looks like the Ridge Racer version of the normal 458 which I consider a very good thing (|'ll have one in blue please).
355......
TheFlyingPineapple
I actually prefer the 360. Cars just get uglier and uglier...
I wonder if he prefers it to the almighty GT3... That would've been gorgeous, him comparing those two masters of driving pleasure machines... Great video nonetheless, as all the comments below already say:-) Let's see whether Chris' 12C vs. Turbo S video can match the this review's superiority ;-)
So... the million dollar question Jethro. The new 991 GT3 vs the 458 Speciale? The greatest cars of their generation and genre? Tel us the truth!
STOP DRIFTING!!!!!!! drive the fuckin car like you actually know what your doing. Hit your marks, hit the apex, and stop fucking about. I'm so sick of car shows driving like this. Like we couldn't possibly be interested in cars without all the ridiculous dramatic driving. It's insulting to real driving enthusiasts and the people who make cars for them. twits.
Porsche GT3 and 458 Speciale move game on completly new level of madnes(like they should),this is first real Ferrari after f40,9500rpm!,CR 14:1,weight under 1400kg,shift with unbelivable speed,and looks great...
i cant wait for 991 GT3 RS too
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you do know this was shot and filmed outside of the united states and even if it was they are on a track
Yes, I'm aware. These rights are universal though.
You claim people have a right to travel anyway they please on a modern highway and your only examples refer to horse drawn carriages? lol.
That is one reference and not the only one as you claim.
For your sake I hope you're still a teenager.
Sento parlare di confronto con la porsche gt3 o mclaren mp4 !!!!! ma ragazzi le porsche mi dispiace per i tedeschi non potranno mai competere contro delle ferrari. le porsche stanno due gradini sotto ok? contro una porsche ci basta una maserati proprio se volete!!!! con la mclaren mp4 potrebbe esserci un confronto di potenza ms scordatevi la guidabilità sportiva ed emozionante di una 458 speciale!!!
love this cars design and that of pretty much all the modern ferrraris except the enzo which i find to be pig ugly, but JESUS what is with the wheel arch gaps? looks like a dakar spec lol
I bet it would look better with a subtle wing and sculpting the rear end a bit more around that. Rounding out the front aero just a tad. Make it look less trapazoeidy i guess. I really like the look now though!
Well someone's tail happy :)
What a pretty powerful speciale !
Jethro is starting to really grow on me as a reviewer. Great video!
Likewise. I think it was the review of the Huayra that changed my opinion of him.
I may not have that smooth accent, or anywhere near the car control that you consistently display across all your videos, but can I PLEASE have your job?
I can never crank the volume high enough as I wish