SUNBURN SUPERSTAR; Ferrari raises its game with new super GT.

Byline: MATT DAVIS It's easy to think nothing could beat the Porsche 997 Carrera S cabrio for sun-loving fun. Hello, Ferrari F430 Spider. Granted, the new 911 S cabrio hits an entirely separate price point at $88,900, is the king of its bracket and, it could be argued, many higher brackets.

The F430 Spider will crack your nest egg by $195,000 when it arrives in July. Add an F1 shiftbox here, some Scaglietti personalization there, tuck in a set of ceramic brake discs, and the $200,000 mark is breached. Is it worth it? Oh yeah. The F430 blows away the 360 Modena, a car ...

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