10 Cars We’re Excited to See at the Paris Motor Show

3. Ferrari 458 Speciale A

If theoretical Italian exotic cars are tiresome to you, Ferrari will seem refreshingly straightforward. Rather than releasing a series of confusing teasers, it announced last week that it will show the convertible brother to the 458 Speciale first seen last year in Frankfurt. It’s called the 458 Speciale A (the “A” stands for Aperta, or open in Italian).

All of the red-hot excitement is still intact including Ferrari’s cutting-edge SCC side-angle slip control system that is supposed to make the car even more capable of driving at its limit. The naturally aspirated V8 – one of quickly dying breed for Ferrari – still spins out to 9,000 RPM and makes 605 hp at that speed or 398 lb-ft of torque at 6,000 RPM. In fact, the only differences are that there is now an aluminum top that opens, meaning there also isn’t a glass panel to turn the engine bay into a display case. That’s the cockpit’s job now.