FERRARI

F430

A total of about 17,499 FERRARI F430 have been produced on earth in Italy between 2004 and 2009. Unveiled at the 2004 Paris Motor Show, the Ferrari F430 took the aluminium spaceframe of the 360 and rebuilt almost everything on top of it. The old 3.6-litre V8 — a descendant of the Dino unit — was replaced by an all-new 4.3-litre flat-plane-crank F136 V8 developing 490 hp at 8,500 rpm, an engine that would go on to power Maseratis and every subsequent mid-engined Ferrari V8 for a decade. Two innovations lifted straight from Formula One defined the Ferrari F430: the E-Diff electronic differential, and the manettino, the little red rotary switch on the steering wheel that lets the driver reconfigure the differential, traction control, damping and gearshift speed in one twist. Pininfarina's restyle gave the F430 the twin oval intakes inspired by the 156 'Sharknose' Formula One car and a Formula-1-derived flat underbody with a rear diffuser. The Spider followed in 2005. In 2007 Ferrari introduced the 430 Scuderia, developed with Michael Schumacher's input: 510 hp, 100 kg lighter, carbon-ceramic brakes as standard and a 60-millisecond gearshift. It was joined in 2008 by the 430 Scuderia Spider 16M, a 499-unit celebration of Ferrari's sixteenth Formula One constructors' title. Around 17,499 Ferrari F430 cars of all types were built before the 458 Italia arrived in 2009, and the F430 — particularly in six-speed manual form, of which very few were made — has become one of the most closely watched modern Ferraris on the market. Upgrades & evolutions during the Ferrari F430 production: FERRARI - F430 Berlinetta (4.3 V8, 490 hp) : 2004 - 2009 FERRARI - F430 Spider : 2005 - 2009 FERRARI - F430 Challenge (one-make racer) : 2006 - 2009 FERRARI - 430 Scuderia (510 hp, ~2,000 built) : 2007 - 2009 FERRARI - 430 Scuderia Spider 16M (499 built) : 2008 - 2009 Average quotation for the Ferrari F430: cheapest US$110,000, average US$197,391, most expensive US$1,650,000 (listings and auction results, 2021 and 2026). CLASSIC.COM: F430 all-variant average US$197,391; 430 Scuderia US$295,617; Scuderia Spider 16M US$529,974. High US$1,650,000 for a 2009 430 Scuderia (17 Jan 2026).