The Ferrari 458 Italia
has possibly won more awards than any other sports car
in history and the very latest of these was handed over
last night at the 2011 New Car Awards ceremony
held by the UK’s biggest selling weekly car magazine,
Auto Express, where the Ferrari 458 Italia took
the title of Performance Car of the Year 2011
ahead of 20 other performance cars, emerging as the
clear winner in terms of performance and handling, both
on road and on track.
The 458 Italia has
already amassed over 30 international awards. Among
these is the recent recognition received from China, now
Ferrari’s second-largest market, where the 458 Italia
was presented with the 2011 China Automobile Industry
Outstanding Achievement Award.
This accolade joins
other top awards such as BBC Top Gear’s “Car of
the Year” and “Supercar of the Year”. The car also met
with the enthusiasm of the German automotive public
which voted it Best Sports Car 2011 in the specialist
magazine Auto Motor und Sport, while in the USA
the 458 Italia won the title of World Performance Car of
the Year 2011 as well as Robb Report’s Car of
the Year 2011.
