autoevolution 9 Jun 2021, 9:03 UTC ·
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It’s never a great moment to witness an accident involving beautiful, exotic supercars. And, given their power, it’s a rather natural occurrence when people forget the street is not a racetrack. But it’s even sadder when such crashes occur while the high-performance vehicles were on their way towards doing a good deed. 24 photos
cerrutiauto on YouTube,
SaintLamont on Twitter) involves multiple supercars taking a rather high amount of damage. And, unfortunately for Prancing Horse fans, it seems a trio of Ferraris took the biggest toll based on the reports: a 458, a 488, and a 488 Pista.
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Some of the best straight-line battles out there are ones that feature evenly matched cars, and they don’t get a lot more even than racing a Ferrari F8 Tributo against the 488 Pista. According to the video, neither of these cars is stock, which would explain the sub-10 second quarter-mile times. 7 photos
Even without any mods, both can pull off low 10-second runs, and on paper, there shouldn’t be much of anything between them. Anyway, let’s discuss the 488 Pista first.
Unveiled at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, it stood as the pinnacle of the 488 GTB range. Its design was influenced by the 488 GTE and 488 Challenge race cars, while its 3.9-liter twin turbocharged V8 engine was taken to 710 hp (720 PS) and 568 lb-ft (770 Nm) of torque. It’s also got better aerodynamics than the regular 488, a faster-shifting seven-speed dual clutch automatic, less overall weight, plus various other changes.