A Ferrari 365 GT4 BB rips through a forest road, with no dialogue or narration to get in the way. Just five liters of mid-engine flat-twelve and a canopy of trees.
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 MoreFamously, Enzo Ferrari had been a reluctant adoptee of the mid-engined layout, initially believing “the horse should pull the cart, not push it”. However, after a brace of promising outings with…
Read MoreDespite a long-standing relationship with Pininfarina, Ferrari commissioned Carrozzeria Bertone to design and manufacture bodywork for its first V8-engined road car. Unveiled at the Turin Motor Show…
Read MoreCelebrating a six-decade Formula 1 partnership between Shell and Ferrari
Read MoreGoing under the hammer at the RM Sotheby’s auction in Monaco on April 25th is this remarkable example of Ferrari’s first generation Berlinetta Boxer: 365 GT4 BB chassis 17785. Completed on…
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 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…
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