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The Ferrari 488 Pista, which was unveiled at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, is the successor to Ferrari's V8-engined special series - the 360 Challenge Stradale, 430 Scuderia and 458 Speciale - which have received critical acclaim for their performance and undiluted handling.

The Ferrari 488 Pista marks a significant step forward from the previous special series in terms of both sporty dynamics and for the level of technological carry-over from racing. The name is, in fact, a direct homage to Ferrari's unparalleled heritage in motor sports.

The car's development evolved directly from the company's involvement in the FIA World Endurance Championship - in which it has won five Manufacturers' titles in the GTE class in the six years since the series' inception - and its 25 years' experience in running the Ferrari Challenge one-make series.

The Ferrari 488 Pista's extensive weight saving solutions, along with engine, vehicle dynamics and aerodynamic developments, all derive from Ferrari's racing cars: the 488 GTE and the 488 Challenge. The result is a car with an uncompromising mission: to offer impeccable track-like performance on and off the road, even when in the hands of non-professional drivers.

The new model weighs an impressive 90 kg less than the 488 GTB. This fact, combined with the largest ever increase in engine power for a special series car, sets a new benchmark for Ferrari's V8 sports cars.

Its engine is the most powerful V8 in Ferrari history and is an extreme evolution of the turbo unit that won the overall International Engine of the Year award titles in both 2016 and 2017.

It punches out 720 cv with the highest specific output of in its class and is now lighter too, thanks to solutions adopted from the 488 Challenge. As a result it has a top speed of 340 km/h and sprints from 0-100 km/h in 2.85' and 0 -200 km/h in 7.6'.

The engine sound is unique and unmistakably Ferrari, as such a special car warrants. Both the sound quality and the intensity are higher than the 488 GTB in all gears and at all engine speeds in proportion with the progressive increase in power.