A Ferrari sports car that forms part of the marque's evolving performance-car lineage. Introduced in 2009, it sits within Ferrari's 2000s catalogue and is shown here in chronological context. This record forms part of Discovery Timeline's Ferrari road-car archive and is designed to connect to related engines, designers, technologies, places, events and motorsport stories.
Motor Museum / Ferrari / 458 Italia
Car model · Italy
Ferrari 458 Italia
A Ferrari sports car that forms part of the marque's evolving performance-car lineage. Introduced in 2009, it sits within Ferrari's 2000s catalogue and is shown here in chronological context.
Museum interpretation
Why this car belongs in the museum.
A model is more than a set of specifications. This record combines engineering, design, production, cultural context and connections to the wider history of the motor car.
Visual archive
Look closely.
Use this gallery for exterior views, the cockpit, engine bay, materials, details, period photography and museum objects connected to the model.
Model catalogue
The nameplate in the record.
Curatorial museum content sits above the underlying structured catalogue. Observed market-year rows remain visible here as evidence, not as a claim that every global derivative is represented.
Research record
Sources behind the catalogue.
Primary manufacturer material is prioritised for specifications and production facts. Broader catalogue observations remain separately labelled.
Connected history
Keep following the thread.
The record is an entry point, not an endpoint. Follow the manufacturer, technologies, people, places, events and other objects around it.