This car needs to arrive stateside NOW!

 

Guhhhhhh!

The sound that car makes is incredible! I'm really digging the new 458!

 

Hearing the LP570 SL shift make it look like a john deer tractor shifting through its auto gearbox in comparison. This is the first time I would say that a dual clutch is essential in this car ( assuming they did offer a manual ). Prev gen ferraris are more desirable to me as manuals (barring the scud of course which has a F1 07 transmission).

 

Agreed, DCT is all the difference in the world. And because the V8 is a flat-plane with comparatively less rotational mass, the revs fall just quick enough for the next clutch to engage going back up. This is why I think the setup is game changing, even though the specs of the two cars are so similar.

I love the new 570SL, and it would be such a great decision to have to make between the two!

 

The quickness of the downshifts plus the sound is what really gets me. Incredible!

 

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