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Read MoreCelebrating a six-decade Formula 1 partnership between Shell and Ferrari
Read MoreChassis 27577 was ordered by the Belgian Ferrari distributor, Ecurie Francorchamps, on behalf of Jean Blaton who purchased it to contest the 1979 Le Mans 24 Hour race. Blaton, who raced under…
Read MoreBy the 1970s, private commissions for special bodied sports cars had all but died out owing to inflexible modern production processes and the generally depressed state of the global economy.
Read MoreWithin a few years of the deal that had seen Fiat acquire a 50% stake in Automobili Ferrari, the Cavallino Rampante had disappeared from Sports and GT racing. This decision to quit coincided…
Read MoreThere’s just something right about a Giallo Fly Daytona and this car looks about as perfect a specimen as you could hope to find. A late US version delivered via Chinetti Garthwaite Imports in…
Read MoreCompleted in May 1971, chassis 14271 started life in “sand beige” (probably Nocciola Metallizato) with Nero upholstery. It was delivered to Ferrari’s US distributor, Luigi Chinetti, at the 1971 Le Mans…
Read MoreAs a consequence of ever-tightening emissions legislation, by 1974 Ferrari’s twelve cylinder models were frozen out of the massive United States market. With production of the Dino 246 GT…
Read MoreAt the end of a 1973 season during which it had been pipped to the World Sportscar Championship by the French state-backed Matra concern, Ferrari elected to focus its racing activities solely on…
Read MoreWhen it comes to something perfect for winding countryside roads, Ferrari’s Dino 246 GT is hard to beat. One of the earliest production cars to offer a race-inspired mid-engined layout, the little…
Read MoreChassis 21625 was a 512 BB ordered new by Ferrari and BMW main dealer Cooper on Loughborough Road in Rothley, Leicestershire. One of 101 right-hand drive examples built between 1976 and ‘81, it…
Read MoreThanks to an influx of Fiat cash in exchange for 50% of his company, Enzo Ferrari was able to create 25 examples of the Porsche 917-rivalling 512 S for 1970. That season, the 512 S was raced by…
Read MoreA little over five years after Porsche had introduced a targa-topped version of its 911, Ferrari did the same with the Dino 246. Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1972, the Dino 246 GTS…
Read MoreThe two-year battle for World Sportscar Championship supremacy in 1970 and 1971, when extraordinary five-litre Group 5 cars from Porsche and Ferrari went head-to-head with one another…
Read MoreConsidering that open top Ferraris have generally outsold their fixed head counterparts for several decades now, it seems almost inexplicable how so few customers opted for one of the firm’s most…
Read MoreFamously reluctant to adopt a mid-engined layout in Formula 1, Enzo Ferrari also erred on the side of caution when it came to replacing his esteemed line of 12 cylinder front-engined road cars with a…
Read More16 months after production of the much-loved Dino 246 GT and GTS had come to an end, Ferrari launched a replacement for their two-seat junior model. Unlike the Bertone-bodied 308 GT4 2+2…
Read MoreThe 365 GTB/4 was expected to be Ferrari’s last front V12-engined two-seater prior to the arrival of a highly anticipated new generation of mid-engined machine known to be in the pipeline. Unveiled at…
Read MoreAlthough the 512 BB’s normally aspirated five-litre Flat 12 engine had no hope of matching the monster horsepower ratings achieved by Porsche’s turbocharged three-litre Flat 6 in the pre…
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