2016 Ferrari 488 GTB

Make

Ferrari

Model

488 GTB

Year

2016

Listed price

$299,995

Location

Akron, Ohio

Transmission

7-Speed Automatic

Mileage

12,324 miles

Perfect Auto Collection Signature Listing 2016 Ferrari 488 GTB VIN ZFF79ALA9G0218691 | 12,324 miles Racing red under a black roof, opening onto beige. Three decisions, none of them the obvious one. Why We Acquired This Vehicle The berlinetta is the 488 in its original form - the fixed-roof coupe the whole car was engineered around before the Spider was drawn. It is the lighter, stiffer, more single-minded of the two, and it is the one that made the case for turbocharging when Ferrari still had a case to make. This example was ordered by somebody with clear ideas. Rosso Speciis the racing red, but the roof was specified in black rather than body color, and the cabin was finished in Beige Tradizione rather than the black most buyers default to. Carbon fiber runs through the interior and across the body, and two separate elements were ordered outside Ferrari's standard catalog entirely. The verified appointments are detailed in full below. The combination is what held our attention. A red car with a dark roof reads lower and more purposeful from outside, and then the door opens onto a light interior that makes the cabin feel considerably larger than a mid-engine coupe has any right to. At 12,324 miles it has been used as intended and looked after while being used. At a Glance Highlights Two-Tone Exterior Paint with Black Roof Carbon Fiber Driving Zone with LED Steering Wheel Carbon Fiber Trim for Door Panels Carbon Fiber Dashboard Inserts Carbon Fiber Front Wing Spoiler Carbon Fiber Rear Air Ducts Carbon Fiber Side Air Splitter Carbon Fiber Fog Lamp Carbon Fiber Rear Diffuser Color Upon Request for Lower Dashboard Color Upon Request for Special Stitching FULL PPF (Paint Protective Film) Embroidered Prancing Horse on Headrest Black Tachometer Display Scuderia Ferrari Shields on Fenders Brake Calipers in Rosso Corsa Front and Rear Radar Parking Distance Sensors Spare Wheel Kit Exterior: (Rosso Special) | Interior: Beige Tradizione 12,324 miles 3.9-Liter Twin-Turbocharged V8 661 HP at 8,000 RPM 7-Speed F1 Dual-Clutch Transmission Rear-Wheel Drive ZFF79ALA9G0218691 + Additional Factory Options & Features - see the complete equipment list for the full specification The Perfect Auto Collection Experience Personalized Video Walkarounds Independent Third-Party Inspections Welcome Nationwide Enclosed Transportation Boutique, Appointment-Level Service Transparent Representation From Start to Finish Our Perspective At Perfect Auto Collection, we do not measure a Ferrari by output figures alone. We ask a simpler question: does it stir something, and would we be proud to keep it in our own collection? What distinguishes this one is restraint in the right places. The easy way to order a red Ferrari is to say yes to red everywhere and stop thinking. This build does the opposite - a dark roof to break up the body, a light cabin to open it up, carbon where it does structural work for the eye, and two special-order colors to tie the interior together. It is a coherent set of decisions rather than a long list of them. Why Enthusiasts Value This Model The 488 GTB brought turbocharging back to Ferrari's mid-engine V8 for the first time since the F40, and it had to prove the company had surrendered nothing in the process. It answered with 661 horsepower arriving at 8,000 rpm and throttle response engineered to be effectively instantaneous - the engine went on to collect award after award rather than excuses. The berlinetta occupies a particular place among them. It is the body style the platform was conceived as, without the additional structure an open car requires, and it remains the version most associated with how the 488 actually drives. Production ended in 2019 when the F8 replaced it, and the number of 488 GTBs is now fixed. What buyers are looking for among them is specific: carbon specified with real depth rather than a token piece, a color combination that took thought rather than defaulting to the expected one, mileage low enough to matter, and a seller willing to state plainly what is and is not verified. That is why a specification matters - it is the difference between a listing that claims a car is special and one that can show it. Factory and Vehicle Highlights Two-Tone Exterior Paint with Black Roof The bodywork was painted in two colors at the factory, with the roof finished in black against the Rosso Scuderia body. Why it matters: A dark roof visually removes the top few inches of a car, so the whole body appears lower and wider than it measures - and on the 488 it continues the line of the dark glass engine cover forward, which is a trick the single-color cars cannot pull off. Carbon Fiber Driving Zone with LED Steering Wheel The driving zone is finished in exposed carbon and the wheel carries the LED shift lights Ferrari borrowed directly from Formula 1. Why it matters: Ferrari puts nearly every control on the wheel itself - indicators, wipers, starter, and the manettino - so a driver's hands never leave it. Specifying carbon and lights here upgrades the one component that already does all the work. Carbon Fiber Trim for Door Panels The door panel trim is finished in exposed carbon fiber. Why it matters: In a light interior the doors are the two largest uninterrupted expanses of color in the car, and carbon is what stops a beige cabin from reading as soft - it puts something technical on either side of the occupants. Carbon Fiber Dashboard Inserts Carbon fiber inserts run across the dashboard in place of painted or leather-wrapped panels. Why it matters: The dashboard on this car is deliberately split - weave across the upper section and a special-order color below it - which turns what is usually one flat surface into two distinct bands and is the single clearest sign the interior was designed rather than selected. Color Upon Request for Lower Dashboard The lower dashboard was ordered through Ferrari's color upon request program rather than from the standard palette. Why it matters: Color upon request means the buyer went outside the catalog and waited for the factory to accommodate it - on a car where they did that twice, it stops being a whim and starts looking like a specification worked out in advance. Color Upon Request for Special Stitching The interior stitching was specified through the color upon request program rather than taken from the standard range. Why it matters: Stitching outlines every seam in the cabin, and against pale hide it shows far more than it would against black - which is exactly why a beige interior is the one where paying to choose the thread actually changes what you see. Carbon Fiber Front Wing Spoiler The front wing spoiler is finished in exposed carbon fiber. Why it matters: The 488 generates serious downforce without wearing a large rear wing, which means the work is being done by surfaces like this one - it is aerodynamics the car deliberately hides, and finishing it in weave is the only acknowledgment it gets. Carbon Fiber Rear Air Ducts The rear air ducts feeding the engine bay are finished in exposed carbon fiber. Why it matters: On a berlinetta they sit immediately beside the glass engine cover, so they frame the one part of the car Ferrari built specifically to be looked at - carbon around a display case. Carbon Fiber Side Air Splitter The side air splitter channels cooling air along the car's flanks and is finished in exposed carbon rather than painted composite. Why it matters: With a black roof above and dark weave at the waistline, the red is bracketed top and bottom - the splitter is the lower half of that arrangement, which is why the two-tone works instead of looking like an afterthought. Carbon Fiber Fog Lamp The fog lamp surround is finished in carbon fiber. Why it matters: It sits in the lowest intake area of the nose, where road debris arrives first and where painted Rosso Scuderia would show every mark - carbon here is as much a practical choice as a visual one. Leather Upholstery for Seat Backrest The rear faces of the seat backrests are upholstered in leather rather than the standard finish. Why it matters: The backs of the seats are the part of the interior nobody sitting in the car ever sees, and the first part anybody looking in through the glass does - it is trim ordered for the view from outside. Embroidered Prancing Horse on Headrest The Prancing Horse is embroidered directly into the headrests. Why it matters: On pale hide the horse reads through the shadow the stitching casts rather than through color contrast, which gives it a subtler, more tailored look than the same emblem gets in a dark interior. Black Tachometer Display The central tachometer face is finished in white in place of the standard dial. Why it matters: Yellow is the dial most buyers reach for, and black is the harder call - it ties the instrument to the pale cabin instead of shouting over it, which is the same instinct that produced the rest of this interior. Scuderia Ferrari Shields on Fenders The enamel Scuderia Ferrari shields are set into the front fenders - a factory option rather than an aftermarket addition. Why it matters: The fender is the one piece of bodywork a driver sees in their own mirror, which makes the shields the only Ferrari emblem on the car the owner looks at while actually driving it. Brake Calipers in Rosso Corsa The calipers behind the wheels are finished in Rosso Corsa against the carbon-ceramic discs. Why it matters: Rosso Corsa is a different red from the Rosso Scuderia on the body, so the calipers were specified to relate to the paint rather than disappear into it - matching exactly would have been the easier and duller decision. Front and Rear Radar Parking Distance Sensors Radar sensors at both ends of the car assist during low-speed maneuvering. Why it matters: Rearward visibility in a mid-engine berlinetta is restricted by the engine itself, and with no camera specified on this car the sensors are not a supplement to the driver's judgment - they are the whole system. 3.9-Liter Twin-Turbocharged V8 The 488's 3.9-liter twin-turbocharged V8 produces 661 horsepower at 8,000 rpm, mounted directly behind the cabin. Why it matters: In a berlinetta the engine sits behind a fixed bulkhead rather than an open cabin, and the sound arrives structurally - through the car and the seat as much as through the air, which is a different and more mechanical experience than the open version delivers. 7-Speed F1 Dual-Clutch Transmission The seven-speed F1 dual-clutch gearbox shifts through column-mounted paddles. Why it matters: A dual-clutch already has the next gear engaged on a second shaft before the driver asks for it, which is why the change happens in the time it takes to close one clutch and open another - the shift is not fast so much as already finished. Rear-Wheel Drive Power is sent to the rear wheels alone, in the classic mid-engine Ferrari layout. Why it matters: The berlinetta is the body the chassis engineers worked from, so its balance is the reference the rest of the range was measured against - this is the 488 as it was conceived, without anything added to compensate for a roof that comes off. Behind the Wheel Driven quietly, the 488 GTB is far more civil than its reputation allows. The steering is light and immediate, the softer damper setting copes with poor pavement without protest, and the light interior keeps the cabin from feeling like the narrow cell that mid-engine proportions usually produce. Then it is asked for everything, and the coupe's case makes itself. The fixed roof means the whole structure is working as one piece, so the chassis feels tighter under load and the engine's noise comes up through the car rather than over it. The torque arrives with no delay worth naming, and it keeps building all the way to 8,000 rpm. For the right owner, this is not simply a fast Ferrari. It is the version built for the driver who wanted the car exactly as its engineers drew it, and then ordered it in colors nobody else would have chosen. Preparation and Buying Confidence Before presentation, each vehicle is evaluated for cosmetic condition, mechanical integrity, and the ownership experience it is prepared to deliver. Our process includes a comprehensive exterior and interior detail, with paint correction where appropriate. Key wear items such as tires and brake components are evaluated against our internal preparation standards. This vehicle is offered with our 7-day return policy and a 2-month / 300-mile limited warranty, subject to eligibility and written terms. We can also provide high-resolution photography, a personalized walkaround, available factory documentation, vehicle-history review, and coordination of an independent inspection. The Perfect Auto Collection Difference Carefully curated luxury, exotic, and performance inventory Transparent representation and detailed condition conversations Personalized live or recorded video walkarounds Independent third-party inspections welcomed Nationwide enclosed transportation assistance Factory build-sheet and vehicle-history review Product Specialists focused on long-term relationships, not pressure Frequently Asked Questions Can I purchase this vehicle remotely? Yes. Many Perfect Auto Collection clients complete their purchase from outside Ohio using detailed photography, personalized video presentations, document review, and coordinated transportation. 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