Ferrari likely used this 458 prototype to test the LaFerrari's V-12 engine, which makes it quite a rarity. In fact, it's even better that there isn't a hybrid system attached to this prototype.

There's a serious problem for Ferrari collectors who badly want Ferrari's latest V12 engine ... test vehicle. Greg23 goes on to clarify that this 458 Italia doesn't come with the LaFerrari's ...

In other words, this 458 prototype was originally a Ferrari mule used for the development of the LaFerrari’s V12 powertrain. Could it be that the Italians sold the car to Greg23 to use ...

It was one of three hybrid hypercars created by Ferrari ... engine, which was a precursor to the V12 that would eventually find its way into the final LaFerrari. The mule car also provided a test ...

At the end of a busy side street, gates opened and the shuttle van entered the grounds of Pista di Fiorano, Ferrari's test ... the LaFerrari quicker. The electric motor fills in where the engine ...

The LaFerrari, Ferrari ... to test out key components. The clandestine nature of the LaFerrari's development process resulted in the M6 looking like a crumpled 458, complete with a messy engine ...

I last drove on this road in November 2009 in the then-new Ferrari 458 ... Ferrari test driver Raffaele De Simone, a typically compact, trim Italian racer. The path to making the LaFerrari more ...

LaFerrari is Ferrari's first supercar in more than a decade, after the Enzo launched in 2002. LaFerrari is a technological wonder, with a semihybrid engine ... company's Fiorano test track.