The Ferrari 458 Italia is a mid-engined sports car produced by the Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari.  The 458 Italia replaces the Ferrari F430.  The 458 Italia was officially unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show on 15 September 2009.

The 458 Italia is powered by a 4.5 L (270 cu in) V8 engine derived from a shared Ferrari/Maserati design, producing 570 PS (419 kW; 562 hp) at 9,000 rpm (redline) and 540 N·m (398 lb·ft) at 6,000 rpm with 80% torque available at 3,250 rpm.  The engine features direct fuel injection, which is a first for Ferrari mid-engine setups in its road cars.  Ferrari's official 0-100 km/h (62.1 mph) acceleration is 3.3 seconds, while top speed is 325 km/h (202 mph).

At 127PS/L the 458 held the title of highest specific output naturally-aspirated petrol engine ever in a production road car.  The 458 Speciale raised this record to 134PS/L.

The only transmission available on the 458 is a dual-clutch 7-speed GETRAG gearbox, in a different state of tune shared with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.  There is no traditional manual option, making this the fourth road-car after the Enzo, Challenge Stradale, and 430 Scuderia not to be offered with Ferrari's classic gated manual.

The car's suspension features double wishbones at the front and a multi-link set-up at the rear, coupled with E-Diff and F1-Trac traction control systems, designed to improve the car's cornering and longitudinal acceleration by 32% when compared with its predecessors.

The brakes include a prefill function whereby the pistons in the calipers move the pads into contact with the discs on lift-off to minimize delay in the brakes being applied.  This combined with the ABS has reduced 100–0 km/h (62.1-0 mph) braking distance to 32.5 metres (107 ft).

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