2016 Ferrari 488 Spider

Make

Ferrari

Model

488 Spider

Year

2016

Listed price

$349,995

Location

Akron, Ohio

Transmission

7-Speed Automatic

Mileage

17,212 miles

Perfect Auto Collection Signature Listing 2016 Ferrari 488 Spider VIN ZFF80AMAXG0219071 | 16,834 miles Ferrari painted this one twice before it ever left Maranello. Nothing about the rest of the order was cautious either. Why We Acquired This Vehicle Most 488 Spiders were ordered well. A smaller number were ordered by somebody who treated the option list as a design brief rather than a menu. This is one of those, and we know it precisely rather than approximately, because the car arrived with its original Monroney label. That document shows it left Maranello at a total of $348,103 against a $272,700 port-of-entry price - more than seventy-five thousand dollars of specification on a car that needed none of it to be extraordinary. The money went into the paintwork, into carbon fiber inside and out, and into the exhaust system. Every one of those choices is verified below rather than assumed. It is finished in Bianco Avus over Nero. White is the hardest color to specify well on a mid-engine car, because it flattens surfaces that darker paint would sculpt - which is exactly why the carbon and the darker second color matter so much here. At 16,834 miles it has been used as intended and looked after while being used. At a Glance Highlights Carbon Fiber Driver Zone + LEDs Carbon Fiber Dashboard Inserts Carbon Fiber Rear Air-Ducts Outer Carbon Fiber B-Post Trim Carbon Fiber Side Air Splitter Carbon Fiber Central Bridge Carbon Fiber Fog Lamp Titanium Exhaust Pipes Yellow Brake Calipers Horse Stitched on Headrest Colored Mats with Logo Retractable Hardtop Exterior: Bianco Avus | Interior: Nero 16,834 miles 3.9-Liter Twin-Turbocharged V8 661 HP at 8,000 RPM 7-Speed F1 Dual-Clutch Transmission Rear-Wheel Drive Carbon-Ceramic Brakes Original MSRP as Delivered: $348,103 ZFF80AMAXG0219071 + 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 sets this Spider apart is that we can prove the answer rather than assert it. The window sticker turns a description into a record - the appointments, what each cost, and what the car totaled when it was new. Buyers at this level have learned to be skeptical of listings that describe a specification without documenting one, and this car settles that question before the conversation starts. Why Enthusiasts Value This Model The 488 returned turbocharging to Ferrari's mid-engine V8 for the first time since the F40, and the Spider is where the case is hardest to argue with. Its aluminum retractable hardtop was engineered to preserve the berlinetta's rigidity, so choosing the open car costs nothing structurally - and it returns the one thing a coupe cannot, which is 661 horsepower playing into open air a few feet behind the cabin. The chassis was never an afterthought either. Side-slip angle control, magnetorheological damping, and carbon-ceramic brakes came as standard equipment on every car, which is why the 488 flatters a good driver rather than merely tolerating one. Production ended in 2019 when the F8 replaced it, and the number of 488 Spiders is now fixed. What buyers are looking for among them is specific: carbon specified with real depth rather than a token piece, a paint and trim combination that took thought, mileage low enough to matter, and original factory documentation proving how the car was built rather than how it is described. That last one separates a handful of cars from the rest of the market - and 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 Body Painting The bodywork was painted in two colors at the factory, at $11,812 - by a wide margin the largest single option on this car's window sticker. Why it matters: This is not a wrap or a respray, and it is not something a later owner can replicate without repainting the car. It costs what it costs because a second color means masking, curing, and finishing the body twice in Maranello - which is why two-tone 488s are uncommon and why the ones that exist were ordered by people who knew exactly what they were asking for. Titanium Exhaust Pipes The exhaust pipes are specified in titanium rather than the standard material, at $2,529. Why it matters: Titanium is lighter than steel and holds its finish under sustained heat, but the reason to order it on a Spider is simpler than that - the tips sit directly below where the roof disappears, and with the top stowed this is the one option on the sheet the driver hears rather than sees. Carbon Fiber Driver Zone + LEDs The area around the wheel is finished in exposed carbon and carries the LED shift lights Ferrari borrowed from Formula 1, at $7,593 - the most expensive interior option on the sticker. Why it matters: The case for the LED bar is strongest in an open car, where sunlight washes across the instrument cluster and a screen becomes harder to read - lights mounted at the top of the wheel stay legible in conditions where a dial does not. Carbon Fiber Dashboard Inserts Carbon fiber inserts run across the dashboard in place of painted or leather-wrapped panels, at $6,748. Why it matters: These are the panels an owner could otherwise have had painted to match the exterior, and choosing weave instead keeps the cabin reading as engineering rather than decoration - a decision that takes some discipline on a car ordered with two exterior colors. Carbon Fiber Rear Air-Ducts The rear air ducts feeding the engine bay are finished in exposed carbon fiber, at $4,219. Why it matters: A twin-turbocharged engine rejects considerably more heat than the naturally aspirated V8s that came before it, so these ducts are doing more work in a 488 than their equivalent did in a 458 - hardware with a real job, ordered to look like it has one. Outer Carbon Fiber B-Post Trim The outer B-post trim is finished in carbon fiber, at $3,615. Why it matters: With the roof stowed the B-post becomes the tallest point on the car and the frame around the open cabin, so on a white Spider it is the strongest vertical line in the entire profile - a piece of the body that a coupe owner would have no reason to think about at all. 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, at $3,615. Why it matters: Against Bianco Avus the dark weave is maximum contrast, and it lands exactly where the 488's flank is most sculpted - which is what keeps a white car from looking like a single smooth shape from the side. Carbon Fiber Central Bridge The central bridge carrying the signature transmission controls is finished in exposed carbon fiber, at $2,868. Why it matters: The bridge sits suspended above the tunnel rather than resting on it, which means light passes around it and it is visible from both seats and from outside the car - the piece of the interior most likely to end up in every photograph taken of the cabin. Carbon Fiber Fog Lamp The fog lamp surround is finished in carbon fiber, at $2,024. Why it matters: It is a small part at the very bottom of the nose, and its presence is the clearest sign that this order was worked through methodically - by the time somebody is specifying carbon on the fog lamp, they have already said yes to everything above it. Yellow Brake Calipers The calipers behind the wheels are finished in yellow against the carbon-ceramic discs, at $1,516. Why it matters: Yellow is the color of Modena and the background of the Prancing Horse itself, and behind an open wheel on a white car it is unmissable - the one detail that names the marque from a distance without a badge being visible. Horse Stitched on Headrest The Prancing Horse is embroidered directly into the headrests, at $1,266. Why it matters: On a Spider with the roof down the headrests are visible from outside the car, which makes this the rare interior personalization that other people actually see - stitched into the hide rather than applied to it. Colored Mats with Logo Color-matched floor mats carry the Ferrari logo in place of the standard set, at $1,348. Why it matters: Mats are the only part of a cabin that genuinely wears out, so a matched original set still in place is a small piece of evidence about how the car has been treated across its first sixteen thousand miles. Retractable Hardtop The 488 Spider's aluminum retractable hardtop stows beneath the rear deck and can be operated at low speed. Why it matters: A metal roof means there is no fabric to fade, shrink, or crack with age, which is why a ten-year-old folding-hardtop car presents the way this one does - and why the Spider is as sealed and quiet as a coupe on the days an owner wants it to be. 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: The number that matters is not the horsepower but the engine speed it arrives at - most turbocharged engines are finished well before 8,000 rpm, and Ferrari's refusal to accept that is why this one still asks to be taken to the top of every gear. 7-Speed F1 Dual-Clutch Transmission The seven-speed F1 dual-clutch gearbox shifts through paddles fixed to the steering column rather than the wheel. Why it matters: Column-mounted paddles stay exactly where the driver's hands expect them no matter how much lock is wound on, which is a racing convention rather than a styling one - and the reason a mid-corner upshift never becomes a search. Rear-Wheel Drive Power is sent to the rear wheels alone, in the classic mid-engine Ferrari layout. Why it matters: Ferrari paired rear drive with side-slip angle control specifically so the electronics could permit a degree of movement rather than shutting it down, which is what makes the 488 feel like it is cooperating with the driver instead of correcting them. Carbon-Ceramic Brakes Carbon-ceramic discs are fitted at all four corners as standard equipment on the 488. Why it matters: They resist the fade that would otherwise end a spirited drive early, and because carbon-ceramic discs last far longer than iron ones, the brake hardware on a well-kept 488 is generally a question a buyer can set aside. Behind the Wheel Roof up, in traffic, the 488 Spider is far more agreeable than its specification suggests. The magnetorheological dampers take the sting out of poor pavement, the gearbox slurs quietly at low speed, and the car never demands anything from a driver who is simply going somewhere. The character changes with the roof. Lowered, the engine stops being something behind a bulkhead and starts being something in the car with you - and taken to the top of a gear it produces a hard, metallic top end that no coupe can reproduce, because a coupe puts a roof between the source and your ears. The torque is immediate, the chassis stays composed, and the speed builds faster than the calm inside suggests it should. For the right owner, this is not simply a fast Ferrari. It is the one ordered by somebody who wanted the sky above them, the noise behind them, and a car that would never be mistaken for anyone else's. 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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