Despite only 400 Ferrari Enzos being produced in total (not including the even more extreme FXX and FXX Evolution models), German tuner Edo Competition has managed to turn the ultra-rare supercar into a street-legal version of the FXX Evolution.

For anyone unfamiliar with the FXX and FXX Evolution, the cars are a development test-bed for new technologies that will eventually filter across to Ferrari’s road cars. Those few lucky owners are given the chance to drive it regularly on Ferrari’s Fiorano test track in Italy, where the automaker’s own engineers compile useful data from the track sessions to help develop future models.

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In the midst of all the IAA 2009 press releases, Ferrari managed to find time to give us an online 458 Italia configurator. Along with the new peak into what the option’s list will be, they offered us a few more photo’s which we’ve included at the end of this post.

To get you started we’ve included a few pictures of our 458 Italia, inside and out! We started off with a Nero exterior alongside some 20-inch forged sport rims. Next we chose to add an Argento Alluminio colouring to the brake callipers and ticked the tyre pressure check, Scuderia shields, front and rear parking sensors and the rest of the options.

The interior was the tricky part. We’ve never really had a thing for Ferrari interiors. However, after a running through the options we went two-tone with Nero as our main colour and Sabbia to finish it off! Bianco stitching seemed to look fine so we ticked that box. We stuck to all the standard colours after this and finished our 458 Italia off with Alcantara arm rest’s, Ipod connection and Sat-Nav!

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Power increase 170 hp – contains new steel cylinder and piston 6.3 l (same like FXX ), new camshafts, new Titan valve springs, new Titan connecting rods, new oil cooling piston pipes, new exhaust manifolds, sport catalytic stainless, sport catalytic converter, sport air filter, air-ram system, fuel cooling system, new clutch, all bearings new, new oil pump, new gaskets, and dyno running with all work
Sport catalytic converter stainless with two level switch controlled sound system, new tail pipes in carbon. Volume of the exhaust per button push adjustable
Ceramic sports break system with 396 mm brake disc front and 360 mm brake disc rear, special brake pads in front and rear
Wheels can be painted in different designs
Tyre-air-pressure control system shows pressure and temperature per wheel
Design modification outside for example complete different colour
Independently adjustable dumping technology – rebound and compression dumping like FIA – GT MC12
Air-in-take from carbon
Weight reducing program 100 kg!!
New Racing wheels front 10 x 19 with 265/35 ZR 19 Michelin, rear 13 x 20 with 335/30 ZR 20 Michelin

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Ferrari 458 Italia at the Frankfurt Auto Show.
Short of a test drive or actually owning one, this is the next best thing… the official Ferrari 458 Italia Movie! As we’ve seen this past week the new Fezza has made it’s public debut at this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show.

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Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari


Ferrari left Kimi Raikkonen’s future open to speculation Sunday despite the 2007 Formula One champion reaching the podium for a fourth straight race at the Italian Grand Prix.

Team principal Stefano Domenicali refused to say whether the Finn will drive for the team next year despite being under contract for 2010.

Speculation is intense that Ferrari is set to hire two-time world champion Fernando Alonso from Renault, especially after the Italian team signed Spanish bank Banco Santander as a main sponsor for five years from 2010.

Raikkonen has single-handedly kept Ferrari third in the constructors’ series thanks to his recent performances, including a victory at Belgium. Teammate Felipe Massa is still recovering from surgery on multiple skull fractures after a violent crash in Hungary, but is expected to return next year.

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2009 EDO Competition Ferrari Enzo XX Specifications

Engine V12 cylinder 6.3 ltr.
Power est. 800 hp/(588 kW) / 8.500/min
Max. torque est. 780 Nm / 5.800/min

Performance

Top speed > 380 km/h
0 – 100 km/h (0 – 62 mph) est. 3.2s
0 – 200 km/h (0 – 124 mph) est. 9.0s
0 – 300 km/h (0 – 186 mph) est. 19.0s

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