30 June 2009 - 10:00
Stewing the Scud
It shouldn't be a surprise that it's only taken German tuner Novitec a matter of minutes to get its grubby hands on a Ferrari Scuderia Spider.
We've only just driven the awesome drop-top Scud - make sure you find out what we thought of it in the August issue of Top Gear magazine, on sale July 15 - and we have to admit that our first thought wasn't: ‘Y'know, this feels about 186bhp short on power.'
Or, for that matter: "Y'know, this feels about 9mph too slow."
But that's what you're looking at, a 695bhp Scuderia Spider with a top speed of 205mph - the sedate, stock Scud Spider tops out at a feeble 196mph - and a 0-62mph time of 3.5 seconds, a full 0.2 quicker than the factory car.
We have to ask, as ever, the big question: why, Novitec? Why take perhaps the most focussed, brutal drop-top in the world... and attempt to make it more focussed and brutal? Why not apply your spanner to, say, the Daihatsu Sirion? Or the Hyundai i20?
Is it just because you saw that Lambo Gallardo LP550-2?
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Next they'll give a Veyron some black wheels and extra power.
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It takes a cocky and potentially foolhardy group of individuals to suggest that they know better than, or can improve upon the work of, arguably the greatest sports car manufacturer. The yellow split rims make it clear though.
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why did they give it to germans??? i know germans can make perfect cars. but ferrari is allready more than perfect. soo i dont really get the point... oh and yellow doesnt suit ferrari... lol :)
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Right I know, lets give the most soulful car (a Ferrari) to the least Soulful car production country (Germany) and TOOON IT. How dare they. I hate tuners, they ALWAYS ruin cars. if you want a faster car get a Lambo Mercialago SV. There is only one country which i will accept to tune cars, it is Japan, cus the cars used to be so shit they needed to be tuned to keep up with the ferrari's, TVR's, and Aston's!
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This is why Ferrari won't let you keep your FXX at home.
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That yellow tim on the wheels is so tacky!
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I think it looks cool, but it should just be a visual upgrade. The already awesome performance this thoroughbred churns out shouldn't be tampered with.
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why novitec. just why?
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I always like the shape of the scud , but this paint job is freaky !!!
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I always like the shape of the scud , but this paint job is freaky !!!
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i agree with astonlovers comment.
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i agree with astonlovers comment.
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paint job-sucks rims-sucks car-awesome performance-great
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I really hate turbocharger or even supercharger on a car. Damm hate!
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Metal-Omega commented on this article
30 June 2009
Well it's at least better than the Hamman stuff and what they did to the Maseratti...
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