Ferrari tease new car – is this the new 458?

Ferrari has revealed teaser photos on Facebook for what looks to be a new model, almost certainly the new Ferrari 458 with twin turbo V8.

The Ferrari 458 has probably been around longer than it should have been, but then Ferrari has been busy developing LaFerrari and delivering the California T with its turbocharged engine.

But those two development will drive the direction of the replacement for the Ferrari 458, with styling cues from LaFerrari and power from a turbo V8. And it looks like Ferrari are about ready to reveal what the 458 is to become.

A series of tease images (one of them above) have started to appear on Ferrari’s Facebook page promising a revelation on 3 February that promises Innovation, Passion, Design and Performance, and almost certainly heralds the arrival of a new 458.

That new 458 will be an evolution of the current car, but it’ll get design cues from LaFerrari and a development of the 3.8 litre V8 turbo in the California T.

Likely to be just a shade under 4.0 litres (perfect for keeping taxes in China down), the new 458 – which, we guess, will either be the Ferrari 458 M or, perhaps, the Ferrari 408 T – will get twin turbos, dry sump lubrication and power that is likely to be above 650bhp.

We’ll find out on Wednesday what Ferrari is up to but, as seems almost certain, it’s a replacement for the 458, we can expect that to make a public debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March.