We make no bones about being head over heels in love with the Ferrari 458 Italia. It's sexy as hell and promises to continue Maranello's habit of building supremely capable sports cars.

Ferrari unveiled the Italia last fall at the Frankfurt auto show, and on Tuesday it threw open the doors to motoring Mecca the factory to brief journalists on the 599 Hybrid we'll see at Geneva. Automobile Magazine scribe and former Jalopnik intern Eric Jingall was there, that lucky SOB, and Tweeted this pic of a 458 body looking resplendent in rosso corsa.

For those of you who haven't been paying attention, here's just one reason this car promises to be so freakin' awesome. The 4.5-liter V8 produces 570 horsepower and 398 foot pounds of torque. It's got an F1-derived dual-clutch gearbox. And it will do zero to 62 mph in less than 3.4 seconds.

Oops. That's three reasons. But who's counting?

Photo: Eric Jingall via Jalopnik / Twitpic