First 458 Italia in London?

[Shmee150]

Just popped outside and this is parked around the corner! Is it the first one to be seen in London?

Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntx2zyfPPaI

More recent video of a Rosso Corsa 458: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu0ZA1BKwMY

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Edited by Shmee150 on Sunday 18th April 22:13

Edited by Shmee150 on Tuesday 8th June 11:01

[jenzo]

Saw this today during the day on Brompton Road. It was a young guy driving it and was driving it hard - a good thing! First one I have seen and thought it looked awesome in the flesh and the noise when the valve opens and on the up-shift was very impressive - similar to a 430 exhaust note but more aggressive and VERY quick gear changes :-)

Where did you see it parked up? Anyone know who owns it?

Edited by jenzo on Sunday 18th April 22:35

Edited by jenzo on Sunday 18th April 22:37

[Shmee150]

jenzo said:

Saw this today during the day on Brompton Road. It was a young guy driving it and was driving it hard - a good thing! First one I have seen and thought it looked awesome in the flesh and the noise when the valve opens and on the up-shift was very impressive - similar to a 430 exhaust note but more aggressive :-)

Where did you see it parked up?

This is on Draycott Avenue, just off Fulham Road where the owner was presumably in a bar on Walton Street or a restaurant or something; photos taken at about 9pm.

[jenzo]

Shmee150 said:

jenzo said:

Saw this today during the day on Brompton Road. It was a young guy driving it and was driving it hard - a good thing! First one I have seen and thought it looked awesome in the flesh and the noise when the valve opens and on the up-shift was very impressive - similar to a 430 exhaust note but more aggressive :-)

Where did you see it parked up?

This is on Draycott Avenue, just off Fulham Road where the owner was presumably in a bar on Walton Street or a restaurant or something; photos taken at about 9pm.

I heard it today before I even saw it and thought it sounded like a 430 but more aggressive, thats when I knew it was going to be something special :-)

[magnus911]

Shmee150 said:

Just popped outside and this is parked around the corner! Is it the first one to be seen in London?

No, I saw one on Monday last week at the bottom of Sloane Ave, near Tods. Wasn't quick enough with the camera though...but I can assure you my girlfriend was most disinterested.

[Shmee150]

magnus911 said:

Shmee150 said:

Just popped outside and this is parked around the corner! Is it the first one to be seen in London?

No, I saw one on Monday last week at the bottom of Sloane Ave, near Tods. Wasn't quick enough with the camera though...but I can assure you my girlfriend was most disinterested.

Was it the same car? I saw a red demo in January ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIW5bo2sc5w ) but the one yesterday which I believe has been driving around for a few days, is the first in London. What colour/plate was the one you saw?

Edited by Shmee150 on Monday 19th April 10:28

[magnus911]

I didn't catch the plate but it was red and left hand drive...

[munch997]

Only have to wait a week or 2 for the ones doing gumball...
Might have a look around tomorrow

[Shmee150]

munch997 said:

Only have to wait a week or 2 for the ones doing gumball...
Might have a look around tomorrow

It would not surprise me if this car was doing the Gumball, what do you think? We know there will be 2, and a Swiss plate one, who's been seen driving hard, less than 2 weeks before the start...

Also a friend told me that yesterday he was in traffic on the M1 when 2 Ferraris and a Bentley zoomed up the hard shoulder; I wondered if they were "practising" for it haha.

[HarryRiddles]

Looks very nice, probably the first spot in London. Probably the first one I will see will be the HR Owen demonstrator, Rosso Monza (dark red) will look great. It is in build now and is coming in June. Cannot wait to see it!

-Harry

[delta037]

I believe here was at least one yellow 458 in the UK for the customer launch so Ferrari UK probably have at least one in their possession.

[mhh]

The numberplate spoils the horse or the horse spoils the numberplate - I'm not sure which!

[WelshBoyo]

It has Switzerland plates from the canton of Ticino near Italy. The 'Z' at the end means he is importing the car into Switzerland him/herself.

[Shmee150]

WelshBoyo said:

It has Switzerland plates from the canton of Ticino near Italy. The 'Z' at the end means he is importing the car into Switzerland him/herself.

You mean it is a British car that he is taking to Switzerland? That seems strange.

[WelshBoyo]

Shmee150 said:

WelshBoyo said:

It has Switzerland plates from the canton of Ticino near Italy. The 'Z' at the end means he is importing the car into Switzerland him/herself.

You mean it is a British car that he is taking to Switzerland? That seems strange.

Not necessarily, he could be importing from any country, most likely straight from the Ferrari factory.

[MonzaEvo]

I saw this very same 458 on A11 near Thetford last Sunday.....

Rgds
Jonathan

[jjr1]

This car was at Rockingham the day before it was spotted in London. He is involved in either the Radical/Mini or formula (weird small single seater ste) racing that weekend.

The car was also very dirty and looked fantastic. It has done a lot of miles recently and the wheels looked like they had attacked a couple of kerbs.

This boy knows how to treat his car

[Not Ideal]

Saw one last night round Knightsbridge - front lights looked great in the dark.

[Shmee150]

Not Ideal said:

Saw one last night round Knightsbridge - front lights looked great in the dark.

Very like the California I think; you can tell it's a Ferrari following you in a dimmed rear-view mirror, and not just from the engine note!

[pistolp]

not weird that its being exported, it's not a UK car anyway? it's also LHD isn't it?