Novitec Rosso's twin-supercharger Ferrari F430
The newest creation of German Ferrari tuners Novitec Rosso is their interpretation of Ferrari's F430.
Wind tunnel-developed aero enhancements include a front splitter, side skirts, a new rear wing and an enhanced rear diffuser.
Underneath, various suspension options are offered, including a 1-inch lower suspension kit with double-adjustable shocks and stiffer anti-roll bars. The Novitec Rosso F430 rolls on 19- and 20-inch custom five-spoke wheels, available in conventional 5-stud or racer-style center-lock mounts and shod with 255/30 and 345/25 Pirellis. Tucked inside the alloys are a set of ceramic brakes made for Novitec by Brembo.
But the crowning touch is found in the engine compartment - a dual supercharger induction system that takes the F430 powerplant to 636 hp, good for a 0-100 km/h (62 mph) in 3.7 seconds, en-route to a top speed well over 200 mph.
Novitec's interior treatment befits the car's performance orientation, with lightweight sport seats and a sport steering wheel.
Price? Well, if you have to ask... the twin supercharger conversion alone will run you over $70,000 by the time you throw in the matching exhaust system and carbon-fiber airbox upgrade. American shoppers can check out the U.S. distributor, Claus Ettensberger Corp. (of CEC Wheels fame), for full details.
More pictures after the jump.
[Sources Novitec Rosso, CEC Wheels]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Tyre 8:27AM (5/30/2006)
Too Ricey...
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villainy 9:01AM (5/30/2006)
Too... absolutely amazing. Though I do understand the ricey comment, for some unknown reason I actually like the wing.
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JZeke 9:04AM (5/30/2006)
If its Italian, and its rice... should we call it Risotto?
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Dustin Tarditi 9:50AM (5/30/2006)
#1, Agreed: 2 fast, 2 furious, 2 Ferrari...
Wonderful car, the mods just don't compliment the lines - they complicate the form.
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Saney 10:04AM (5/30/2006)
The wing makes it look like the fastest (and most expensive) Celica on the planet, especially in that rear 3/4 view.
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nuke 10:04AM (5/30/2006)
Giggity giggity. You'de think that it would have a better 0-60 for a 600+ hp engine. A Z06 pulls 3.9 with a 500 hp. The Enzo is in the 600+ category, it is much closer to the 0-60 in 3 sec flat.
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Olivier 10:32AM (5/30/2006)
This is evidence that money cannot buy yourself good taste.
Tweaking the most beautiful engine in the world is already sinful.
Now tweaking what is arguably the best looking sportscar out there by jacking a new facia, wings and al is just pure idiocy.
Ferrari put hundreads of thousands of euros in designing a car with no wing yet tremendeous downforce and little drag by using a special flat bottom and clever aerodynamics, and some nobody-small-shop just comes around and slaps turbos and a big ironing board on the back..
Just see what the residual value on one of those babies will go; my guess is half that of a well kept fully genuine spec (which to start left you with $70K plus in your pocket).
Anyway I am sure that there will be no shortage of clients in the middle-east and in America.
Be prepared to be laughed at when you show up at some fancy restaurant and bystanders ask you if this is a MR2 with a bodykit..
That's disgusting.
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jscro 10:38AM (5/30/2006)
Supercharger + Brakes + Stiffer Suspension = Good
The Wings West Body kit of my neighbors 1995 Honda Civic = Bad
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Jonathan 11:13AM (5/30/2006)
I can't help but see the price tag and think "I could get a nice Ariel Atom for that."
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James 11:17AM (5/30/2006)
This is the ugly, red-headed stepchild of Enzo Ferrari. You know, it's kind of yours, but so damn ugly that you get so angry with it to the point where you pray that it screws up so you can beat the hell out of it...why couldn't Stefan Erickson (sp?) have destroyed one of these instead of an Enzo...
As has been mentioned earlier, I can understand the braking, engine upgrades (though I don't necessarily agree that it needs them - there's no way this thing needs a suspension upgrade) but who the hell are they to fcuk with Pininfarina's design?
Sinners...
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ell 12:13PM (5/30/2006)
people who look at that and see a celica are obviously blind.
the spoiler is as tasteful as it gets, boys. it's a far cry from RC car-style spoilers, and its profile is actually quite low, all things considered... low enough such that it really doesn't spoil the lines. the front fascia and side skirts are beautifully done; simple, clean. a mercedes mclaren is approximately 50 times busier looking. only the rear skirt/diffuser gets a bit busy, but i'm sure it's for aerodynamic purposes.
i don't understand why modding a car is necessarily rice, and why rice is necessarily bad. sure, lots of asians like cosmetically modding their cars, so do lots of white ppl, black ppl, green/purple ppl whatever. fact is, the folks that delivered this car are german, so if anything, this car is bratwurst. not rice. altho i must say, the risotto comment was pretty classic, hehe.
finally, olivier, seriously, you might want to get your eyes checked. they're superchargers, not turbochargers. the difference between the two is night and day... assuming you know what that's like.
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ell 12:24PM (5/30/2006)
btw, in case you guys needed me to spell it out for you... the rear skirt/diffuser is very close to the original 430's, except that it's painted to match the body color, that's all. in other words, yes it is for aerodynamic purposes, b/c ferrari designed it that way, and to say it looks rice would be to say that the original's is ricey.
and seriously... have you seen an fxx? ferrari did that and charges literally millions, but noone whined about it then.
and i still can't get over the rice thing. ever heard of ac schnitzer? what about carlsson or brabus? have you seen what they do? and how is that stuff not rice?
... it's cuz none of it is rice. it's all bratwurst.
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ell 12:28PM (5/30/2006)
and james... i just read your comment. you are a twisted man, and i hope you never mate. 1) that would cause less suffering in the world, both for your children and for the people around them, including their poor mother who you'd probably beat too, and 2) it'd keep your genes from mucking up the pool. so please... use protection.
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Olivier 1:02PM (5/30/2006)
Hooouuu.. Looks like we hit ell's soft spot. Getting touchy hey?
You wouldn't happen to work for Novitec by anychance?
Anyway, yes I do know the difference b/t a turbocharer and a supercharger; I wasn't so much interested in the details of their mods, just the fact that they butchered a near-flawless car and a charging a bundle for it.
If you knew even half of what you would want us to think, than you would realize that having a nice looking skirt, wing or whatever has nothing to do with aerodynamics; it just happens that manufacturers like Ferrari like to go the extra mile so that the car is aerodynimically efficient AND looks good at the same time.
Novitec's half-assed job of slapping a "slick looking" facia, skirt and all is probably killing the Cx coefficient (you can look that one up on google you big boy).
You probably don't know what the difference between drag and downforce is but having less of the first and more of the latter is the holy grail which few manufacturers like Ferrari can achieve. A ugly-duckling wing is guaranteed downforce but with loads of drag too (which sucks).
A flat bottom creates turbulence behind a car which incidently has an impact on whatever job wing would be doing (because of presure differences).
Ferrari desinged a flat bottom for a car with no wing, slapping one on there is just disturbing the balance. End of story.
Things like this seem to suit you well ell; too much money with too little taste.
I can definitely tell that you are the type of guy who would rather a M3 with loads of tuner-shop fiberglass rather than a "pure" factory equipped 911, even if the latter would probably cost you less.
You are probably better off with a gazillion horses in a Viper rather than the perfect balance of a Lotus elise with its mere 190bhp, or even the 430's 490bhp, because for you its all about the specs and the vulgarity/virility of the car.
I know where I stand and I think that most of the posts here are on my side.
'nuff said
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MikeS10 1:53PM (5/30/2006)
you guys are silly, that car is outstanding
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Fabulo 2:13PM (5/30/2006)
"Anyway I am sure that there will be no shortage of clients in the middle-east and in America."
"base" Ferrari customers are not in shortage in the first place. Ferrari is not exactly flooding the market.
Regarding the "upgrade", it is either utterly pointless since I suspect the "average" Ferrari driver can't approach the limit of the garden variety model without shitting their pants.
Or maybe it's a welcome relief because the base model is a dog with no power, no torque and no handling.
Also, I won't be taking mine in red. Red is too tacky.
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James 2:35PM (5/30/2006)
ell:
Clearly sarcasm is not your forte. I suppose you were horrified to read Thomas Swift's "A Modest Proposal". I feel sorry for you that you cannot enjoy true humor.
Leave the rear diffuser black. Firstly, one's eyes are drawn to red first. In my eyes, there is a huge difference between the rear diffuser on the Novitec versus that of the stock 430.
Evidence of the original:
http://www.seriouswheels.com/2005/2005-Ferrari-F430-RA-1280x960.htm
http://www.seriouswheels.com/2005/2005-Ferrari-F430-R-Road-1280x960.htm
See how it DISAPPEARS.
The wing is ugly. The front end is okay, but that's probably because it doesn't depart very far from the original.
WHY IT'S RICE: LOOK AT THE TAIL LIGHTS. Those clear covers have to add at least 10HP. Right? U-G-L-Y. The rear end is so off it's laughable.
Again, these are my opinions.
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tekdemon 2:50PM (5/30/2006)
I can't help but feel that they made a super expensive sports car look like a Mitsubishi Eclipse (last gen, not the new one) with a body kit on it. Or maybe it's reminding me of a 3000GT. Either way, kind of sad.
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Carmine 3:01PM (5/30/2006)
James says: WHY IT'S RICE: LOOK AT THE TAIL LIGHTS. Those clear covers have to add at least 10HP
LOLOL!!! I didn't notice that! hahaha
and the original is orgasmic.. this is okay, but i agree that the wing probably isn't necessary and the cleat taillight covers are actually terrible. the body-colored diffuser isn't all that bad, in my opinion. and nuke is right: the 0-60 time isn't what it should be for that kind of power--maybe b/c of the extra drag from the wing.
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Carmine 3:04PM (5/30/2006)
i type poorly because i have big fingers.
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