The Ferrari 458 Speciale Aperta arrived in 2014 as the open-top
counterpart to the track focused 458 Speciale, limited to just 499
examples, and offered exclusively to established Ferrari clients.
Though it was not known at the time, it marked the end of an era,
representing the last naturally aspirated mid-engine V8 Ferrari, a
lineage that gave way to turbocharging with the 488 that followed.
Save for the Icona Series Daytona SP3, no mid-engine Ferrari since
has been built around a naturally aspirated engine.
Behind the driver sits a 4.5-liter V8 producing 597 horsepower at a
screaming 9,000 rpm, paired with 398 lb-ft of torque and a 14:1
compression ratio that contemporary reviewers found remarkable for
a road car. Weight savings remained as central to the Aperta as
they were to the Berlinetta, achieved through forged wheels,
lightened bodywork, and a stripped interior that dispensed with the
glovebox entirely. The result was a 1 minute and 23.5 second lap
around the Fiorano test track, a time identical to its Berlinetta
counterpart.
The Aperta also represents the final mid-engine V8 Ferrari to carry
design work by Pininfarina, following the end of the two houses'
60-year partnership in 2013, before the factory brought its styling
operation fully in-house. Combined with the theater of an open
cabin and that 9,000-rpm wail reaching the eardrums unfiltered, the
Aperta delivers an experience few modern Ferraris can match.
This spectacular Speciale A, chassis number 212062, was delivered
new in July 2015 through Wide World of Cars in Spring Valley, New
York, with $63,064 in factory options. Its digital window sticker
shows the exterior accented by yellow brake calipers, carbon-fiber
front flaps, carbon-fiber side nolders, and outer carbon-fiber
B-post trim. Inside, the cabin was finished with full Cuoio
Naturale leather upholstery, an Alcantara headliner, a colored
upper dashboard, a leather lower tunnel, carbon-fiber air vents and
inner sill trim, and Cavallini stitched into the headrests.
Initially titled in New Jersey, the car spent its first year with
the original owner before passing in 2016 to its second keeper, who
retained it for more than five years. Throughout that time, the
CARFAX Vehicle History Report notes that it returned to its selling
dealer for care a remarkable 20 times in total. The report also
notes a 2019 incident involving front damage, though it states
"airbags did not deploy." A comprehensive service at 22,588 miles
in May 2024 added new tires, front and rear brake pads, fresh brake
fluid, a new serpentine belt, and an oil change. The third recorded
owner acquired the Speciale A in late 2024 and registered it in
Montana, and the car has since been entrusted to Ferrari of Newport
Beach, which attended to the car in December 2025 and again the
following month.
As the final naturally aspirated mid-engine V8 to leave Maranello
and one of just 499 built, the 458 Speciale Aperta has secured its
place among the most significant Ferraris of the modern era.
Chassis 212062 elevates that status further, with its understated
Grigio Ferro over Cuoio pairing, array of desirable options, and
well-documented service history, it presents collectors with one of
the most desirable and rare expressions of Ferrari's V8 berlinetta
formula.
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