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The high performance 2008 Ferrari F430 Challenge Stradale was inspired by the famous F430 Challenge series racer. The Challenge Stradale and all of its features will have an aggressive look about it – which will be what attracts most of us to it. It will also have a revised suspension, transmission, and carbon-fiber interior trim. This is what will separate it from the F430 coupe.

The F430 Challenge Stradale will get a 30-horsepower boost over the standard model. This would be different from the race setup, as the official Challenge Series racecars use the same 483-hp V8 as the standard coupe. We are confident that the street car will get the same F1 semiautomatic gearbox as its track-ready cousin. With quicker shifts and taller gears, the revised gearbox is specifically tailored for high-speed running.

The F430 Challenge car rids itself of the stock F430’s adjustable suspension in favor of a more one-dimensional track setup. It also uses a mechanical limited-slip rear differential instead of an electronic E-diff. Whether or not the Stradale will do the same is yet to be decided, but new safety regulations restrict it from running with the same Lexan windows as the race version.

It does look as though the Stradale will get a set of lightweight magnesium wheels, although they’ll use a street-legal five-lug design in place of the Challenge car’s center-lug race setup. One piece of hardware the two cars will share is a high-mounted exhaust, and from the looks of the measuring equipment attached it pushes the limits of legality.

The F430 Stradale will also get a stripped-down interior. Carbon-fiber door panels can be seen on this prototype and previous Challenge Stradales have done without radios — or any other luxuries for that matter. More heavily bolstered sport seats are also fitted as standard.

We should be seeing the Stradale on the roads very soon. If you are looking to get one yourself you might have to wait a few years for the price to drop. The price on the standard 2008 Challenge Stradale is $168,000 and the Challenge racecar is $227,000.

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