Sergio is a roadster car that looks to the future, extreme, compact, sporty, racy, pure and sensual. An exercise in style that Pininfarina has decided to expressing themselves on the engineering of the Ferrari 458 Spider, which keeps some elements.
An element of innovation is constituted by floats and aerodynamic headrest attached to the roll rather than the body of the seats, becoming almost elements of the exterior more than the interior. In addition to ensuring maximum purity of the lines, this solution also acts as a fairing of the heads in the rear. In front of the door panel, in a small recess of the channel, are housed the two helmets. Made on a specific design of Pininfarina in collaboration with Newmax, helmets of Sergio are personalized with the color of the exterior car.
The loss of aerodynamic load on the front axle, due to the elimination of the windscreen, has been recovered from a wing inserted in the front bumper. The wing is calculated in the form and dimensions such as to give the required load at the various speeds and, at the same time, allow a correct flow of air to the radiators of the cooling system, the front seats, in a central position. To improve the protection of the occupants was made a roll-bar which has been applied a fixed spoiler that increases the downforce on the rear axle. The attention to detail goes so far as the rearview mirror, center, whose form has been aerodynamically optimized to link up with the air flow of the virtual windshield. The air intake of the engine is channeled from the air inlets in the two sides. The air vents at the base of the roll bar conveying the cooling air to the oil coolers.
Overall, the Sergio offers performance of a real sports, with a shell, the torsional stiffness greater than that of the spider of origin, thanks to the reduction in the size of the doors, and with a reduction of the total mass of about 150 kg compared to the spider. This allows good handling and a further improvement of the acceleration, the value of the 0–100 km / h, even at the top of its class, is estimated to fall below 3.4 seconds.
