Used 2016 Ferrari 488 GTS for sale in Akron

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Perfect Auto Collection Signature Listing2016 Ferrari 488 SpiderVIN ZFF80AMA0G0216972 | 19,501 milesFrom across a parking lot the only thing this car gives away is the color of the calipers. Then somebody starts it.Why We Acquired This VehicleTurbocharging gave the 488 everything except one thing, and everybody knew which one. Two turbochargers sit between the combustion and the air, and what they take is the top-end voice that defined the engines before them. The Spider is the version that argues back hardest - with the roof stowed there is nothing at all between the 3.9-liter V8 and the people in the car - and this one was ordered by somebody who understood precisely where that argument is won.It is finished in Nero DS 1250 over Nero, which is the most restrained way a 488 can be ordered and, in person, among the most effective. Against black paint the carbon fiber reads as texture rather than contrast, so the depth of the specification arrives gradually instead of all at once. The verified appointments are detailed in full below.What convinced us is how little of this build is decorative. The carbon is specified where it works as well as where it shows, the cabin was ordered for the person driving rather than for a photograph, and at 19,501 miles the car has been used as intended and looked after while being used.At a GlanceHighlights Sport Exhaust System Carbon Fiber Driver Zone LEDs Dash Inserts in Carbon Fiber Carbon Fiber Central Bridge Carbon Fiber Upper Tunnel Trim Carbon Fiber Side Air Splitter Rear Diffuser in Carbon Fiber Carbon Fiber Front Spoiler Engine Covers in Carbon Fiber Carbon Fiber Rear Air-Ducts Outer Carbon Fiber Front Trim Daytona Style Seats Full Electric Seats 20-Inch Forged Diamond Rims Red Brake Calipers Scuderia Ferrari Shields Suspension Lifter Adaptive Frontlight System Premium Hi-Fi System Front and Rear Parking Cameras Front and Rear Parking Sensors Yellow Rev Counter Inner Color Rear Leather Trim Colored Mats with Logo Heat Insulating Windshield Retractable Hardtop Exterior: Nero DS 1250 | Interior: Nero 19,501 miles 3.9-Liter Twin-Turbocharged V8 661 HP at 8,000 RPM 7-Speed F1 Dual-Clutch Transmission Rear-Wheel Drive Full PPF ZFF80AMA0G0216972+ Additional Factory Options & Features - see the complete equipment list for the full specificationThe Perfect Auto Collection Experience Personalized Video Walkarounds Independent Third-Party Inspections Welcome Nationwide Enclosed Transportation Boutique, Appointment-Level Service Transparent Representation From Start to FinishOur PerspectiveAt Perfect Auto Collection, we look past the badge and the numbers. The question we ask is whether a car was ordered by somebody who knew exactly what they wanted, and whether we would be proud to keep it in our own collection.This 488 Spider answers on both counts. The specification is unusually consistent - a car built to be driven hard and heard properly, finished in a color that refuses to help it stand out, with the carbon doing the work that paint would have done on a brighter example. Cars ordered this way tend to come from owners who have had a Ferrari before.Why Enthusiasts Value This ModelThe 488 was the first mid-engine turbocharged V8 Ferrari since the F40, and it arrived carrying the burden of proving the company had not given anything away. It made 661 horsepower and 561 lb-ft, reached 60 mph in about three seconds flat, and ran to 203 mph - but the number that mattered was throttle response, which Ferrari engineered to arrive so immediately that the usual complaint about turbocharging simply did not apply.The Spider makes the harder case. Its aluminum retractable hardtop was engineered to preserve the berlinetta's structural rigidity, so choosing the open car costs nothing in the way it drives - and it returns something the coupe cannot, which is the engine playing directly into open air a few feet behind the cabin. Production ended in 2019 when the F8 replaced it. The number of 488 Spiders is now fixed.What buyers are looking for among them is specific: carbon specification with genuine depth rather than a token piece or two, the driver-focused options that cost money and add no visible flash, mileage that shows the car was enjoyed without being exhausted, and a seller willing to state plainly what is and is not on the car. 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 HighlightsSport Exhaust SystemThe sport exhaust system replaces the standard installation behind the twin-turbocharged V8.Why it matters: This is the option that answers turbocharging's only real cost. A turbocharger is a muffler by function as well as by effect, and the sport system is what gives the 488 back its top end - on an open car, it is the single most consequential line on the order sheet.Carbon Fiber Driver Zone LEDsThe area around the wheel is finished in exposed carbon fiber and carries the LED shift lights Ferrari took directly from Formula 1.Why it matters: The lights climb the rim as the revs rise, so the driver never looks away from the road to find the shift point - on a 661-horsepower car that is as much a practical arrangement as a theatrical one.Dash Inserts in Carbon FiberCarbon fiber inserts run across the dashboard in place of leather-wrapped or painted panels.Why it matters: The dashboard is the widest uninterrupted surface in the driver's view, so specifying it in weave rather than hide sets the temperature of the whole cabin - technical rather than plush, which is the correct register for this car.Carbon Fiber Central BridgeThe central bridge carrying the 488's transmission controls is finished in exposed carbon fiber.Why it matters: The bridge is the piece that stands where Ferrari's open metal shift gate used to sit, which gives it a more direct line to the company's history than anything else in the cabin - carbon is the modern way of taking that seriously.Carbon Fiber Upper Tunnel TrimThe upper tunnel trim running between the seats is finished in exposed carbon fiber.Why it matters: It sits at elbow height and stays in peripheral vision without ever being looked at directly, which is exactly the kind of surface that decides whether a cabin feels finished or merely assembled.Carbon Fiber Side Air SplitterThe side air splitter channels cooling air along the flanks and is finished in exposed carbon rather than painted composite.Why it matters: It is doing real aerodynamic work at speed, and on a black car the weave is one of the few places light catches at all - without it the side of the car would read as a single flat shape.Rear Diffuser in Carbon FiberThe rear diffuser, one of the largest aerodynamic surfaces on the car, is finished in exposed carbon fiber.Why it matters: The diffuser generates a meaningful share of the car's rear downforce, and it also happens to be the view most other drivers get - specifying it in weave makes the departure as considered as the arrival.Carbon Fiber Front SpoilerThe front spoiler beneath the nose is finished in exposed carbon fiber.Why it matters: It is the lowest and most exposed panel on the entire car, which makes it both the piece doing the most to balance the front end and the piece an owner is most conscious of on every steep driveway.Engine Covers in Carbon FiberThe covers over the engine are finished in exposed carbon fiber beneath the 488's glass rear lid.Why it matters: Ferrari puts the engine behind glass because it is meant to be looked at, and this is the rare piece of carbon specified for somebody other than the driver - it is there for whoever is standing behind the car.Carbon Fiber Rear Air-Ducts