The Ferrari 430 Scuderia has received its Swedish première at the sports-and-prestige car MPH Motor Show, which is being held at the 'Factory' in Nacka Strand, Stockholm, this weekend.

The Ferrari 430 Scuderia has received its Swedish première at the sports-and-prestige car MPH Motor Show, which is being held at the 'Factory' in Nacka Strand, Stockholm, this weekend.

The latest Ferrari sports car model which received its world debut at the Frankfurt IAA last autumn, the 430 Scuderia, is an uncompromising high performance machine that continues the theme of the F1 team's technology being transferred to the road division by the Maranello concern.

Prior to the opening of the show, the 430 Scuderia was unveiled to a select group of Ferrari Sweden's guests at the Factory, and they were treated to a buffet and drinks party. Many famous Swedes were present, including Per Gessle of Roxette pop group fame. All those who attended greatly admired the first Swedish customer version, a stunning black car with the twin thin body length stripes in grey. It is being delivered to the Swedish entrepreneur and real estate developer, Sven-Olof Johansson. He is also a well known driver in the Ferrari Challenge Scandinavia.

The MPH Motor Show format focuses just on performance and luxury cars, and the mix of brands on show in the Stockholm edition include AMG, Bentley, Cadillac, Corvette, Ferrari, Hummer, Jaguar, Jeep, Land Rover, Lexus, Maserati, Porsche. Also out in force at its 'home' motor show is Swedish supercar maker Koenigsegg, with a trio of its distinctive cars, the CCX, CCR and CCGT Le Mans.

As well as the potent new Ferrari 430 Scuderia, another striking Italian machine is making its Swedish debut at the show this weekend, this time Maserati's luxurious Quattroporte Sport GT S. Other Swedish premières at the show include the Mercedes-Benz AMG C63, Audi RS6, BMW M3 sedan, Jaguar XF 2.7 D and V8 S/C, Porsche GT2 and Cayenne GTS.

The Ferrari 430 Scuderia and the Maserati Quattroporte GT S are just two of the many eye catching Italian cars on show: Ferrari is also represented by the four-seat 612 Scaglietti, a metallic black example with tan leather interior lining up alongside the similar-coloured 430 Scuderia, while the latter brand has the well received new GranTurismo on show. Alfa Romeo is also out in force with a quartet of its sporty cars: the Alfa 159 TI, Brera, Spider and GT. Finally Lamborghini has two of its V10 engine Gallardo sports car models on display: the lightweight Superleggera and open-topped Spyder.

Photos: Peter Ljungqvist