The guys at the German tuning firm Novitec Rosso just couldn't leave well enough alone. Not content to let Maranello build what is the fastest drop-top Ferrari ever, they took a Scuderia Spider 16M and gave it more power and quicker acceleration.
Ferrari built the 16M, a convertible version of the awesome F430 Scuderia, to commemorate winning its 16th Formula 1 constructors championship last year. Just 499 are being built, and Novitec Rosso got its hands on one to make the cavallino rampante a little more rapido with a pair of superchargers.
Force-feeding air to the prancing horse gives it 696 horsepower at 8,400 rpm, and boy we'd love to hear that engine sing. It also puts 503 pound-feet of torque under your right foot, which is enough to smoke those 20-inch Pirellis. The Rosso will do zero to 62 mph in 3.5 seconds and hit 205 mph. For the sake of comparison, the stock 16m produces 503 horsepower and 347 pound-feet. It takes 3.8 seconds to reach 62 mph from a standstill.
A car that quick isn't cheap. Once you hand Ferrari a check for $313,350 to buy the 16M, you're looking at another $66,400 to have Novitec Rosso perform its magic. In exchange you'll have one of the quickest convertibles on the planet. Oh sure, the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport is faster, but for the $2.1 million we'd need to buy one we could have a Novitec Rosso and enough money left over to pay the speeding tickets.
Photos: Novitec Rosso. More pics after the jump.
