2012 was Ferrari's 20th year in China, and to celebrate ferrari's 20th anniversary in the Chinese market, Ferrari launched a special version of the 458 Italia for China. The first car Ferrari sold in China 20 years ago was the Ferrari 348, the owner was Li Xiaohua of Beijing, and the black license plate of the Beijing A00001 that car circle knew, so Ferrari specially chose to release this special edition of the 458 Italia in Beijing 20 years later.
458 Italia China Dragon Limited Edition model is limited to 20 vehicles worldwide, the starting price is 5.588 million, 20 cars are only sold in the Chinese market, the number of 20 units is simply not enough for so many rich people in China, and the quota of 20 vehicles is roughly distributed in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shangsha, Xiamen, Beijing and other places. One of them was also on display at the Italian Center in Shanghai Expo Park for 3 years, and now 10 years later, the well-conditioned Ferrari Dragon edition is still a good collection.
The design of the 458 Italia China Dragon Limited Edition was inspired by the "Dragon Horse" theme created by artist Ma Xingwen, in fact, Ferrari is not the first time to cooperate with Chinese artists, the Ferrari 599GTB Chinese Ceramic Limited Edition is in collaboration with Chinese artist Lu Hao. Compared to the regular version of the 458 version, the limited edition is easily recognizable in appearance, and the front cover has a golden dragon, which coincides with the Ferrari "Prancing Horse" logo.
Red is a color that Ferrari can't avoid, Ferrari has many kinds of red, such as Rosso Corsa (racing red), Rosso Scuderia (Ferrari team red), Rosso Mugello (Mugello red) and so on, the limited edition body color is a special "Mark Polo red", very historical. The wheels used in the special edition model are still luxurious gold wheels, and the interior is also decorated with a lot of gilding, which also highlights the luxury of this car. Ceramic brake discs became standard in this car.
The interior is decorated with gilded gold in many places, such as the 458 logo on the instrument panel, the black seats are stitched with gold lines, the dragon lettering is on the headrest, and the 20th anniversary nameplate on the co-pilot's instrument panel. On the boot button of the steering wheel, the normal version is in English, and the limited edition uses Chinese "start".
Looking at its body from the side, there are some shark shield scale lines, and under various measures to reduce drag, the wind resistance coefficient of the Ferrari 458 is still as high as 0.33 (Cd), which is the same as an Audi Q5 or Lexus RX. Some people say that Ferrari is difficult to drive, but driving a 458 is not difficult, the 4.5-liter V8 naturally aspirated engine is a small displacement in the supercar, but after various racing technology, it can output 570 horsepower and 540 Nm of torque.
Players know that buying Ferrari Limited Edition = buying wealth management products, such as Ferrari Rafa. Although the dragon version of the Ferrari 458 has only 20 vehicles, which is more rare than rafa, but the retention rate does not seem to be satisfactory, taking the F430 Scuderia as an example, the starting price in the United States was 230,000 yuan that year, and the current car quality is sold for 250,000-300,000 US dollars overseas. Look at the dragon version of 458, which landed more than 6 million that year, and the current good car condition will not exceed 3 million, losing half.