Unfortunately for Noah or Frank, Ferrari has gone and revealed the new F430 Scuderia when neither are around, so it's up to me to convey how fantabulous this new Prancing Horse is to you. We've been following for some time what we thought would be called the new F430 Challenge Stradale, but Ferrari has instead decided to name it the F430 Scuderia. Regardless of what it's called, this new F430 joins the coupe and spyder, yet takes a decidedly harder, more track-oriented edge than its siblings. The car weighs around 100kg (220 lbs.) less than the standard F430 coupe, and its version of Ferrari's 4.3L V8 produces 510 horsepower instead of 483. That gives the Scuderia a frighteningly low power-to-weight ratio of 1 horsepower for every 5.4 lbs.

The new F430 Scuderia also promises to carry a lot of trickle-down F1 technology as well, including lightning-quick 60 millisecond shifts and an integrated traction and stability control system. In order to accentuate the car's F1 connection, none other than famed F1 driver Michael Schumacher will officially unveil the car in Frankfurt this September. Until then, we have a gallery of high-res shots for you to flip through below and Ferrari's press release after the jump.

[Source: Ferrari via Ultimatecarpage.com]

 

Holy shit that is sick.

 

power-to-weight ratio of 1 horsepower for every 5.4 lbs. haha omg!

 

Whats so funny about that?

 

its so freakin crazy its funny!

 

Yeah i agree.

 

Great car, but I wonder if they are gonna remove some of that "trickle-down F1 tech" when F1 eliminates TC next year.

 

Damn, that car is sexy.

 

Ferrari was using TC even when it was illegal!

 

Love the stock F430. Can you imagine how much better this car will sound and drive better than the standard one? It's almost hard to believe that they can make it any better... but they will. It really is so good it is funny.