Ferrari cars for sale in Beverly Hills, California

2016 Ferrari FF 2016 Used Automatic

$268,880

Beverly Hills, California

Frank Salehi (844) 866-6763 9022 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills California 90211 ? ? ? ? 2016 Ferrari FF Vehicle Information VIN: ZFF73SKA6G0215241 Stock: UBG215241 Mileage: 1,628 Color: Black Trans: Automatic Engine: 12-Cylinder MPG: Drivetrain: ? ? ? ? 1 of 9 ? View Large Images ? ? ?Directions to Dealer ?Contact Us Options and Standard Features Basic Information Stock Number: UBG215241 VIN Number: ZFF73SKA6G0215241 Make: Ferrari Model: FF Model Year: 2016 Exterior Color: Black Engine Engine Description: 12-Cylinder DriveTrain Transmission: Automatic Contact Maserati McLaren Beverly Hills 9022 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills California 90211 View Map Ask for:Frank Salehi Contact: ?Contact Us Main:(844) 866-6763 Terms Placing a Bid: Your bid constitutes a legally binding contract to purchase this vehicle. Please do not bid if you're not seriously interested or financially able to purchase this vehicle. 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2012 Ferrari California Base Convertible 2-Door 2012 Ferrari California Convertible. Free Maintenance 2019

$125,877

Beverly Hills, California

Free Ferrari Factory Maintenance until 2019 Rare color combo: Grey / Beige 20” diamond finish sport wheels Navigation & Parking Sensors Originally purchased from Ferrari Beverly Hills Maintained by Ferrari Beverly Hills Looks and drives like brand new I have connections with a couple exotic leasing and financing companies if you need financing Call or TXT Matt for more info: (424) 259-2357 Call or TXT Matt for more info: (424) 259-2357 Call or TXT Matt for more info: (424) 259-2357 Call or TXT Matt for more info: (424) 259-2357 Call or TXT Matt for more info: (424) 259-2357

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1996 Ferrari 355 Ferrari F355 SPIDER UNIQUE CLASSIC COLOR 355 SERVICED HRE MANUAL GEARBOX TUBI

$84,900

Beverly Hills, California

THIS FERRARI CURRENTLY HAS A CLEAR AND UNBRANDED TITLE. (Ebay needs to clarify its “Vehicle Title” designation.) Detailed history for this Ferrari outlined below. This is perhaps the rarest and most striking of all F355 Ferrari Spiders. While there are literally thousands of red, yellow and black 355s this is the only classic Le Mans blue over Bordeaux 355 Spider known to exist. This is a classic color combination that was popular on classic Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati from the golden era of motoring and remains so, such so that when Ferrari unveiled its hyper rare F60, of which only 10 of the $2.5 million dollar cars were ever built, it was a blue car with a red interior…much like the 1950s California Spider with the same color combination. Presently on display at the Petersen Museum is the latest Bugatti (nearly $3 million) and it is painted in a nearly identical color combination. When Ferrari/Maserati designer Jason Castriota, who designed the 599, Maserati Birdcage 75th and the Maserati GranTurismo, decided to build a million dollar one-off 599 for his father he too chose blue over red for his personal creation. This Ferrari features the very expensive ($10,000 I’m told) option of the upper dash and steering wheel in red leather along with dark navy blue carpets that contrast beautifully yet subtlety with the red interior and complement the matching blue exterior. The $7,000 HRE wheels really compliment this Ferrari’s color combination while giving much better grip and braking thanks to the larger front and rear high performance tires. Factory muffler presently installed but I also have a Tubi Exhaust that I may install this week. Four new Michelin Pilot Sport tires (~$1,500). The typical shrinking leather dash on the F355 was just addressed with thousands spent on new leather. Similarly, the red leather cover for the top is also new ($1500). The red leather interior, including the very expensive OPTION of a full red leather dash and matching steering wheel (said to be a $10,000 option), is in excellent condition as are the beautifully contrasting navy carpets with matching Ferrari original navy floor mats. A full engine out service was performed less than 1000 miles ago. New hood and trunk struts were installed. There are no sticky parts. Gorgeous $1,000 carbon fiber door sill trim panels have been fitted. (The blue you see on the left side of the engine panel is merely a reflection from the bar: The panel is actually black and matches the panel on the right side.) This Ferrari 355 is in exceptional show condition. The 355 is appreciating and on its way to collector car status. ROAD & TRACK listed it as one of the 10 best looking mid-engined Ferraris of all time, saying it sounds “incredible” and that its “styling has aged well, perhaps looking better than when it was first introduced.” The great Phil Hill described it as one of the 10 best Ferraris ever built. Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson said it was “the nicest car I have ever ever driven.” He then said he came back from that drive and decided “I have to have one, I have to have one. I have to.” He then went out and bought one for himself. After buying it he said “it’s still the best car I’ve ever driven.” Richard Hammond recently described the 355 in glowing terms as well in an article (below), echoing Road and Track’s sentiment, stating: “If anything, the 355 has somehow got more attractive in the 19 years since it arrived.” A recent 5,600 mile reviewer of the 355 for AutoLog noted: “I’m paraphrasing, but Autoblog reader Paul Dyer asked me one day, ‘Want to drive my 1998 Ferrari F355 Spider from San Jose, California, to me in Newfoundland?’ I'm also paraphrasing and leaving out some colorful but unpublishable language, but essentially I said, "Yes." That's how I ended up on a two-week, 5,600-mile road trip, getting an extensive and intimate look at one of the most spectacular cars of our generation. Here's what I discovered. To paraphrase, you don't even know how badly you want an F355. The F355 Spider is the last beautiful Ferrari. Subsequent stallions are modern and dramatic, the F355 is eternally gorgeous, like Brunelleschi's doors and sunsets in Viareggio. The Iliad would still make sense if you said the Greeks took to ship after a Trojan keyed Menelaus' F355. You cannot say the same about the 348, or even the 458 (though we do love it so). “Road & Track said the F355 had "probably the best sports-car engine ever made." Jeremy Clarkson said it was the best car he'd ever driven. That owner who said he wouldn't recommend it? He's had two, and still uses one as his daily driver.” On Pistonheads it was also said the 355 was the last “truly beautiful” Ferrari. In fact, it’s a common notion that the 355 was the last truly classically pretty Ferrari. The 355 is the last Ferrari built with a throttle cable between the gas pedal and the throttle bodies on the engine and a rod operated manual gearbox. It is the last “small” Ferrari. It is the last traditionally built Ferrari. It is the Ferrari that saved Ferrari and turned its reputation around in the mid-1990s. It is well on its way to being a collector’s Ferrari. See the article below comparing the F355 to the Dino. The 355 is a great investment. It's the end of the Enzo era inspired cars, the last of the hand-built cars and they made very few with just 2,664 six speed manual transmission spiders being made for the world. Compare that to the 360 where Ferrari made more than 13,000 of that model approximately half of which are spiders! This is the end of the small, svelte go-kart like handling Ferraris. It sounds more like an F1 car than any other road Ferrari. It has 5 valve per cylinder and titanium connecting rods. It is the last of the Ferrari with a manual transmission and a true throttle cable as opposed to indirect drive by wire found in the 360 and later cars. It is the best shifting, best driving true sports car from Ferrari bridging the analog cars to digital cars threshold. The 458 spider is an amazing car but it was mass produced, still costs around $250k and only comes with an automatic transmission and drive by wire, doesn't sound as good as the F355, and as a spider doesn't look as good as the F355 with its two giant humps behind the seats. It’s also huge compared to a 355 and takes no driver skill and has far less driver involvement. If you are wanting a true classic Ferrari experience with modern performance capabilities the F355 is the only car that fits the bill. Fast, fun, lightweight, sounds great, great to look at, and by today’s Ferrari standards produced in limited numbers. More fun and nimble than a 550, the other last analog Ferrari. The F355 will only appreciate as a classic in the future. HISTORY This Ferrari currently has a clear title. I have the full history of the car and I have spoken to the prior owner of the vehicle responsible for bringing the car to California. Please read the full history. Here is the history for this Ferrari: The prior California owner, then an Executive with Warner Brothers, purchased the car from Huntingridge Motors in 2005. One evening he was celebrating the conclusion of a work project at a Hotel on the corner of La Cienega Blvd and Beverly Blvd here in Los Angeles. He let the manager from computer animation company they were working with drive his Ferrari as she stated she had never driven a Ferrari before. They sat at a light at that intersection adjacent to the hotel. I have spoken to both the owner and the driver and both state what happened next. Their left turn arrow turned green. She started her left turn and was driving slowly. The owner told her to give it some gas. She gave it only a slight amount of gas. He then instructed her to give it some more gas. By now they were midway through the turn. She gave it a lot more gas just as the car came into its powerband and the car spun as it was already mid-turn. The car was not going very fast as she was just turning left at the intersection where the hotel is located. With the Ferrari fishtailing, the Ferrari’s rear wheel hit the sidewalk. They both got out of the car and were actually relieved to see there was no body damage. Even the wheel itself looked okay but clearly the A-arm had bent as a result of hitting the curb. I have obtained the insurance company photographs which confirm this as well. Not one body panel on the car was damaged, no airbags deployed nor was there any serious damage. All the damage was of the simple bolt-off, bolt-on repair variety that could have been done by a weekend hobbyist. At that time the owner of the Ferrari desired a BMW Z8. So the Ferrari was taken to Ferrari of Beverly Hills, the most expensive place probably in the nation to service and repair a Ferrari. Just as expected, they wrote an over the top Beverly Hills Ferrari repair estimate as each brand new part from their retail price sheet was expensive (and typically more expensive than even other Ferrari dealers). For example, Beverly Hills Ferrari wanted nearly $15,000 to replace the rear suspension corner, which consists of jut four nuts to mount the top and four nuts and bolts to mount the A arms and a complete assembly was then on sale on Ebay for $1,500. Thus, Ferrari of Beverly Hills did what was expected, they wrote a high estimate. Also as expected, Mercury Insurance concluded it would be more cost effective to pay off the car and then sell the car at an auction. As the car still looked very good without any damaged body panels, a new looking interior and super low miles, Mercury calculated it would generate a good auction sale value. What most people don’t realize is that with expensive cars like Ferraris insurance companies are quick to right them off not because the cars are ‘totaled’ but because it makes economic sense for them to do so. By paying the car off and then selling it at an auction Mercury could avoid having to pay other non-repair costs, such as rental car and loss of use of the Ferrari. The owner of the Ferrari would have been entitled to a rental car that was comparable to his Ferrari and here in LA they rent these cars out at more than $1,000 per day. Not only would it take time for BH Ferrari to repair the car but they might have to wait for parts to arrive from Italy, further driving up the rental car costs. Whether a loss of use claim or a rental car cost, renting a Ferrari is typically over $1,000 a day and if the car took four to six weeks to repair which was entirely possible (e.g., waiting for parts from Italy) that cost alone could be in excess of $30,000. As the owner had his eye on a Z8 he was happy to have Mercury “total” his Ferrari. With such a low mileage Ferrari with visibly little damage at all, Mercury believed they could get $45,000 to $50,000 for the Ferrari at an auction and save $30k in rental and loss of use fees and with the owner having “only” paid approximately $70k for the Ferrari, Mercury made a business decision to cut a check and sell the car at an auction. Mercury turned this paper into California’s DMV who then proceeded to issue a branded California title. A gentleman purchased the Ferrari and had it repaired. The Ferrari was registered in Illinois where a clear (non-branded) title was issued. This Ferrari was never issued a branded title because of extensive damage. On the contrary, it was branded simply because Mercury concluded it would be more cost efficient to sell the car at an auction. I have this information straight from Mercury Insurance records, including numerous photos from Mercury Insurance, and from speaking directly with the owner and the driver of the Ferrari. I contacted the State of California about correcting their records and they said they would not. Legal action was then taken against the State of California to correct their records to accurately reflect the truth of what happened and for them to cease falsely representing the car’s history. However, the State of California argued even if their information was false they were nevertheless protected by government immunity statutes and the Judge agreed. The case was dismissed but not before I was able to obtain the car's records. These records show the car was never totaled, was never a salvage vehicle or rebuilt. They all show the mileage is completely accurate. There are many cars on Ebay, including Ferraris, Porsche and Lamborghinis that have had far greater mishaps but have these issues unreported. With this car you know exactly what you are getting thanks to the documented history including photographs. Owners Manual and tool kit included. From CLASSIC DRIVER: Has the Ferrari F355 already become a classic? 22 August 2014 Inheriting the proportions of its predecessor, the Ferrari F355 was outwardly a much better-resolved proposition, both aesthetically and aerodynamically. But beneath the smoother skin were further major advancements, including power steering, variable damping, and a 100cc engine enlargement to 3.5 litres. In revised form, the now-375bhp V8 revved out to 8,500rpm and, even more impressively, conjured more bhp per litre than the V12 in the McLaren F1. “It was also the first truly reliable Ferrari,” adds Hartley Junior. “Unlike the Testarossa and 348, you could invariably put one in for a routine service without being hit with an astronomical bill.”As one era was beginning, another was coming to an end: it was to be the last of the breed to be hand-built, with the 360 and later descendants moving to mass production. “Perhaps this is why it’s similar to the F40 and F50 in the way it follows the trends of the classic car market,” ponders Hartley Junior. “In recent years, values of the 355 have climbed 25-30% – influenced somewhat by the 328 GTS – and I think this will continue to be the case. I can see this particular example being a quarter-of-a-million-pound car within the next 10 years.” “The 355 was a sweet spot in the transition from ‘analogue’ to ‘digital’, blending timeless looks and an honest character with just enough modern influence to make it a tempting proposition today." TOP GEAR AND RICHARD HAMMOND ON THE F355 All the legend, the myth, the history and mystery in the world cannot distract from one single fact when it comes to Ferraris: they have to be pretty. Stat sheets can go on about power-to-weight ratios, structural stiffness, torsional rigidity and exotic materials all day long, but if the car looks like a moose, then it’s a moose - an offence made all the worse if it’s supposed to be a prancing horse. The 348 that preceded the 355 was not an especially ugly car, but it also wasn’t especially pretty. The slats down the side echoed the Testarossa - not a good thing - so it looked dated even when it was brand new. And it certainly wasn’t a hit, performance-wise. In fact, much was made of the news that Honda launched the NSX at the same time, and it appeared to be, in every single way, better than the Ferrari. The 355 was Ferrari’s answer. Beauty and power came together and are still very much in evidence today. I’m not one for getting all gooey about Ferraris in general, but there is undeniably something that happens deep inside when you see that yellow badge on a V8 or a steering-wheel boss. Ferrari: the name carries so much weight, even to those who, like me, have never had - nor wanted - a hat with the brand on it. And, my God, the 355 is pretty. It shared almost every dimension with the 348, but the body was all-new and its sculpting had involved a rumoured 1,800 hours of wind-tunnel testing. But there’s little sense of form following function here; it’s too pretty for that. If anything, the 355 has somehow got more attractive in the 19 years since it arrived. Inside, I get a reminder that all Ferraris go through a phase when they are not classic - they’re just old Fezzers. I’d say that the 355 is coming through that and entering the classic stage of its life. In true Ferrari form, the interior has dated well. The layout, the design and the feel of it all scream of their own time and, while not fooling anyone that they were drawn yesterday, still have something to say about their period in car design… almost the definition of a classic, in fact. The mid-mounted 380bhp V8 revs to 8,250rpm and sounds satisfyingly guttural and raucous when it does so. It’s a Ferrari, so while it has to be pretty, it can’t afford to be slow either. And it’s quick, it really is. The headlines, 0-62mph in 4.7 seconds and a top speed of 183mph, are both perfectly acceptable, thank you. The way it delivers those is what it’s all about. The bark and fizz of the V8, the click-clack through that iconic, shiny H-gate - it’s all there. It’s a Ferrari and feels it. The engine and suspension all received major updates to produce the 355, and the gearbox too, with a six-speed manual operated, of course, through that sculptural gear selector. It feels all those things a Ferrari needs to feel; it’s a taut thoroughbred, and you get the sense too that, once you’ve overcome the inevitable nerves that can flutter at any encounter with any Ferrari, the thing is biddable and usable, with perhaps just a touch of fragility to keep things special. There’s a huge amount of love for the F355, with some claiming it pretty much saved the company from the doldrums in the early Nineties, others that it was the car that finally shifted the old-fashioned and faintly stuffy conviction amongst the Ferraristi that the only ‘proper’ Ferraris were the V12s. Some, including F1 champion Phil Hill, named it as one of the 10 best Ferraris ever. A landmark car, then, in the story of a legendary carmaker. COMPARING THE 355 TO THE 246 DINO The Dino became an instant hit with the new Ferrari customers and it was a brilliant piece of automotive design and engineering. It also moved Ferrari up a number of gears It used to be that a gentleman driver would only consider a Ferrari with a large and powerful V12 engine mounted up front. Porsche manufactured small, rear-engined sporting cars for the arriviste. ?All that changed when Ferrari launched the Dino, with a mid-mounted V6, and followed it with a succession ?of V8-engined sports cars. Ever since, Ferrari has offered two tiers of performance and style – but the Dino has moved out of the new-money realm into ?the collector-car stratosphere. Could the 1990s F355 be about to follow suit? Ferrari broke from its traditional front-engine philosophy in 1968, when the diminutive Dino appeared. The new model was not even badged a Ferrari; it was simply a Dino 206GT. To make matters worse it was developed along with Fiat, the V6 finding its way under the bonnet of the Fiat Dino Coupé and Spider. Motoring aristocrats such as the Agnellis of this world were about to be joined by successful Luigis who owned lucrative pasta joints. What was Enzo thinking? To be fair, the Old Man wasn’t keen on the mid-engine configuration for road cars – although his 250LM racer had proved to be the future for sports racing cars – as he thought the layout unsafe in the hands of customers. In the 1950s, his son Alfredo Dino Ferrari had been working with legendary engineer Vittorio Jano on small-displacement V6 racing engines that translated into successful racing cars, but Dino died of muscular dystrophy and never saw his ideas realized with the very successful road-going Dino. As was often the case with Ferrari (and other ?small manufacturers), building the required production run of 500 vehicles to meet the homologation rules was problematic so, for the new 1.6-litre Formula 2 series in 1967, Ferrari turned to Fiat for production ?and to up the numbers. Sergio Pininfarina was commissioned to build a concept for the 1965 Paris Salon and a refined Dino 206S featured at the 1966 Turin motor show. The reaction was very favourable, ?so Dino 206GT production followed the year after. The Dino became an instant hit with the new Ferrari customers and it was a brilliant piece of automotive design and engineering. It also moved Ferrari up a number of gears, transforming it from a small manufacturer of racing cars and expensive road cars into a specialist manufacturer of racing cars, expensive exotics and more affordable sports cars. In 1969 Fiat took commercial control of Ferrari, allowing Enzo to concentrate on his first love – motor racing – while considerably expanding the company and allowing it to grow into the success it is today. With the new Dino costing some £5500 against the big-gun 365GTB/4 Daytona’s £9000, it’s no wonder ?the small Ferrari (priced similarly to the Porsche 911) took off the way it did. Just 157 examples of the ?all-aluminium 2.0-litre 206GT were manufactured in ’68 and ’69 before Ferrari realised that improvements were required to sustain the sales trajectory. The steel-bodied 246GT was introduced in 1970, with a larger 2.4-litre engine that upped the horsepower from a screaming 160bhp at 8000rpm to a gruntier 195bhp at a still heady 7600rpm. Importantly, torque followed suit, from 138lb ft at 6500rpm to 166lb ft at 5500rpm. Weight rose too, to 1077kg, a tad more than the Porsche 911 of the day, but performance also improved considerably, with the 0-60mph sprint taking seven seconds and a top speed of 143mph. The 1972 Giallo Fly Ferrari Dino 246GT you see ?here belongs to Capetonian Dickon Daggit. Daggit is a leading light in the historic racing scene in the Cape ?and has raced his Cooper Bristol at Monaco and Goodwood. He has owned his Dino since 1981. ‘Of all the cars I own, this will be the last one to go,’ he says. ‘Not only is it beautiful to look at, it’s a classic that’s quick, handles superbly and does everything I want in a sports car. I regard it as being one of the most important road-going Ferraris ever, even if the Dino GT only actually received the Ferrari badge once the model was launched in America.’ And there’s the crucial point. Informed motoring collectors such as Dickon Daggit consider the Dino to be a proper and seminal Ferrari. But because Dinos were half the price of the bigger V12 Ferraris when new, many of them had harder lives and multiple ownership. Rust, unreliability and expensive, high-maintenance servicing costs dragged their values down to the point where they became ‘cheap Ferraris’, an oxymoron that led to neglect and demise in many cases. Dinos were abused, smoked around and lost much of their value. When the classic car phenomenon took hold in the 1970s, 275GTBs, 365GTCs and Daytonas increased in value and, come the crash of 1989, a Daytona was worth four times as much as a good Dino. But things have changed since then and today a good Dino is worth almost as much as a solid Daytona: say about £130,000. The Ferrari Dino is now as respected and collectable as any of the big V12s and having its engine mounted behind the cockpit is no longer a negative. After all, it became the way of many Ferraris. The sublimely beautiful Dino Berlinetta and Spider were followed by the less classical, more angular Bertone-styled Dino 308GT4 in 1974. It was never considered to be one of Ferrari’s finest creations, yet its V8-engined heart founded a theme for every ?junior Ferrari that followed, starting in 1975 with the superb 308 (as featured in Octane issue 83), which morphed into the 328, then the tricky and nervous ?348 of 1989. This was the low point for the junior mid-engined Ferraris, as the company appeared to be concentrating its skills on the larger Testarossa and 512TR, the magnificent 288GTO and the ballistic F40. But in 1994 Ferrari focused anew and came up with the F355. The best mid-engined, smaller-displacement Ferrari since the original Dino, the F355 was met with enthusiasm by both the press and Ferrari owners, who once again had a compact and wieldy sports car to enjoy thrashing along their favourite roads. Adam Blow brought along his immaculate 1996 F355 Berlinetta to pit against Daggit’s Dino and together they make a fine pair. Both designed by Pininfarina, these are two of the best-looking Ferraris ever created. The F355 has obviously moved on from the 246 and its specs are very impressive. It is the first Ferrari to feature five valves per cylinder (three intake and two exhaust valves) and its 3.5-litre V8 engine thumps out 380 stallions at 8250rpm. This translates to 109bhp per litre, an even higher specific output than the legendary McLaren F1’s 103bhp per litre. Performance? Little-league no longer, thanks to 0-60mph in 4.5sec and a top speed of 178mph. That’s properly fast, even today. The fabulous 90-degree V8 is complemented by ?one of the most sophisticated exhaust systems of the ?time, which has a wastegate that opens at high revs ?to reduce back-pressure and, unfettered, allow an extra 20bhp. How exuberant and typically Ferrari – yet it is balanced by a cool and efficient Bosch Motronic engine management system, a six-speed gearbox ?with tightly stacked ratios, underbody aerodynamics with twin diffusers at the rear, electronically adjustable dampers, and proper racing car-style double wishbones at each corner. The upshot is that Ferrari not only moved its F355 emphatically ahead of the 911 and Honda NSX opposition, it pushed the car straight into the jaws of the senior class dominated by the V12 Ferrari 512TR and the thunderous Lamborghini Diablo VT. Road ?tests of the time attested to the F355 being faster to 100mph than both, with the same time to the one kilometre post and a top speed almost identical to the 512’s. Bravissimo! We meet on a hot 38-degree day at Hout Bay. Victoria Road snakes along the peninsular towards Camps Bay and Clifton beach, providing one of the world’s most beautiful motoring backdrops. The cold Atlantic Ocean crashes onto the rocks on one side, while verdant mountain ranges including the Twelve Apostles, Lion’s Head and the rear of Table Mountain soar up towards the bright blue sky on the other. The smooth tarmac ribbon dips and rises past the breaking waves and offers fast and flowing third- and fourth-gear corners with a couple of clear dual carriageway sections ?where the throttle pedals can be planted. Rightfully, we start with Daggit’s Dino 246GT. It shimmers in the bright and unrelenting sunlight, sitting low on its old-tech 205/70 XWX Michelin tyres, the bodywork stretched voluptuously yet tautly over its tubular steel frame. The mid-mounted engine requires two flared nostrils on either side to feed cold air, and the front and rear lids are perforated with gills. You open the driver’s door with the dinky little curled handle, about the size of a nail clipper, and slump down into the driving seat. It is reclined at a comical angle, like a deckchair, and has no rake adjustment. Lying almost prone, you look over the instrument binnacle full of optimistically rated Veglia dials and up over the high-arching front wings. The Dino has been chuntering about for photos in the searing heat, but a press on the throttle pedal and a twist of the key gets the starter slurring and the three twin-choke Webers feeding without fuss. A dab of throttle elicits a fierce bark, as the race-derived 2.4-litre, chain-driven double overhead-cam engine clears its throats. Without having even moved off ?the mark, you know this is going to be a full-volume Ferrari experience. The clutch is firm and short but has a precise bite. The dog-leg five-speed shifter is typically sticky at ?low speeds and is heavy in comparison to a modern car’s. The Dino moves off, proffering an unexpected flow of gentle torque. Changes up through the ’box get sweeter as the speed rises and the car responds instantly and accurately to the superbly alive steering through the beautifully crafted wheel. Visibility is good, steering near-perfect, brakes ?need a good shove to get their attention but are then easy to modulate and the ride flows thanks to the ?all-wishbone, coil-spring suspension. The V6 engine ?is mounted transversely in the chassis, with the ?gearbox beneath it and the diff behind, so the mass ?is concentrated well within the wheelbase. And that becomes apparent as soon as you get into the groove. Turning into corners the Dino initially understeers, but add some throttle and the rear end squats and ?the car starts to work from the seat of your pants. Load up the XWXs, start to push and the Dino responds beautifully, seeming to get down and clamp itself to the tarmac like an angry Cape Cobra. It darts from one apex to the next, hugging the best line with precision. With the enthusiastic little V6 engine revving orchestrally behind you, the Ferrari can be thrown at every corner as fast as you like. The now-hot discs offer delicious feel as you brake later and later, guiding the Dino via its communicative steering while feeling ?it pivot about your hips, as the suspension does an excellent job of dispensing with any interfering undulations. You become one with this car and it flatters the driver, probably because the sublime chassis could clearly handle a whole lot more power. So now we move to the more powerful young ?blood; the supercar. And make no mistake, the F355 ?is most certainly a supercar even if, today, a good, ?pre-owned example can be had for the relatively affordable (against a Dino) sum of £40,000-45,000 – prices that, having moved north over the last year or two, already prove that interest in the F355 is increasing. The best thing? Even at that money, it’s still an absolute bargain for what’s on offer. Adam Blow’s F355 Berlinetta looks fierce in Scarlet. ‘I have a Porsche 993 Turbo as well as this and they are completely different. The Ferrari is a pure supercar but it is useable every day. And every time I drive it, I am reminded how special it is, even when sitting in traffic with the air conditioning on. As a driving enthusiast, I think Ferrari is the ultimate, so my next step is to order a new 458, which I am planning to collect from the factory in Maranello. My dream,’ says Blow. Modern safety regulations and aerodynamic considerations render it less curvaceous than the ?Dino but the 355 is still a dramatic statement with its long nose, side vents, flipped-up tail and signature Ferrari tail lights. As the Dino is diminutive, the 355 is sizable and wide, with a low, ground-hugging front spoiler. It looks honed. Just walking towards the car you can feel the shift from analogue to digital. The 355 is laser-cut, the Dino handcrafted. Having made myself comfortable behind the fat-rimmed steering wheel, the 355 starts instantly. Whirrr, blam, vrrrrrr. Fans blow from under the rear hood where the V8 is mounted longitudinally and the mill produces a flat wall of sound and a swell of heat. Every control feels oiled and accurate even though the pedalbox is offset towards the centre of the car. The drilled aluminium pedals themselves look a bit boy-racer in the otherwise sober and tasteful cabin. You can drive the 355 fast and comfortably, revving it to about five thou, with the radio playing and the ?air-con cooling. But, as advised by owner Blow, things only really start to happen above that. So turn the tunes and chills off, drop two gears via the riflebolt gearshifter and hold on. The 355 gets serious. If the Dino is akin to dancing with a beautiful woman as you guide her across the floor, the F355 is like a work-out with a black-belt karate instructor: precision thwacking with no corner either broached or given. You want the driving seat mounted forward so you can grasp the fat power-assisted steering wheel, then reprogramme your brain to keep up with the speed with which the 355 lunges into the corners. The gears are worth swapping just for the crack and the powerful vented disc brakes slough off speed with disdain. The car crushes the distance between corners with complete authority, and then it takes those corners with insane levels of grip and speed. Simply point and squirt. The superb suspension does the rest as the 355 hunkers down and launches itself through the bends. The first run along the costal road is a blur. So do it again. Concentrate, balance the throttle, gearchanges and braking. Still too much infused information to process, so do it again. More at one with the 355, you delve more deeply into its performance abilities. The fat 225- and 275-section 40-profile tyres mounted on 18-inch rims are not even close to the limit on this road and the 355 could do with a long, closed racetrack ?to get anywhere near its properly exciting edge. Amazingly, the electronic damping control that varies the suspension’s stiffness confers an extremely comfortable ride amid all the high-speed action. Obviously this is not a Dino 246GT versus a F355 Berlinetta road test because, although both are Pininfarina-designed mid-engined Ferraris, they are from totally different eras and are engineered with vastly different technologies – but note that both are Berlinettas, the purist’s choice over the Spider versions. The Dino is charming and so much better than I imagined it might be. The 355 is a true supercar, yet as capable of being a daily commuter as it is pushing the envelope of serious performance. The 355 was never a ‘little’ nor a ‘cheap’ Ferrari, being launched at £83,000, whereas the Dino was perceived as being the ‘small’ Ferrari when first seen in 1969. So I am surprised to find that I would choose the Dino over the fabulous 355. This Dino, like most today, is properly restored and in fine condition so it behaved impeccably in roasting conditions, never losing its cool. And it is just more special than the computerized, extremely loud, heat-venting, hyper machine that is the 355. Nowhere near as fast, the Dino is more seductive than the 355 on real roads. It appeals as a hand built icon rather than a precision instrument. You drive it with your soul whereas the 355 simply requires you to aim it with your brain engaged. You dance with the Dino and spar with the F355. Sure, the 246GT commands a price three times that of a good 355, and that’s no surprise: but don’t be surprised either if the F355 starts edging closer to it.

1996 Ferrari 355 Ferrari F355 SPIDER UNIQUE CLASSIC COLOR 355 SERVICED HRE MANUAL GEARBOX

$84,900

Beverly Hills, California

THIS FERRARI CURRENTLY HAS A CLEAR AND UNBRANDED TITLE. (Ebay needs to fix its “Vehicle Title” designation.) Detailed history for this Ferrari outlined below. This is perhaps the rarest and most striking of all F355 Ferrari Spiders. While there are literally thousands of red, yellow and black 355s this is the only classic Le Mans blue over Bordeaux 355 Spider known to exist. This is a classic color combination that was popular on classic Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati from the golden era of motoring and remains so, such so that when Ferrari unveiled its hyper rare F60, of which only 10 of the $2.5 million dollar cars were ever built, it was a blue car with a red interior…much like the 1950s California Spider with the same color combination. Presently on display at the Petersen Museum is the latest Bugatti (nearly $3 million) and it is painted in a nearly identical color combination. When Ferrari/Maserati designer Jason Castriota, who designed the 599, Maserati Birdcage 75th and the Maserati GranTurismo, decided to build a million dollar one-off 599 for his father he too chose blue over red for his personal creation. This Ferrari features the very expensive ($10,000 I’m told) option of the upper dash and steering wheel in red leather along with dark navy blue carpets that contrast beautifully yet subtlety with the red interior and complement the matching blue exterior. The $7,000 HRE wheels really compliment this Ferrari’s color combination while giving much better grip and braking thanks to the larger front and rear high performance tires. The typical shrinking leather dash on the F355 was just addressed with thousands spent on new leather. Similarly, the red leather cover for the top is also new ($1500). The red leather interior, including the very expensive OPTION of a full red leather dash and matching steering wheel (said to be a $10,000 option), is in excellent condition as are the beautifully contrasting navy carpets with matching Ferrari original navy floor mats. A full engine out service was performed less than 1000 miles ago. New hood and trunk struts were installed. There are no sticky parts. Gorgeous $1,000 carbon fiber door sill trim panels have been fitted. (The blue you see on the left side of the engine panel is merely a reflection from the bar: The panel is actually black and matches the panel on the right side.) This Ferrari 355 is in exceptional show condition. The 355 is appreciating and on its way to collector car status. ROAD & TRACK listed it as one of the 10 best looking mid-engined Ferraris of all time, saying it sounds “incredible” and that its “styling has aged well, perhaps looking better than when it was first introduced.” The great Phil Hill described it as one of the 10 best Ferraris ever built. Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson said it was “the nicest car I have ever ever driven.” He then said he came back from that drive and decided “I have to have one, I have to have one. I have to.” He then went out and bought one for himself. After buying it he said “it’s still the best car I’ve ever driven.” Richard Hammond recently described the 355 in glowing terms as well in an article (below), echoing Road and Track’s sentiment, stating: “If anything, the 355 has somehow got more attractive in the 19 years since it arrived.” A recent 5,600 mile reviewer of the 355 for AutoLog noted: “I’m paraphrasing, but Autoblog reader Paul Dyer asked me one day, ‘Want to drive my 1998 Ferrari F355 Spider from San Jose, California, to me in Newfoundland?’ I'm also paraphrasing and leaving out some colorful but unpublishable language, but essentially I said, "Yes." That's how I ended up on a two-week, 5,600-mile road trip, getting an extensive and intimate look at one of the most spectacular cars of our generation. Here's what I discovered. To paraphrase, you don't even know how badly you want an F355. The F355 Spider is the last beautiful Ferrari. Subsequent stallions are modern and dramatic, the F355 is eternally gorgeous, like Brunelleschi's doors and sunsets in Viareggio. The Iliad would still make sense if you said the Greeks took to ship after a Trojan keyed Menelaus' F355. You cannot say the same about the 348, or even the 458 (though we do love it so). “Road & Track said the F355 had "probably the best sports-car engine ever made." Jeremy Clarkson said it was the best car he'd ever driven. That owner who said he wouldn't recommend it? He's had two, and still uses one as his daily driver.” On Pistonheads it was also said the 355 was the last “truly beautiful” Ferrari. In fact, it’s a common notion that the 355 was the last truly classically pretty Ferrari. The 355 is the last Ferrari built with a throttle cable between the gas pedal and the throttle bodies on the engine and a rod operated manual gearbox. It is the last “small” Ferrari. It is the last traditionally built Ferrari. It is the Ferrari that saved Ferrari and turned its reputation around in the mid-1990s. It is well on its way to being a collector’s Ferrari. See the article below comparing the F355 to the Dino. The 355 is a great investment. It's the end of the Enzo era inspired cars, the last of the hand-built cars and they made very few with just 2,664 six speed manual transmission spiders being made for the world. Compare that to the 360 where Ferrari made more than 13,000 of that model approximately half of which are spiders! This is the end of the small, svelte go-kart like handling Ferraris. It sounds more like an F1 car than any other road Ferrari. It has 5 valve per cylinder and titanium connecting rods. It is the last of the Ferrari with a manual transmission and a true throttle cable as opposed to indirect drive by wire found in the 360 and later cars. It is the best shifting, best driving true sports car from Ferrari bridging the analog cars to digital cars threshold. The 458 spider is an amazing car but it was mass produced, still costs around $250k and only comes with an automatic transmission and drive by wire, doesn't sound as good as the F355, and as a spider doesn't look as good as the F355 with its two giant humps behind the seats. It’s also huge compared to a 355 and takes no driver skill and has far less driver involvement. If you are wanting a true classic Ferrari experience with modern performance capabilities the F355 is the only car that fits the bill. Fast, fun, lightweight, sounds great, great to look at, and by today’s Ferrari standards produced in limited numbers. More fun and nimble than a 550, the other last analog Ferrari. The F355 will only appreciate as a classic in the future. HISTORY This Ferrari currently has a clear title. I have the full history of the car and I have spoken to the prior owner of the vehicle responsible for bringing the car to California. Please read the full history. Here is the history for this Ferrari: The prior California owner, then an Executive with Warner Brothers, purchased the car from Huntingridge Motors in 2005. One evening he was celebrating the conclusion of a work project at a Hotel on the corner of La Cienega Blvd and Beverly Blvd here in Los Angeles. He let the manager from computer animation company they were working with drive his Ferrari as she stated she had never driven a Ferrari before. They sat at a light at that intersection adjacent to the hotel. I have spoken to both the owner and the driver and both state what happened next. Their left turn arrow turned green. She started her left turn and was driving slowly. The owner told her to give it some gas. She gave it only a slight amount of gas. He then instructed her to give it some more gas. By now they were midway through the turn. She gave it a lot more gas just as the car came into its powerband and the car spun as it was already mid-turn. The car was not going very fast as she was just turning left at the intersection where the hotel is located. With the Ferrari fishtailing, the Ferrari’s rear wheel hit the sidewalk. They both got out of the car and were actually relieved to see there was no body damage. Even the wheel itself looked okay but clearly the A-arm had bent as a result of hitting the curb. I have obtained the insurance company photographs which confirm this as well. Not one body panel on the car was damaged, no airbags deployed nor was there any serious damage. All the damage was of the simple bolt-off, bolt-on repair variety that could have been done by a weekend hobbyist. At that time the owner of the Ferrari desired a BMW Z8. So the Ferrari was taken to Ferrari of Beverly Hills, the most expensive place probably in the nation to service and repair a Ferrari. Just as expected, they wrote an over the top Beverly Hills Ferrari repair estimate as each brand new part from their retail price sheet was expensive (and typically more expensive than even other Ferrari dealers). For example, Beverly Hills Ferrari wanted nearly $15,000 to replace the rear suspension corner, which consists of jut four nuts to mount the top and four nuts and bolts to mount the A arms and a complete assembly was then on sale on Ebay for $1,500. Thus, Ferrari of Beverly Hills did what was expected, they wrote a high estimate. Also as expected, Mercury Insurance concluded it would be more cost effective to pay off the car and then sell the car at an auction. As the car still looked very good without any damaged body panels, a new looking interior and super low miles, Mercury calculated it would generate a good auction sale value. What most people don’t realize is that with expensive cars like Ferraris insurance companies are quick to right them off not because the cars are ‘totaled’ but because it makes economic sense for them to do so. By paying the car off and then selling it at an auction Mercury could avoid having to pay other non-repair costs, such as rental car and loss of use of the Ferrari. The owner of the Ferrari would have been entitled to a rental car that was comparable to his Ferrari and here in LA they rent these cars out at more than $1,000 per day. Not only would it take time for BH Ferrari to repair the car but they might have to wait for parts to arrive from Italy, further driving up the rental car costs. Whether a loss of use claim or a rental car cost, renting a Ferrari is typically over $1,000 a day and if the car took four to six weeks to repair which was entirely possible (e.g., waiting for parts from Italy) that cost alone could be in excess of $30,000. As the owner had his eye on a Z8 he was happy to have Mercury “total” his Ferrari. With such a low mileage Ferrari with visibly little damage at all, Mercury believed they could get $45,000 to $50,000 for the Ferrari at an auction and save $30k in rental and loss of use fees and with the owner having “only” paid approximately $70k for the Ferrari, Mercury made a business decision to cut a check and sell the car at an auction. Mercury turned this paper into California’s DMV who then proceeded to issue a branded California title. A gentleman purchased the Ferrari and had it repaired. The Ferrari was registered in Illinois where a clear (non-branded) title was issued. This Ferrari was never issued a branded title because of extensive damage. On the contrary, it was branded simply because Mercury concluded it would be more cost efficient to sell the car at an auction. I have this information straight from Mercury Insurance records, including numerous photos from Mercury Insurance, and from speaking directly with the owner and the driver of the Ferrari. I contacted the State of California about correcting their records and they said they would not. Legal action was then taken against the State of California to correct their records to accurately reflect the truth of what happened and for them to cease falsely representing the car’s history. However, the State of California argued even if their information was false they were nevertheless protected by government immunity statutes and the Judge agreed. The case was dismissed but not before I was able to obtain the car's records. These records show the car was never totaled, was never a salvage vehicle or rebuilt. They all show the mileage is completely accurate. There are many cars on Ebay, including Ferraris, Porsche and Lamborghinis that have had far greater mishaps but have these issues unreported. With this car you know exactly what you are getting thanks to the documented history including photographs. Owners Manual and tool kit included. From CLASSIC DRIVER: Has the Ferrari F355 already become a classic? 22 August 2014 Inheriting the proportions of its predecessor, the Ferrari F355 was outwardly a much better-resolved proposition, both aesthetically and aerodynamically. But beneath the smoother skin were further major advancements, including power steering, variable damping, and a 100cc engine enlargement to 3.5 litres. In revised form, the now-375bhp V8 revved out to 8,500rpm and, even more impressively, conjured more bhp per litre than the V12 in the McLaren F1. “It was also the first truly reliable Ferrari,” adds Hartley Junior. “Unlike the Testarossa and 348, you could invariably put one in for a routine service without being hit with an astronomical bill.”As one era was beginning, another was coming to an end: it was to be the last of the breed to be hand-built, with the 360 and later descendants moving to mass production. “Perhaps this is why it’s similar to the F40 and F50 in the way it follows the trends of the classic car market,” ponders Hartley Junior. “In recent years, values of the 355 have climbed 25-30% – influenced somewhat by the 328 GTS – and I think this will continue to be the case. I can see this particular example being a quarter-of-a-million-pound car within the next 10 years.” “The 355 was a sweet spot in the transition from ‘analogue’ to ‘digital’, blending timeless looks and an honest character with just enough modern influence to make it a tempting proposition today." TOP GEAR AND RICHARD HAMMOND ON THE F355 All the legend, the myth, the history and mystery in the world cannot distract from one single fact when it comes to Ferraris: they have to be pretty. Stat sheets can go on about power-to-weight ratios, structural stiffness, torsional rigidity and exotic materials all day long, but if the car looks like a moose, then it’s a moose - an offence made all the worse if it’s supposed to be a prancing horse. The 348 that preceded the 355 was not an especially ugly car, but it also wasn’t especially pretty. The slats down the side echoed the Testarossa - not a good thing - so it looked dated even when it was brand new. And it certainly wasn’t a hit, performance-wise. In fact, much was made of the news that Honda launched the NSX at the same time, and it appeared to be, in every single way, better than the Ferrari. The 355 was Ferrari’s answer. Beauty and power came together and are still very much in evidence today. I’m not one for getting all gooey about Ferraris in general, but there is undeniably something that happens deep inside when you see that yellow badge on a V8 or a steering-wheel boss. Ferrari: the name carries so much weight, even to those who, like me, have never had - nor wanted - a hat with the brand on it. And, my God, the 355 is pretty. It shared almost every dimension with the 348, but the body was all-new and its sculpting had involved a rumoured 1,800 hours of wind-tunnel testing. But there’s little sense of form following function here; it’s too pretty for that. If anything, the 355 has somehow got more attractive in the 19 years since it arrived. Inside, I get a reminder that all Ferraris go through a phase when they are not classic - they’re just old Fezzers. I’d say that the 355 is coming through that and entering the classic stage of its life. In true Ferrari form, the interior has dated well. The layout, the design and the feel of it all scream of their own time and, while not fooling anyone that they were drawn yesterday, still have something to say about their period in car design… almost the definition of a classic, in fact. The mid-mounted 380bhp V8 revs to 8,250rpm and sounds satisfyingly guttural and raucous when it does so. It’s a Ferrari, so while it has to be pretty, it can’t afford to be slow either. And it’s quick, it really is. The headlines, 0-62mph in 4.7 seconds and a top speed of 183mph, are both perfectly acceptable, thank you. The way it delivers those is what it’s all about. The bark and fizz of the V8, the click-clack through that iconic, shiny H-gate - it’s all there. It’s a Ferrari and feels it. The engine and suspension all received major updates to produce the 355, and the gearbox too, with a six-speed manual operated, of course, through that sculptural gear selector. It feels all those things a Ferrari needs to feel; it’s a taut thoroughbred, and you get the sense too that, once you’ve overcome the inevitable nerves that can flutter at any encounter with any Ferrari, the thing is biddable and usable, with perhaps just a touch of fragility to keep things special. There’s a huge amount of love for the F355, with some claiming it pretty much saved the company from the doldrums in the early Nineties, others that it was the car that finally shifted the old-fashioned and faintly stuffy conviction amongst the Ferraristi that the only ‘proper’ Ferraris were the V12s. Some, including F1 champion Phil Hill, named it as one of the 10 best Ferraris ever. A landmark car, then, in the story of a legendary carmaker. COMPARING THE 355 TO THE 246 DINO The Dino became an instant hit with the new Ferrari customers and it was a brilliant piece of automotive design and engineering. It also moved Ferrari up a number of gears It used to be that a gentleman driver would only consider a Ferrari with a large and powerful V12 engine mounted up front. Porsche manufactured small, rear-engined sporting cars for the arriviste. ?All that changed when Ferrari launched the Dino, with a mid-mounted V6, and followed it with a succession ?of V8-engined sports cars. Ever since, Ferrari has offered two tiers of performance and style – but the Dino has moved out of the new-money realm into ?the collector-car stratosphere. Could the 1990s F355 be about to follow suit? Ferrari broke from its traditional front-engine philosophy in 1968, when the diminutive Dino appeared. The new model was not even badged a Ferrari; it was simply a Dino 206GT. To make matters worse it was developed along with Fiat, the V6 finding its way under the bonnet of the Fiat Dino Coupé and Spider. Motoring aristocrats such as the Agnellis of this world were about to be joined by successful Luigis who owned lucrative pasta joints. What was Enzo thinking? To be fair, the Old Man wasn’t keen on the mid-engine configuration for road cars – although his 250LM racer had proved to be the future for sports racing cars – as he thought the layout unsafe in the hands of customers. In the 1950s, his son Alfredo Dino Ferrari had been working with legendary engineer Vittorio Jano on small-displacement V6 racing engines that translated into successful racing cars, but Dino died of muscular dystrophy and never saw his ideas realized with the very successful road-going Dino. As was often the case with Ferrari (and other ?small manufacturers), building the required production run of 500 vehicles to meet the homologation rules was problematic so, for the new 1.6-litre Formula 2 series in 1967, Ferrari turned to Fiat for production ?and to up the numbers. Sergio Pininfarina was commissioned to build a concept for the 1965 Paris Salon and a refined Dino 206S featured at the 1966 Turin motor show. The reaction was very favourable, ?so Dino 206GT production followed the year after. The Dino became an instant hit with the new Ferrari customers and it was a brilliant piece of automotive design and engineering. It also moved Ferrari up a number of gears, transforming it from a small manufacturer of racing cars and expensive road cars into a specialist manufacturer of racing cars, expensive exotics and more affordable sports cars. In 1969 Fiat took commercial control of Ferrari, allowing Enzo to concentrate on his first love – motor racing – while considerably expanding the company and allowing it to grow into the success it is today. With the new Dino costing some £5500 against the big-gun 365GTB/4 Daytona’s £9000, it’s no wonder ?the small Ferrari (priced similarly to the Porsche 911) took off the way it did. Just 157 examples of the ?all-aluminium 2.0-litre 206GT were manufactured in ’68 and ’69 before Ferrari realised that improvements were required to sustain the sales trajectory. The steel-bodied 246GT was introduced in 1970, with a larger 2.4-litre engine that upped the horsepower from a screaming 160bhp at 8000rpm to a gruntier 195bhp at a still heady 7600rpm. Importantly, torque followed suit, from 138lb ft at 6500rpm to 166lb ft at 5500rpm. Weight rose too, to 1077kg, a tad more than the Porsche 911 of the day, but performance also improved considerably, with the 0-60mph sprint taking seven seconds and a top speed of 143mph. The 1972 Giallo Fly Ferrari Dino 246GT you see ?here belongs to Capetonian Dickon Daggit. Daggit is a leading light in the historic racing scene in the Cape ?and has raced his Cooper Bristol at Monaco and Goodwood. He has owned his Dino since 1981. ‘Of all the cars I own, this will be the last one to go,’ he says. ‘Not only is it beautiful to look at, it’s a classic that’s quick, handles superbly and does everything I want in a sports car. I regard it as being one of the most important road-going Ferraris ever, even if the Dino GT only actually received the Ferrari badge once the model was launched in America.’ And there’s the crucial point. Informed motoring collectors such as Dickon Daggit consider the Dino to be a proper and seminal Ferrari. But because Dinos were half the price of the bigger V12 Ferraris when new, many of them had harder lives and multiple ownership. Rust, unreliability and expensive, high-maintenance servicing costs dragged their values down to the point where they became ‘cheap Ferraris’, an oxymoron that led to neglect and demise in many cases. Dinos were abused, smoked around and lost much of their value. When the classic car phenomenon took hold in the 1970s, 275GTBs, 365GTCs and Daytonas increased in value and, come the crash of 1989, a Daytona was worth four times as much as a good Dino. But things have changed since then and today a good Dino is worth almost as much as a solid Daytona: say about £130,000. The Ferrari Dino is now as respected and collectable as any of the big V12s and having its engine mounted behind the cockpit is no longer a negative. After all, it became the way of many Ferraris. The sublimely beautiful Dino Berlinetta and Spider were followed by the less classical, more angular Bertone-styled Dino 308GT4 in 1974. It was never considered to be one of Ferrari’s finest creations, yet its V8-engined heart founded a theme for every ?junior Ferrari that followed, starting in 1975 with the superb 308 (as featured in Octane issue 83), which morphed into the 328, then the tricky and nervous ?348 of 1989. This was the low point for the junior mid-engined Ferraris, as the company appeared to be concentrating its skills on the larger Testarossa and 512TR, the magnificent 288GTO and the ballistic F40. But in 1994 Ferrari focused anew and came up with the F355. The best mid-engined, smaller-displacement Ferrari since the original Dino, the F355 was met with enthusiasm by both the press and Ferrari owners, who once again had a compact and wieldy sports car to enjoy thrashing along their favourite roads. Adam Blow brought along his immaculate 1996 F355 Berlinetta to pit against Daggit’s Dino and together they make a fine pair. Both designed by Pininfarina, these are two of the best-looking Ferraris ever created. The F355 has obviously moved on from the 246 and its specs are very impressive. It is the first Ferrari to feature five valves per cylinder (three intake and two exhaust valves) and its 3.5-litre V8 engine thumps out 380 stallions at 8250rpm. This translates to 109bhp per litre, an even higher specific output than the legendary McLaren F1’s 103bhp per litre. Performance? Little-league no longer, thanks to 0-60mph in 4.5sec and a top speed of 178mph. That’s properly fast, even today. The fabulous 90-degree V8 is complemented by ?one of the most sophisticated exhaust systems of the ?time, which has a wastegate that opens at high revs ?to reduce back-pressure and, unfettered, allow an extra 20bhp. How exuberant and typically Ferrari – yet it is balanced by a cool and efficient Bosch Motronic engine management system, a six-speed gearbox ?with tightly stacked ratios, underbody aerodynamics with twin diffusers at the rear, electronically adjustable dampers, and proper racing car-style double wishbones at each corner. The upshot is that Ferrari not only moved its F355 emphatically ahead of the 911 and Honda NSX opposition, it pushed the car straight into the jaws of the senior class dominated by the V12 Ferrari 512TR and the thunderous Lamborghini Diablo VT. Road ?tests of the time attested to the F355 being faster to 100mph than both, with the same time to the one kilometre post and a top speed almost identical to the 512’s. Bravissimo! We meet on a hot 38-degree day at Hout Bay. Victoria Road snakes along the peninsular towards Camps Bay and Clifton beach, providing one of the world’s most beautiful motoring backdrops. The cold Atlantic Ocean crashes onto the rocks on one side, while verdant mountain ranges including the Twelve Apostles, Lion’s Head and the rear of Table Mountain soar up towards the bright blue sky on the other. The smooth tarmac ribbon dips and rises past the breaking waves and offers fast and flowing third- and fourth-gear corners with a couple of clear dual carriageway sections ?where the throttle pedals can be planted. Rightfully, we start with Daggit’s Dino 246GT. It shimmers in the bright and unrelenting sunlight, sitting low on its old-tech 205/70 XWX Michelin tyres, the bodywork stretched voluptuously yet tautly over its tubular steel frame. The mid-mounted engine requires two flared nostrils on either side to feed cold air, and the front and rear lids are perforated with gills. You open the driver’s door with the dinky little curled handle, about the size of a nail clipper, and slump down into the driving seat. It is reclined at a comical angle, like a deckchair, and has no rake adjustment. Lying almost prone, you look over the instrument binnacle full of optimistically rated Veglia dials and up over the high-arching front wings. The Dino has been chuntering about for photos in the searing heat, but a press on the throttle pedal and a twist of the key gets the starter slurring and the three twin-choke Webers feeding without fuss. A dab of throttle elicits a fierce bark, as the race-derived 2.4-litre, chain-driven double overhead-cam engine clears its throats. Without having even moved off ?the mark, you know this is going to be a full-volume Ferrari experience. The clutch is firm and short but has a precise bite. The dog-leg five-speed shifter is typically sticky at ?low speeds and is heavy in comparison to a modern car’s. The Dino moves off, proffering an unexpected flow of gentle torque. Changes up through the ’box get sweeter as the speed rises and the car responds instantly and accurately to the superbly alive steering through the beautifully crafted wheel. Visibility is good, steering near-perfect, brakes ?need a good shove to get their attention but are then easy to modulate and the ride flows thanks to the ?all-wishbone, coil-spring suspension. The V6 engine ?is mounted transversely in the chassis, with the ?gearbox beneath it and the diff behind, so the mass ?is concentrated well within the wheelbase. And that becomes apparent as soon as you get into the groove. Turning into corners the Dino initially understeers, but add some throttle and the rear end squats and ?the car starts to work from the seat of your pants. Load up the XWXs, start to push and the Dino responds beautifully, seeming to get down and clamp itself to the tarmac like an angry Cape Cobra. It darts from one apex to the next, hugging the best line with precision. With the enthusiastic little V6 engine revving orchestrally behind you, the Ferrari can be thrown at every corner as fast as you like. The now-hot discs offer delicious feel as you brake later and later, guiding the Dino via its communicative steering while feeling ?it pivot about your hips, as the suspension does an excellent job of dispensing with any interfering undulations. You become one with this car and it flatters the driver, probably because the sublime chassis could clearly handle a whole lot more power. So now we move to the more powerful young ?blood; the supercar. And make no mistake, the F355 ?is most certainly a supercar even if, today, a good, ?pre-owned example can be had for the relatively affordable (against a Dino) sum of £40,000-45,000 – prices that, having moved north over the last year or two, already prove that interest in the F355 is increasing. The best thing? Even at that money, it’s still an absolute bargain for what’s on offer. Adam Blow’s F355 Berlinetta looks fierce in Scarlet. ‘I have a Porsche 993 Turbo as well as this and they are completely different. The Ferrari is a pure supercar but it is useable every day. And every time I drive it, I am reminded how special it is, even when sitting in traffic with the air conditioning on. As a driving enthusiast, I think Ferrari is the ultimate, so my next step is to order a new 458, which I am planning to collect from the factory in Maranello. My dream,’ says Blow. Modern safety regulations and aerodynamic considerations render it less curvaceous than the ?Dino but the 355 is still a dramatic statement with its long nose, side vents, flipped-up tail and signature Ferrari tail lights. As the Dino is diminutive, the 355 is sizable and wide, with a low, ground-hugging front spoiler. It looks honed. Just walking towards the car you can feel the shift from analogue to digital. The 355 is laser-cut, the Dino handcrafted. Having made myself comfortable behind the fat-rimmed steering wheel, the 355 starts instantly. Whirrr, blam, vrrrrrr. Fans blow from under the rear hood where the V8 is mounted longitudinally and the mill produces a flat wall of sound and a swell of heat. Every control feels oiled and accurate even though the pedalbox is offset towards the centre of the car. The drilled aluminium pedals themselves look a bit boy-racer in the otherwise sober and tasteful cabin. You can drive the 355 fast and comfortably, revving it to about five thou, with the radio playing and the ?air-con cooling. But, as advised by owner Blow, things only really start to happen above that. So turn the tunes and chills off, drop two gears via the riflebolt gearshifter and hold on. The 355 gets serious. If the Dino is akin to dancing with a beautiful woman as you guide her across the floor, the F355 is like a work-out with a black-belt karate instructor: precision thwacking with no corner either broached or given. You want the driving seat mounted forward so you can grasp the fat power-assisted steering wheel, then reprogramme your brain to keep up with the speed with which the 355 lunges into the corners. The gears are worth swapping just for the crack and the powerful vented disc brakes slough off speed with disdain. The car crushes the distance between corners with complete authority, and then it takes those corners with insane levels of grip and speed. Simply point and squirt. The superb suspension does the rest as the 355 hunkers down and launches itself through the bends. The first run along the costal road is a blur. So do it again. Concentrate, balance the throttle, gearchanges and braking. Still too much infused information to process, so do it again. More at one with the 355, you delve more deeply into its performance abilities. The fat 225- and 275-section 40-profile tyres mounted on 18-inch rims are not even close to the limit on this road and the 355 could do with a long, closed racetrack ?to get anywhere near its properly exciting edge. Amazingly, the electronic damping control that varies the suspension’s stiffness confers an extremely comfortable ride amid all the high-speed action. Obviously this is not a Dino 246GT versus a F355 Berlinetta road test because, although both are Pininfarina-designed mid-engined Ferraris, they are from totally different eras and are engineered with vastly different technologies – but note that both are Berlinettas, the purist’s choice over the Spider versions. The Dino is charming and so much better than I imagined it might be. The 355 is a true supercar, yet as capable of being a daily commuter as it is pushing the envelope of serious performance. The 355 was never a ‘little’ nor a ‘cheap’ Ferrari, being launched at £83,000, whereas the Dino was perceived as being the ‘small’ Ferrari when first seen in 1969. So I am surprised to find that I would choose the Dino over the fabulous 355. This Dino, like most today, is properly restored and in fine condition so it behaved impeccably in roasting conditions, never losing its cool. And it is just more special than the computerized, extremely loud, heat-venting, hyper machine that is the 355. Nowhere near as fast, the Dino is more seductive than the 355 on real roads. It appeals as a hand built icon rather than a precision instrument. You drive it with your soul whereas the 355 simply requires you to aim it with your brain engaged. You dance with the Dino and spar with the F355. Sure, the 246GT commands a price three times that of a good 355, and that’s no surprise: but don’t be surprised either if the F355 starts edging closer to it.

2012 Ferrari California Base Convertible 2-Door 2012 Ferrari California Convertible. Free Factory Maintenance 2019

$132,500

Beverly Hills, California

Free Ferrari Factory Maintenance until 2019 Rare color combo: Grey / Beige 20” diamond finish sport wheels Navigation & Parking Sensors Originally purchased from Ferrari Beverly Hills Maintained by Ferrari Beverly Hills Looks and drives like brand new I have connections with a couple exotic leasing and financing companies if you need financing Call or TXT Matt for more info: (424) 259-2357 Call or TXT Matt for more info: (424) 259-2357 Call or TXT Matt for more info: (424) 259-2357 Call or TXT Matt for more info: (424) 259-2357 Call or TXT Matt for more info: (424) 259-2357

Trim Base Convertible 2 Door

2014 Ferrari California Base Convertible 2-Door 2014 Used 4.3L V8 32V Automatic RWD Convertible Premium

$167,350

Beverly Hills, California

Sales Manager (844) 866-6763 9022 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills California 90211 ? ? ? ? 2014 Ferrari California Vehicle Information VIN: ZFF65TJA9E0199417 Stock: UHE199417 Mileage: 5,634 Color: Rosso Dino Trans: Automatic Engine: 4.3L V8 DI DOHC MPG: 13 City / 19 Highway Drivetrain: RWD ? ? ? ? 1 of 26 ? View Large Images ? ? Description 20" Diamond-Finish Sport Alloy Wheels, Brake Calipers in Red Color, Ceramic disc brakes, Convertible HardTop, Diamond Stitching Interior, Driver's & Passenger's Footrest in Aluminum, Exterior Sport Grilles, Front & Rear Parking Sensors, Full Electric Seats, iPod Integration, Magneride Dual Mode Shock Absorber System, Navigation System, and Scuderia Ferrari Shields On Fenders. 2014 Ferrari California 2D Convertible for sale by Maserati Beverly Hills dealership in Beverly Hills on Wilshire Boulevard within minutes of Rodeo Drive. This particular California is finished in a Red exterior with Nero Leather interior. Featuring the following optional equipment: 20" Diamond-Finish Sport Alloy Wheels, Brake Calipers in Red Color, Ceramic disc brakes, Convertible HardTop, Diamond Stitching Interior, Driver's & Passenger's Footrest in Aluminum, Exterior Sport Grilles, Front & Rear Parking Sensors, Full Electric Seats, iPod Integration, Magneride Dual Mode Shock Absorber System, Navigation System, and Scuderia Ferrari Shields On Fenders. As part of the Potamkin Auto Group, we can offer you greater pricing leverage and access to more vehicle options from across the nation to find the perfect one for you. Contact us now to learn more about this 2014 Ferrari California and leverage the advantages that come with the power of Potamkin. Don't forget to ask about our current Ferrari California lease specials! This 2014 California is for Ferrari fanatics looking high and low for that perfect convertible. It will take you where you need to go every time...all you have to do is steer! This California is nicely equipped with features such as 20" Diamond-Finish Sport Alloy Wheels, Brake Calipers in Red Color, Ceramic disc brakes, Convertible HardTop, Diamond Stitching Interior, Driver's & Passenger's Footrest in Aluminum, Exterior Sport Grilles, Front & Rear Parking Sensors, Full Electric Seats, iPod Integration, Magneride Dual Mode Shock Absorber System, Navigation System, and Scuderia Ferrari Shields On Fenders.Dealer installed accessories are optional and are not included in the sale price of vehicle. Sales price does not apply to leases. While every reasonable effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, we are not responsible for any errors or omissions contained on this vehicle. Please verify any information in question with McLaren Maserati Beverly Hills. All applicable rebates require proper documentation and proof of qualification. Please call to see if you qualify for additional rebates. ?Directions to Dealer ?Contact Us Options and Standard Features Options ? Am/Fm Cd/Mp3/Dvd/Usb/Hdd W/Navigation ? Navigation System ? Convertible Hardtop ? 7 Speakers ? Am/Fm Radio ? Cd Player ? Dvd-Audio ? Mp3 Decoder ? Radio Data System ? Air Conditioning ? Automatic Temperature Control ? Front Dual Zone A/C ? Rear Window Defroster ? Ipod Integration ? Power Driver Seat ? Power Steering ? Power Windows ? Remote Keyless Entry ? Steering Wheel Mounted Audio Controls ? Four Wheel Independent Suspension ? Magneride Dual Mode Shock Absorber System ? Speed-Sensing Steering ? Traction Control ? 4-Wheel Disc Brakes ? Abs Brakes ? Brake Calipers In Red Color ? Ceramic Disc Brakes ? Dual Front Impact Airbags ? Dual Front Side Impact Airbags ? Front Anti-Roll Bar ? Integrated Roll-Over Protection ? Low Tire Pressure Warning ? Rear Anti-Roll Bar ? Electronic Stability Control ? Front & Rear Parking Sensors ? Delay-Off Headlights ? Fully Automatic Headlights ? Headlight Cleaning ? High-Intensity Discharge Headlights ? Rear Fog Lights ? Security System ? Bumpers: Body-Color ? Convertible Roof Wind Blocker ? Exterior Sport Grilles ? Heated Door Mirrors ? Power Door Mirrors ? Scuderia Ferrari Shields On Fenders ? Spoiler ? 6-Way Power Driver/4-Way Power Pass. Leather Bucket Seats ? Convertible Roof Lining ? Diamond Stitching Interior ? Driver Door Bin ? Drivers & Passengers Footrest In Aluminum ? Front Reading Lights ? Illuminated Entry ? Outside Temperature Display ? Overhead Console ? Power Convertible Roof ? Rear Seat Center Armrest ? Tachometer ? Telescoping Steering Wheel ? Tilt Steering Wheel ? Trip Computer ? Front Bucket Seats ? Front Center Armrest ? Full Electric Seats ? Leather Seat Trim ? Power Passenger Seat ? Split Folding Rear Seat ? Passenger Door Bin ? 20" Diamond-Finish Sport Alloy Wheels ? Glass Rear Window ? Rain Sensing Wipers ? Variably Intermittent Wipers Basic Information Stock Number: UHE199417 VIN Number: ZFF65TJA9E0199417 Style Name: Convertible Make: Ferrari Model: California Model Year: 2014 Vehicle Type: Exotic Exterior Color: Red Body Type: Convertible Interior Color: Nero Engine MPG Manual City: 13 MPG Manual Highway: 19 Engine Description: 4.3L V8 DI DOHC Fuel Type: Gas Fuel Induction: Direct Gasoline Injection Valves Per Cylinder: 4 Aspiration: Normal DriveTrain Differential Limited Slip: Mechanical Driven Wheels: Rear-Wheel Transmission: 7-Speed Manual Wheels Rims: Silver Aluminum Drive Train Type: RWD Suspension Independent Suspension: Four-Wheel Stabilizer Bar: Front And Rear Instrumentation Clock External Temp Low Fuel Level Tachometer Trip Computer Roof and Glass Convertible Roof: Power Convertible Window: Glass Rear Window Front Wipers: Variable Intermittent Privacy Glass: Light Rear Defogger In Car Entertainment Antenna Type: Window Grid Audio System: AM/FM/Satellite-Prep Speakers: 7 Seats Drivers Lumbar: Manual Drivers Power: 6 Passenger Lumbar: Manual Passenger Power: 4 Seating Capacity: 4 Front Seat Type: Bucket Upholstery: Leather Center Armrest Folding: Fold Forward Seatback Convenience Center Console: Full With Storage Door Pockets: Driver And Passenger Overhead Console: Mini Power Outlets Remote Trunk Release: Power Steering Adjustment: Tilt And Telescopic Steering Power: Speed-Proportional Power Steering Power Mirrors: Power Remote Power Retractable Mirrors Power Door Locks Windows: Power Windows Navigation System: With Voice Activation Comfort Air Conditioning: Automatic Air Filtration: Interior Air Filtration Trunk Lights: Cargo Area Light Center Console Trim: Leather/Aluminum Dash Trim: Aluminum Mats: Carpet Front Reading Lights: Front Shift Knob: Aluminum Steering Wheel Trim: Leather/Metal-Look Features Aux Engine Cooler: Regular Aux Transmission Cooler: Regular Bumpers: Body-Colored Door Reinforcement: Side-Impact Door Beam Safety ABS: 4-Wheel Anti Theft System Daytime Running Light Engine Immobilizer Headlights Auto Delay: Auto Delay Off Headlights Dusksensor: Dusk Sensing Front Headrests: Manual Adjustable Safety Stability Control Driver and Passenger Airbag Side Airbag Stability Control Door Reinforcement: Side-Impact Door Beam Doors Rear Door Type: Trunk Dimensions Front Shoulder Room: 54.4 Inches Luggage Capacity: 12 Cu.Ft. Length: 179.6 Inches Width: 75.1 Inches Height: 52.0 Inches Wheelbase: 105.1 Inches Curb Weight: 3,825 Lbs. Contact Maserati McLaren Beverly Hills 9022 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills California 90211 View Map Ask for:Sales Manager Contact: ?Contact Us Sales:(844) 866-6763 Terms Placing a Bid: Your bid constitutes a legally binding contract to purchase this vehicle. Please do not bid if you're not seriously interested or financially able to purchase this vehicle. Please read eBay's User AgreementMaserati McLaren Beverly Hills reserves the right to, Obtain and verify the registered information of all users who bid on this auction. Cancel any and all bids at our discretion, or end the auction early if necessary.Bidders Age: You must be 18 years of age or older to Bid. 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Trim Base Convertible 2 Door

1996 Ferrari 355 Ferrari F355 SPIDER UNIQUE CLASSIC COLOR 355 SERVICED HRE TUBI MANUAL GEARBOX

$79,900

Beverly Hills, California

ZFFXR48AXT0105109 VIDEO TAKEN IN BRIGHT SUNLIGHT WITH CELL PHONE CAMERA--RED INTERIOR IS NOT QUITE SO BRIGHT RED IN PERSON. PHOTOS GIVE BETTER INDICATION OF THE ACTUAL COLOR--GOAL WAS TO CAPTURE THE CAR'S PAINT FINISH. Detailed history for this Ferrari outlined below. This is perhaps the rarest and most striking of all F355 Ferrari Spiders. While there are literally thousands of red, yellow and black 355s this is the only classic Le Mans blue over Bordeaux 355 Spider known to exist. This is a classic color combination that was popular on classic Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati from the golden era of motoring and remains so, such so that when Ferrari unveiled its hyper rare F60, of which only 10 of the $2.5 million dollar cars were ever built, it was a blue car with a red interior…much like the 1950s California Spider with the same color combination. Presently on display at the Peterson Museum is the latest Bugatti finished in the same color combination. When Ferrari/Maserati designer Jason Castriota, who designed the 599, Maserati Birdcage 75th and the Maserati GranTurismo, decided to build a million dollar one-off 599 for his father he too chose blue over red for his personal creation. This Ferrari features the very expensive ($10,000 I’m told) option of the upper dash and steering wheel in red leather along with dark navy blue carpets that contrast beautifully yet subtlety with the red interior and complement the matching blue exterior. The $7,000 HRE wheels really compliment this Ferrari’s color combination while giving much better grip and braking thanks to the larger front and rear high performance tires. A Tubi exhaust system is included along with the factory exhaust for that amazing Formula 1 race car sound. The typical shrinking leather dash on the F355 was just addressed with thousands spent on new leather. Similarly, the red leather cover for the top is also new ($1500). The red leather interior, including the very expensive OPTION of a full red leather dash and matching steering wheel (said to be a $10,000 option), is in excellent condition as are the beautifully contrasting navy carpets with matching Ferrari original navy floor mats. A full engine out service was performed less than 1000 miles ago. New hood and trunk struts were installed. There are no sticky parts. Gorgeous $1,000 carbon fiber door sill trim panels have been fitted. (The blue you see on the left side of the engine panel is merely a reflection from the bar: The panel is actually black and matches the panel on the right side.) This Ferrari 355 is in exceptional show condition. The 355 is appreciating and on its way to collector car status. ROAD & TRACK listed it as one of the 10 best looking mid-engined Ferraris of all time, saying it sounds “incredible” and that its “styling has aged well, perhaps looking better than when it was first introduced.” The great Phil Hill described it as one of the 10 best Ferraris ever built. Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson said it was “the nicest car I have ever ever driven.” He then said he came back from that drive and decided “I have to have one, I have to have one. I have to.” He then went out and bought one for himself! After buying it he said “it’s still the best car I’ve ever driven.” Richard Hammond recently described the 355 in glowing terms as well in an article (below), echoing Road and Track’s sentiment, stating: “If anything, the 355 has somehow got more attractive in the 19 years since it arrived.” A recent 5,600 mile reviewer of the 355 for AutoLog noted: “I’m paraphrasing, but Autoblog reader Paul Dyer asked me one day, ‘Want to drive my 1998 Ferrari F355 Spider from San Jose, California, to me in Newfoundland?’ I'm also paraphrasing and leaving out some colorful but unpublishable language, but essentially I said, "Yes." That's how I ended up on a two-week, 5,600-mile road trip, getting an extensive and intimate look at one of the most spectacular cars of our generation. Here's what I discovered. To paraphrase, you don't even know how badly you want an F355. The F355 Spider is the last beautiful Ferrari. Subsequent stallions are modern and dramatic, the F355 is eternally gorgeous, like Brunelleschi's doors and sunsets in Viareggio. The Iliad would still make sense if you said the Greeks took to ship after a Trojan keyed Menelaus' F355. You cannot say the same about the 348, or even the 458 (though we do love it so). “Road & Track said the F355 had "probably the best sports-car engine ever made." Jeremy Clarkson said it was the best car he'd ever driven. That owner who said he wouldn't recommend it? He's had two, and still uses one as his daily driver.” On Pistonheads it was also said the 355 was the last “truly beautiful” Ferrari. In fact, it’s a common notion that the 355 was the last truly classically pretty Ferrari. The 355 is the last Ferrari built with a throttle cable between the gas pedal and the throttle bodies on the engine and a rod operated manual gearbox. It is the last “small” Ferrari. It is the last traditionally built Ferrari. It is the Ferrari that saved Ferrari and turned its reputation around in the mid-1990s. It is well on its way to being a collector’s Ferrari. See the article below comparing the F355 to the Dino. The 355 is a great investment. It's the end of the Enzo era inspired cars, the last of the hand-built cars and they made very few with just 2,664 six speed manual transmission spiders being made for the world. Compare that to the 360 where Ferrari made more than 13,000 of that model approximately half of which are spiders! This is the end of the small, svelte go-kart like handling Ferraris. It sounds more like an F1 car than any other road Ferrari. It has 5 valve per cylinder and titanium connecting rods. It is the last of the Ferrari with a manual transmission and a true throttle cable as opposed to indirect drive by wire found in the 360 and later cars. It is the best shifting, best driving true sports car from Ferrari bridging the analog cars to digital cars threshold. The 458 spider is an amazing car but it was mass produced, still costs around $250k and only comes with an automatic transmission and drive by wire, doesn't sound as good as the F355, and as a spider doesn't look as good as the F355 with its two giant humps behind the seats. It’s also huge compared to a 355 and takes no driver skill and has far less driver involvement. If you are wanting a true classic Ferrari experience with modern performance capabilities the F355 is the only car that fits the bill. Fast, fun, lightweight, sounds great, great to look at, and by today’s Ferrari standards produced in limited numbers. More fun and nimble than a 550, the other last analog Ferrari. The F355 will only appreciate as a classic in the future. HISTORY This Ferrari currently has a clear title. I have the full history of the car and I have spoken to the prior owner of the vehicle responsible for bringing the car to California. Please read the full history. Here is the history for this Ferrari: The prior California owner, then an Executive with Warner Brothers, purchased the car from Huntingridge Motors in 2005. One evening he was celebrating the conclusion of a work project at a Hotel on the corner of La Cienega Blvd and Beverly Blvd here in Los Angeles. He let the manager from computer animation company they were working with drive his Ferrari. They sat at a light at that intersection adjacent to the hotel. I have spoken to both the owner and the driver and both state what happened next. Their left turn arrow turned green. She started her left turn and was driving very slowly. The owner told her to give it some gas and she gave it only a slight amount of gas. He then instructed her to give it some more gas. By now they were midway through the turn. She gave it a lot more gas just as the car came into its powerband and the car spun as it was already mid-turn. The car was not going very fast as it she was just turning left at the intersection where the hotel was. With the Ferrari fishtailing, the Ferrari’s rear wheel hit the sidewalk. That was it. They both got out of the car and were actually relieved to see there was no body damage. Even the wheel itself looked okay but clearly the A-arm had bent as a result of hitting the curb. I have obtained the insurance company photographs which confirm this as well. Not one body panel on the car was damaged, no airbags deployed nor was there any serious damage. All the damage was of the simple bolt-off, bolt-on repair variety. At that time the owner had decided he wanted a BMW Z8. So the Ferrari was taken to Ferrari of Beverly Hills, the most expensive place probably in the nation to service and repair a Ferrari. Just as expected, they wrote a substantial estimate as each brand new part from their retail price sheet was expensive (and typically more expensive than even other Ferrari dealers). They even stated on the estimate that the removable subframe needed to be replaced and at a huge expense. Yet the subframe did not need to be removed or replaced which is readily verifiable. Thus, Ferrari of Beverly Hills did what was expected, they wrote a high estimate. Also as expected, Mercury Insurance concluded it would be more cost effective to pay off the car and then sell the car at an auction. As the car still looked very good without any damaged body panels, a new looking interior and super low miles, Mercury calculated it would generate a good auction sale value. By paying the car off and then selling it at an auction Mercury could avoid having to pay other non-repair costs, such as rental car and loss of use of the Ferrari. Mercury would have had to have paid for a rental car that was comparable to the Ferrari while the car was being repaired. Whether a loss of use claim or a rental car cost, renting a Ferrari is typically over $1,000 a day and if the car took four weeks to repair which was entirely possible (e.g., waiting for parts from Italy) that cost alone could be in excess of $30,000. As the owner had his eye on a Z8 he was happy to have Mercury “total” his Ferrari. With Mercury thinking they could get $45,000 to $50,000 for the Ferrari at an auction and save $30k in rental and loss of use fees and with the owner having “only” paid approximately $70k for the Ferrari, Mercury made a business decision to cut a check and sell the car at an auction. Mercury turned this paper into California’s DMV who then proceeded to issue a branded California title. A gentleman purchased the Ferrari and had it repaired and titled in his home state of Illinois where a non-branded title was issued. This Ferrari was not issued a branded title because of extensive damage. On the contrary, it was branded simply because Mercury concluded it would be more cost efficient to sell the car at an auction. I have this information straight from Mercury Insurance records, including numerous photos from Mercury Insurance, and from speaking directly with the owner and the driver of the Ferrari. Owners Manual and tool kit included. From CLASSIC DRIVER: Has the Ferrari F355 already become a classic? 22 August 2014 Inheriting the proportions of its predecessor, the Ferrari F355 was outwardly a much better-resolved proposition, both aesthetically and aerodynamically. But beneath the smoother skin were further major advancements, including power steering, variable damping, and a 100cc engine enlargement to 3.5 litres. In revised form, the now-375bhp V8 revved out to 8,500rpm and, even more impressively, conjured more bhp per litre than the V12 in the McLaren F1. “It was also the first truly reliable Ferrari,” adds Hartley Junior. “Unlike the Testarossa and 348, you could invariably put one in for a routine service without being hit with an astronomical bill.”As one era was beginning, another was coming to an end: it was to be the last of the breed to be hand-built, with the 360 and later descendants moving to mass production. “Perhaps this is why it’s similar to the F40 and F50 in the way it follows the trends of the classic car market,” ponders Hartley Junior. “In recent years, values of the 355 have climbed 25-30% – influenced somewhat by the 328 GTS – and I think this will continue to be the case. I can see this particular example being a quarter-of-a-million-pound car within the next 10 years.” “The 355 was a sweet spot in the transition from ‘analogue’ to ‘digital’, blending timeless looks and an honest character with just enough modern influence to make it a tempting proposition today." TOP GEAR AND RICHARD HAMMOND ON THE F355 All the legend, the myth, the history and mystery in the world cannot distract from one single fact when it comes to Ferraris: they have to be pretty. Stat sheets can go on about power-to-weight ratios, structural stiffness, torsional rigidity and exotic materials all day long, but if the car looks like a moose, then it’s a moose - an offence made all the worse if it’s supposed to be a prancing horse. The 348 that preceded the 355 was not an especially ugly car, but it also wasn’t especially pretty. The slats down the side echoed the Testarossa - not a good thing - so it looked dated even when it was brand new. And it certainly wasn’t a hit, performance-wise. In fact, much was made of the news that Honda launched the NSX at the same time, and it appeared to be, in every single way, better than the Ferrari. The 355 was Ferrari’s answer. Beauty and power came together and are still very much in evidence today. I’m not one for getting all gooey about Ferraris in general, but there is undeniably something that happens deep inside when you see that yellow badge on a V8 or a steering-wheel boss. Ferrari: the name carries so much weight, even to those who, like me, have never had - nor wanted - a hat with the brand on it. And, my God, the 355 is pretty. It shared almost every dimension with the 348, but the body was all-new and its sculpting had involved a rumoured 1,800 hours of wind-tunnel testing. But there’s little sense of form following function here; it’s too pretty for that. If anything, the 355 has somehow got more attractive in the 19 years since it arrived. Inside, I get a reminder that all Ferraris go through a phase when they are not classic - they’re just old Fezzers. I’d say that the 355 is coming through that and entering the classic stage of its life. In true Ferrari form, the interior has dated well. The layout, the design and the feel of it all scream of their own time and, while not fooling anyone that they were drawn yesterday, still have something to say about their period in car design… almost the definition of a classic, in fact. The mid-mounted 380bhp V8 revs to 8,250rpm and sounds satisfyingly guttural and raucous when it does so. It’s a Ferrari, so while it has to be pretty, it can’t afford to be slow either. And it’s quick, it really is. The headlines, 0-62mph in 4.7 seconds and a top speed of 183mph, are both perfectly acceptable, thank you. The way it delivers those is what it’s all about. The bark and fizz of the V8, the click-clack through that iconic, shiny H-gate - it’s all there. It’s a Ferrari and feels it. The engine and suspension all received major updates to produce the 355, and the gearbox too, with a six-speed manual operated, of course, through that sculptural gear selector. It feels all those things a Ferrari needs to feel; it’s a taut thoroughbred, and you get the sense too that, once you’ve overcome the inevitable nerves that can flutter at any encounter with any Ferrari, the thing is biddable and usable, with perhaps just a touch of fragility to keep things special. There’s a huge amount of love for the F355, with some claiming it pretty much saved the company from the doldrums in the early Nineties, others that it was the car that finally shifted the old-fashioned and faintly stuffy conviction amongst the Ferraristi that the only ‘proper’ Ferraris were the V12s. Some, including F1 champion Phil Hill, named it as one of the 10 best Ferraris ever. A landmark car, then, in the story of a legendary carmaker. COMPARING THE 355 TO THE 246 DINO The Dino became an instant hit with the new Ferrari customers and it was a brilliant piece of automotive design and engineering. It also moved Ferrari up a number of gears It used to be that a gentleman driver would only consider a Ferrari with a large and powerful V12 engine mounted up front. Porsche manufactured small, rear-engined sporting cars for the arriviste. ?All that changed when Ferrari launched the Dino, with a mid-mounted V6, and followed it with a succession ?of V8-engined sports cars. Ever since, Ferrari has offered two tiers of performance and style – but the Dino has moved out of the new-money realm into ?the collector-car stratosphere. Could the 1990s F355 be about to follow suit? Ferrari broke from its traditional front-engine philosophy in 1968, when the diminutive Dino appeared. The new model was not even badged a Ferrari; it was simply a Dino 206GT. To make matters worse it was developed along with Fiat, the V6 finding its way under the bonnet of the Fiat Dino Coupé and Spider. Motoring aristocrats such as the Agnellis of this world were about to be joined by successful Luigis who owned lucrative pasta joints. What was Enzo thinking? To be fair, the Old Man wasn’t keen on the mid-engine configuration for road cars – although his 250LM racer had proved to be the future for sports racing cars – as he thought the layout unsafe in the hands of customers. In the 1950s, his son Alfredo Dino Ferrari had been working with legendary engineer Vittorio Jano on small-displacement V6 racing engines that translated into successful racing cars, but Dino died of muscular dystrophy and never saw his ideas realized with the very successful road-going Dino. As was often the case with Ferrari (and other ?small manufacturers), building the required production run of 500 vehicles to meet the homologation rules was problematic so, for the new 1.6-litre Formula 2 series in 1967, Ferrari turned to Fiat for production ?and to up the numbers. Sergio Pininfarina was commissioned to build a concept for the 1965 Paris Salon and a refined Dino 206S featured at the 1966 Turin motor show. The reaction was very favourable, ?so Dino 206GT production followed the year after. The Dino became an instant hit with the new Ferrari customers and it was a brilliant piece of automotive design and engineering. It also moved Ferrari up a number of gears, transforming it from a small manufacturer of racing cars and expensive road cars into a specialist manufacturer of racing cars, expensive exotics and more affordable sports cars. In 1969 Fiat took commercial control of Ferrari, allowing Enzo to concentrate on his first love – motor racing – while considerably expanding the company and allowing it to grow into the success it is today. With the new Dino costing some £5500 against the big-gun 365GTB/4 Daytona’s £9000, it’s no wonder ?the small Ferrari (priced similarly to the Porsche 911) took off the way it did. Just 157 examples of the ?all-aluminium 2.0-litre 206GT were manufactured in ’68 and ’69 before Ferrari realised that improvements were required to sustain the sales trajectory. The steel-bodied 246GT was introduced in 1970, with a larger 2.4-litre engine that upped the horsepower from a screaming 160bhp at 8000rpm to a gruntier 195bhp at a still heady 7600rpm. Importantly, torque followed suit, from 138lb ft at 6500rpm to 166lb ft at 5500rpm. Weight rose too, to 1077kg, a tad more than the Porsche 911 of the day, but performance also improved considerably, with the 0-60mph sprint taking seven seconds and a top speed of 143mph. The 1972 Giallo Fly Ferrari Dino 246GT you see ?here belongs to Capetonian Dickon Daggit. Daggit is a leading light in the historic racing scene in the Cape ?and has raced his Cooper Bristol at Monaco and Goodwood. He has owned his Dino since 1981. ‘Of all the cars I own, this will be the last one to go,’ he says. ‘Not only is it beautiful to look at, it’s a classic that’s quick, handles superbly and does everything I want in a sports car. I regard it as being one of the most important road-going Ferraris ever, even if the Dino GT only actually received the Ferrari badge once the model was launched in America.’ And there’s the crucial point. Informed motoring collectors such as Dickon Daggit consider the Dino to be a proper and seminal Ferrari. But because Dinos were half the price of the bigger V12 Ferraris when new, many of them had harder lives and multiple ownership. Rust, unreliability and expensive, high-maintenance servicing costs dragged their values down to the point where they became ‘cheap Ferraris’, an oxymoron that led to neglect and demise in many cases. Dinos were abused, smoked around and lost much of their value. When the classic car phenomenon took hold in the 1970s, 275GTBs, 365GTCs and Daytonas increased in value and, come the crash of 1989, a Daytona was worth four times as much as a good Dino. But things have changed since then and today a good Dino is worth almost as much as a solid Daytona: say about £130,000. The Ferrari Dino is now as respected and collectable as any of the big V12s and having its engine mounted behind the cockpit is no longer a negative. After all, it became the way of many Ferraris. The sublimely beautiful Dino Berlinetta and Spider were followed by the less classical, more angular Bertone-styled Dino 308GT4 in 1974. It was never considered to be one of Ferrari’s finest creations, yet its V8-engined heart founded a theme for every ?junior Ferrari that followed, starting in 1975 with the superb 308 (as featured in Octane issue 83), which morphed into the 328, then the tricky and nervous ?348 of 1989. This was the low point for the junior mid-engined Ferraris, as the company appeared to be concentrating its skills on the larger Testarossa and 512TR, the magnificent 288GTO and the ballistic F40. But in 1994 Ferrari focused anew and came up with the F355. The best mid-engined, smaller-displacement Ferrari since the original Dino, the F355 was met with enthusiasm by both the press and Ferrari owners, who once again had a compact and wieldy sports car to enjoy thrashing along their favourite roads. Adam Blow brought along his immaculate 1996 F355 Berlinetta to pit against Daggit’s Dino and together they make a fine pair. Both designed by Pininfarina, these are two of the best-looking Ferraris ever created. The F355 has obviously moved on from the 246 and its specs are very impressive. It is the first Ferrari to feature five valves per cylinder (three intake and two exhaust valves) and its 3.5-litre V8 engine thumps out 380 stallions at 8250rpm. This translates to 109bhp per litre, an even higher specific output than the legendary McLaren F1’s 103bhp per litre. Performance? Little-league no longer, thanks to 0-60mph in 4.5sec and a top speed of 178mph. That’s properly fast, even today. The fabulous 90-degree V8 is complemented by ?one of the most sophisticated exhaust systems of the ?time, which has a wastegate that opens at high revs ?to reduce back-pressure and, unfettered, allow an extra 20bhp. How exuberant and typically Ferrari – yet it is balanced by a cool and efficient Bosch Motronic engine management system, a six-speed gearbox ?with tightly stacked ratios, underbody aerodynamics with twin diffusers at the rear, electronically adjustable dampers, and proper racing car-style double wishbones at each corner. The upshot is that Ferrari not only moved its F355 emphatically ahead of the 911 and Honda NSX opposition, it pushed the car straight into the jaws of the senior class dominated by the V12 Ferrari 512TR and the thunderous Lamborghini Diablo VT. Road ?tests of the time attested to the F355 being faster to 100mph than both, with the same time to the one kilometre post and a top speed almost identical to the 512’s. Bravissimo! We meet on a hot 38-degree day at Hout Bay. Victoria Road snakes along the peninsular towards Camps Bay and Clifton beach, providing one of the world’s most beautiful motoring backdrops. The cold Atlantic Ocean crashes onto the rocks on one side, while verdant mountain ranges including the Twelve Apostles, Lion’s Head and the rear of Table Mountain soar up towards the bright blue sky on the other. The smooth tarmac ribbon dips and rises past the breaking waves and offers fast and flowing third- and fourth-gear corners with a couple of clear dual carriageway sections ?where the throttle pedals can be planted. Rightfully, we start with Daggit’s Dino 246GT. It shimmers in the bright and unrelenting sunlight, sitting low on its old-tech 205/70 XWX Michelin tyres, the bodywork stretched voluptuously yet tautly over its tubular steel frame. The mid-mounted engine requires two flared nostrils on either side to feed cold air, and the front and rear lids are perforated with gills. You open the driver’s door with the dinky little curled handle, about the size of a nail clipper, and slump down into the driving seat. It is reclined at a comical angle, like a deckchair, and has no rake adjustment. Lying almost prone, you look over the instrument binnacle full of optimistically rated Veglia dials and up over the high-arching front wings. The Dino has been chuntering about for photos in the searing heat, but a press on the throttle pedal and a twist of the key gets the starter slurring and the three twin-choke Webers feeding without fuss. A dab of throttle elicits a fierce bark, as the race-derived 2.4-litre, chain-driven double overhead-cam engine clears its throats. Without having even moved off ?the mark, you know this is going to be a full-volume Ferrari experience. The clutch is firm and short but has a precise bite. The dog-leg five-speed shifter is typically sticky at ?low speeds and is heavy in comparison to a modern car’s. The Dino moves off, proffering an unexpected flow of gentle torque. Changes up through the ’box get sweeter as the speed rises and the car responds instantly and accurately to the superbly alive steering through the beautifully crafted wheel. Visibility is good, steering near-perfect, brakes ?need a good shove to get their attention but are then easy to modulate and the ride flows thanks to the ?all-wishbone, coil-spring suspension. The V6 engine ?is mounted transversely in the chassis, with the ?gearbox beneath it and the diff behind, so the mass ?is concentrated well within the wheelbase. And that becomes apparent as soon as you get into the groove. Turning into corners the Dino initially understeers, but add some throttle and the rear end squats and ?the car starts to work from the seat of your pants. Load up the XWXs, start to push and the Dino responds beautifully, seeming to get down and clamp itself to the tarmac like an angry Cape Cobra. It darts from one apex to the next, hugging the best line with precision. With the enthusiastic little V6 engine revving orchestrally behind you, the Ferrari can be thrown at every corner as fast as you like. The now-hot discs offer delicious feel as you brake later and later, guiding the Dino via its communicative steering while feeling ?it pivot about your hips, as the suspension does an excellent job of dispensing with any interfering undulations. You become one with this car and it flatters the driver, probably because the sublime chassis could clearly handle a whole lot more power. So now we move to the more powerful young ?blood; the supercar. And make no mistake, the F355 ?is most certainly a supercar even if, today, a good, ?pre-owned example can be had for the relatively affordable (against a Dino) sum of £40,000-45,000 – prices that, having moved north over the last year or two, already prove that interest in the F355 is increasing. The best thing? Even at that money, it’s still an absolute bargain for what’s on offer. Adam Blow’s F355 Berlinetta looks fierce in Scarlet. ‘I have a Porsche 993 Turbo as well as this and they are completely different. The Ferrari is a pure supercar but it is useable every day. And every time I drive it, I am reminded how special it is, even when sitting in traffic with the air conditioning on. As a driving enthusiast, I think Ferrari is the ultimate, so my next step is to order a new 458, which I am planning to collect from the factory in Maranello. My dream,’ says Blow. Modern safety regulations and aerodynamic considerations render it less curvaceous than the ?Dino but the 355 is still a dramatic statement with its long nose, side vents, flipped-up tail and signature Ferrari tail lights. As the Dino is diminutive, the 355 is sizable and wide, with a low, ground-hugging front spoiler. It looks honed. Just walking towards the car you can feel the shift from analogue to digital. The 355 is laser-cut, the Dino handcrafted. Having made myself comfortable behind the fat-rimmed steering wheel, the 355 starts instantly. Whirrr, blam, vrrrrrr. Fans blow from under the rear hood where the V8 is mounted longitudinally and the mill produces a flat wall of sound and a swell of heat. Every control feels oiled and accurate even though the pedalbox is offset towards the centre of the car. The drilled aluminium pedals themselves look a bit boy-racer in the otherwise sober and tasteful cabin. You can drive the 355 fast and comfortably, revving it to about five thou, with the radio playing and the ?air-con cooling. But, as advised by owner Blow, things only really start to happen above that. So turn the tunes and chills off, drop two gears via the riflebolt gearshifter and hold on. The 355 gets serious. If the Dino is akin to dancing with a beautiful woman as you guide her across the floor, the F355 is like a work-out with a black-belt karate instructor: precision thwacking with no corner either broached or given. You want the driving seat mounted forward so you can grasp the fat power-assisted steering wheel, then reprogramme your brain to keep up with the speed with which the 355 lunges into the corners. The gears are worth swapping just for the crack and the powerful vented disc brakes slough off speed with disdain. The car crushes the distance between corners with complete authority, and then it takes those corners with insane levels of grip and speed. Simply point and squirt. The superb suspension does the rest as the 355 hunkers down and launches itself through the bends. The first run along the costal road is a blur. So do it again. Concentrate, balance the throttle, gearchanges and braking. Still too much infused information to process, so do it again. More at one with the 355, you delve more deeply into its performance abilities. The fat 225- and 275-section 40-profile tyres mounted on 18-inch rims are not even close to the limit on this road and the 355 could do with a long, closed racetrack ?to get anywhere near its properly exciting edge. Amazingly, the electronic damping control that varies the suspension’s stiffness confers an extremely comfortable ride amid all the high-speed action. Obviously this is not a Dino 246GT versus a F355 Berlinetta road test because, although both are Pininfarina-designed mid-engined Ferraris, they are from totally different eras and are engineered with vastly different technologies – but note that both are Berlinettas, the purist’s choice over the Spider versions. The Dino is charming and so much better than I imagined it might be. The 355 is a true supercar, yet as capable of being a daily commuter as it is pushing the envelope of serious performance. The 355 was never a ‘little’ nor a ‘cheap’ Ferrari, being launched at £83,000, whereas the Dino was perceived as being the ‘small’ Ferrari when first seen in 1969. So I am surprised to find that I would choose the Dino over the fabulous 355. This Dino, like most today, is properly restored and in fine condition so it behaved impeccably in roasting conditions, never losing its cool. And it is just more special than the computerized, extremely loud, heat-venting, hyper machine that is the 355. Nowhere near as fast, the Dino is more seductive than the 355 on real roads. It appeals as a hand built icon rather than a precision instrument. You drive it with your soul whereas the 355 simply requires you to aim it with your brain engaged. You dance with the Dino and spar with the F355. Sure, the 246GT commands a price three times that of a good 355, and that’s no surprise: but don’t be surprised either if the F355 starts edging closer to it.

Ferrari : Other FERRARI 288 GTO 308 based SPEEDLINE WHEELS, BREMBO BRAKES, AP RACING DISCS

$49,700

Beverly Hills, California

Ferrari 288 GTOs are now selling for around $2.5 million!!! (See photo.) The GTO is an evolution of the Ferrari 308. In fact, it's a stretched 308 chassis with a body derived from the 308 with many 308 parts and designed by the designer of the 308. Straight from Ferrari the GTO was largely composed of fiberglass components as this was before the real development of carbon fiber. For sale here is a real Ferrari with clear Ferrari title. I have owned this car for about a decade now. I just have too many projects to finish. I purchased this Ferrari from Wicked Motorsports, a company that specialized in building custom wide-body Porsches. Wicked Motorsports built this GTO bodied 308. The GTO body kits, complete with bumpers, lights, grills, mirrors, etc., complete, typically cost $20,000 or more. The installation of the kits costs many thousands more as it is a complex and time consuming process. Wicked Motorsports sold me the car needing finishing and its been sitting in the garage here in Sourthern California ever since. The old two valve motor was removed to make room for the installation of a transverse 348/355 drivetrain. The shop where the car is presently has already done one such conversion, installing a 355 drivetrain into a 308 and making one of the most dynamically exciting road Ferraris ever as the 355 drive train weighs dramatically less than the OEM 308 drivetrain and makes nearly double the power! Or you could install an LS motor or even a Ford GT drivetrain. I even toyed with the idea of installing a Testarossa motor in the car and confirmed it will indeed fit! (See photo) Also included is a set of freshly leathered real Ferrari seats with the fully 288 GTO style. These alone are worth a small fortune! Also included is a set of massive, 380mm ultra light AP Racing ventilated front brake discs and 8 piston Brembo brake calipers. Calipers will have "FERRARI" script at time of the sale. 8 Piston Brake kits are very expensive but provide breaking far better than any F40 or GTO could hope for. Also included in the sale is a set of custom made Speedline wheels. These wheels cost nearly $10,000. They are still new. Speedline is the original manufacturer for many Ferrari OEM wheels including the original GTO wheels. These wheels, however, are much wider. The OEM GTO wheels had puny 255 mm rear tires. These tires are Fiorano F1 tires and are a spectacular and impressive 335 mm---the same size width as an F40. Special spacers are required for these wheels on the Ferrari and those will be provided as well. The main things that need to be done are installing a drivetrain and having a good upholstery shop finish the interior. I have an excellent auto upholstery shop that can finish the interior with new carpet, etc., for a very reasonable price. The door panels are black. This sale includes the body mounted GTO kit, bumpers, grill, lights, mirrors, etc., (~$20,000 plus installation), the wheels (~$10,000), the GTO style Ferrari seats, the Brembo / AP racing brakes and the 308 Ferrari with a good title. The market on 308s has gone up dramatically over the last few years with clean unrestored 308s now selling for $55,00 to $70,000 with restored cars fetching over $100k. Here's a chance to own a car that, with a relatively minimal investment of time and money, will have the looks of a $2.5 million dollar Ferrari for far less than the cost of basic restored 308.

Ferrari : 575 2005 ferrari superamerica f 1 a

$419,000

Beverly Hills, California

2005 Ferrari Superamerica F1A Superamericas have always held a special place in Ferrari lore. This 575M is a Ferrari that fits like a glove. Finished in Nero exterior with black Power Daytona seats and black inserts, the whole car is adorned in Nero stitching including the leather rear shelf. Scuderia Shields, modular wheels and red brake calipers finish this stunning build. Not to mention a brand new set of Bridgestone Potenza RE050A: Front 255/35/ZR19 and Rear 305/30/ZR19 This 2005 Ferrari 575M Superamerica, a convertible version of the 575M Maranello, features the desirable Fiorano handling package (a performance tuned suspension system) and an electrochromic glass panel roof that rotates 180° (a production car first) at the rear to lie flat over the boot. We believe the roof is original and is in amazing condition with no evidence of clouding. The dash is in superb condition with no separating under the windshield or around the instrument pod. The higher-output tune of this V-12 engine is rated at 533 hp (397 kW; 540 PS). Ferrari marketed it as the world's fastest convertible with a 0-60 speed of 4.2 seconds and a top speed of 199 mph. Clutch has approximately 70% remaining with the 5 year belt service completed in June of 2012 and a full service done in may of 2015. Both by a local Ferrari Service Facility. These are rare and fabulous Ferraris that are just a joy to drive. Odometer:4,590 Transmission:F1 Automatic Engine:5.8L V12 SMPI DOHC VIN:ZFFGT61A650142457 Color:Black Stock #:UB5142457 Interior:Black Drive Train:RWD Electronic4 SpeakersAM/FM radioAM/FM w/Cassette/CD ChangerCassetteRadio data systemRemote CD playerWeather band radioInteriorAir ConditioningAutomatic temperature controlRear window defrosterMemory seatPower driver seatPower steeringPower windowsRemote keyless entryAdjustable pedalsDriver door binFront reading lightsLeather steering wheelPassenger vanity mirrorPower convertible roofSport steering wheelTachometerTelescoping steering wheelTilt steering wheelFront Bucket SeatsLeather Seat TrimPower passenger seat TechnicalAdaptive suspensionFour wheel independent suspensionSpeed-sensing steeringTraction controlSafety4-Wheel Disc BrakesABS brakesDual front impact airbagsFront anti-roll barIntegrated roll-over protectionLow tire pressure warningRear anti-roll barPanic alarmSecurity systemExteriorFront fog lightsHeadlight cleaningHigh-Intensity Discharge HeadlightsBumpers: body-colorConvertible roof wind blockerHeated door mirrorsPower door mirrorsSpoiler19" Split-Rim Performance WheelsGlass rear windowRain sensing wipersVariably intermittent wipers Exterior: Excellent Wheels: Excellent Interior: Excellent McLaren Maserati Beverly Hills 9022 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, California 90211 Email Us Many of our auctions are ended early by using the Buy It Now on eBay, or because we will end the auction and sell to the highest bidder on eBay based upon receiving a reasonable offer. Do not miss out on this vehicle. Call us today! ***IMPORTANT NOTICE*** We do not issue Second Chance offers for our auctions!!! If you have received a Second Chance offer regarding one of our auctions, it is not from us!!!! BEWARE!!!!!! Please contact eBay Safe Harbor Immediately!!! We highly recommend that all transactions between a purchaser and our dealership take place within eBay live auction formats.

Ferrari : Other Base Convertible 2-Door 2015 ferrari 458 spider one of kind loaded every option special order

$305,000

Beverly Hills, California

Vehicle InformationVIN:zff68nha0f0205423Stock: Mileage:3,350Color:Azzuro California (Special)Trans:F1-DCTEngine:4.5L V8 32V GDI DOHCMPG:13 City / 17 HighwayDrivetrain:RWD

Trim Base Convertible 2 Door

Ferrari : Other SPIDER Intermeccanica Italia inspired Ferrari Nembo Spider owned by Sports Car Market

$155,000

Beverly Hills, California

Quoted from Bloomberg Business: "Italias are striking cars that offer handsome styling with hand-formed steel bodies that were made in Turin between 1967 and 1972. Classic & Sports Car, in a 1993 article, stated, "The Italia may be one of the most gorgeously styled cars ever made, but you may never have heard of it. The Italia is one of life's great mysteries; it's an especially beautiful car. It also looks curiously familiar...a touch of the Nembo Ferrari, or a NART Spyder, especially the grille. The only identification is the two small badges on the flanks that say Carrozzeria IM and are adorned with rampant bull emblems. What is it? A Lamborghini? Nope. What you are looking at is a genuine Intermeccanica Italia." This particular Italia was previously owned by a senior analyst with the Sports Car Market publication. You don't want to spend $700,000 to $1,000,000 on a Shelby AC Cobra? (British car with Ford engine), or $18,000,000 on a 250 Ferrari Spider or a $1,000,000 on a Daytona Spider or perhaps $800,000 on a Maserati spider? Then this might just be the car for you. A mid-1960s designed sports car, built in Torino Italy, designed by one of the greatest automobile designers of all time--Franco Scaglione. Scaglione designed some of the greatest cars in history, including the most stunning trio of automobiles in a series ever made, the Alfa Romeo B.A.T.s, as well as the Giulietta Sprint and Sprint Speciale and many others Alfas. Scaglione then worked with Carlo Abarth and Porsche where he designed the Porsche 356 B Abarth Carrera GTL, the acclaimed design forerunner of the 911. Then Scaglione conceived the most desirable of all Lamborghinis, the Lamborghini 350 GTV, the very first Lamborghini. He also designed the stunning ATS 2500 GT and the 1900 Skyline Sprint for the Japanese Prince company. In 1967, shortly after designing this car, the InterMeccanica Italia, Scaglione designs the legendary Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, arguably the prettiest sports-racer ever designed. With this Italia you are not just buying a car...you are buying a rare piece of Italian art from a true Artisan. This Italia features a spectacular color combination, one I fell in love with years ago when I saw a Ferrari on the grass at Pebble Beach (see pic) similarly configured. Only 354 Italia spiders and coupes were ever constructed during a six year period from the late 1960s to the early 70s, making this a Ferrari Daytona era car but much rarer than the Daytona. From 1968 on Ferrari produced 1,406 Daytonas, coupes and convertibles, nearly 4 times as many Daytonas were produced when compared to the Italia. (By comparison, Ferrari will be making 9,000 cars a year whereas only According to the Italia registry this car was produced in 1969. Some say the Italia's styling is very similar to the Ferrari Nembo Spyder designed by Tome Meade, a friend of mine until he passed away a couple of years ago, and a car worth millions of dollars. Here's something you don't see everyday for a used car: I'm offering a SIX MONTH GUARANTEE! IF AFTER 180 DAYS / SIX MONTHS YOU NO LONGER WANT THIS CAR, FOR ANY REASON, RETURN IT IN THE SAME CONDITION YOU RECEIVE IT AND YOU WILL GET A FULL REFUND! I know I'm selling this car now for less than it is worth. This car was last sold publicly at auction by RM way back in 2007 and we all know how the collector car market has gone up since then. This Italia features power windows and rare factory AC. In addition, it features elements unique to this car which I've been told were specially ordered by a customer, including unique door handles and a period trendy front lower valence. Apparently these cars, like the Miura, became light at high speeds and so this valence was installed to keep the car better planted to the motorway. HOWEVER, I have taken the car out of storage and I have REMOVED the front valence. I prefer the 1950s/1960s vintage look better without the valence. Of course, the valence will come with the car for the purchaser’s discretion. I purchased the car a number of years ago and it has been covered and stored in a garage. The body shows no signs of rust. The paint was likely done many years ago and no rust has come through anywhere that I can see. You could drive it as it is or restore it, depending on whether you want a more original look or a the new concours look. I will paste the RM Description below, but for those who are unfamiliar with this car, the great thing about it is it provides true sexy Italian metal bodywork, designed and built by artisans in Turin Italy, with rugged and reliable classic American V8 power, a Ford 351 Cleveland V8. So unlike an old Ferrari, Lamborghini or Maserati, you can run down to your local Pep Boys and buy a water pump or tune up kit or have Jiffy Lube change your oil. In addition, a few tweaks to the Cleveland motor, the same engine found in the Pantera, and the Italia will simply blow the doors of a Daytona. RM recently sold a navy blue Italia Spyder for nearly $200,000. That car had the wrong aftermarket gauges and numerous other issues. This car is a classic "resale red" with a full tan interior, the most desirable color combination with a rare tan interior and it features all its original instruments. It also had significant maintenance work by the prior owner. After 47 years I figure its time for a new gas tank so I'm having a customer aluminum tank fabricated to improve safety, reduce weight and ensure this car's V8 received perfectly clean fuel. After taking the Italia out of the garage and seeing it sparkle in the sunlight with its unique colors, I'm really tempted to drive it for a few months and then make it the prettiest/best Italia out there and then set the market at $250k to $300k. (Which is why I am offering the buy back after six months if the buyer no longer wants the car.) With collector cars the moment to buy often comes and goes. How many times have you heard stories of how someone could have bought a particular sports car for $40k and today its worth $800k? I suspect there are fewer than 300 of these cars, coupes and convertibles, left in the world and as with all other Italian sports cars from this era prices are rapidly escalating. Timing is everything. FROM THE RM AUCTION LISTING A FEW YEARS BACK Specifications: c. 300 hp, 351 cu. in. Ford Cleveland V8, four-speed manual transmission, live rear axle, front and rear disc brakes with booster. Wheelbase: 94.5" In 1959 chemical engineer Frank Reisner combined his fascination with automobiles and professional talents to establish Carrozzeria Automobile Intermeccanica. Born in Hungary in 1932 and raised in Canada, he raced sports cars and "specials" in the late fifties before moving to Italy. Here he designed a racing chassis for Giannini Automobile, Spa, Rome, but soon relocated to Turin to build speed equipment. Over the next few years Reisner built numerous cars including the Apollo GT, which was based on Buick mechanicals, for International Motor Cars of San Francisco. These stylish Italian-bodied sports cars helped firmly establish Carrozzeria Intermeccanica as an automobile manufacturer, despite the fact 1963-65 production was limited to about one hundred units. Other Intermeccanica models followed -- from one-off prototypes to the Corvair-powered Phoenix constructed for John Fitch. After a few sour arrangements Reisner was left with 142 completed chassis in Turin. He went to Ford and secured a steady supply of 289 cubic inch V8 engines (later Cleveland and Windsor 351 cubic inch V8s), and drivetrains for shipment back to his factory in Italy. He arranged for a new distributor to sell his first true production car, the Torino, but in 1967 the similarly styled 5-liter, later the 5.7-litre Italia was unveiled. The Corvette-like Italia in Ferrari-inspired clothing sold well in America. Sports Car Graphic said in 1970, “…it has the potential to be the Ford Motor Company’s version of the ’Vette. And it’s a lot more exciting.” The 0-60mph time was 6.2 seconds. This Italia is fitted with the rarely seen factory air conditioning and powered by the preferred Ford 351 cubic inch Cleveland V8 mated with a four-speed manual transmission. The engine is fitted with custom valve covers, a new Edelbrock 650cfm 4V carb and Edelbrock Performer intake manifold. Its recent freshening also included addition of a new electronic ignition, rebuilt front end, rebuilt front and rear disc brakes, new wiring harness, stainless steel exhaust system as well as a new fuel pump, The fuel system and lines, hoses and belts and much more have been inspected, repaired or replaced where necessary. Riding on new tires mounted on vintage Magnum 500 wheels, this Italia in fresh Milano Russo paint mates the best of Italian design and American Muscle. The fresh paintwork is in excellent condition as is its tan leather interior with black piping and tan cloth convertible top. The dash and controls are all business, exemplifying the Italia’s supercar nature, while the leather seats, tan carpets and power windows are concessions to the Gran Turismo side of the Italia. Approximately 376 (354) Italia coupes and convertibles were built, which, in comparison to some far more expensive Ferrari models, is very few in number, making an Italia a truly rare American-powered, international supercar.

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Ferrari : 550 MARANELLO FERRARI 550 MARNANELLO SERVICED GIALLO YELLOW DAYTONA SEATS 275 YELLOW HRE

$209,000

Beverly Hills, California

You are looking at an investment grade Ferrari 550 Maranello and one of the very best cars ever to come out of the Ferrari factory. This is truly a spectacular condition Ferrari 550 Maranello. I have seen two 550s with 6,000 miles on them and they did not look as good as this car. This Maranello features the rare and strikingly handsome Giallo Modena color paint, an outstanding glove soft leather interior and an engine clean enough to eat from. Appearing as nearly new are the black leather Daytona leather seats and the mint condition diamond leather rear shelf. The original official color of Ferrari was in fact Giallo (yellow) as this is the official color of Modena, Italy where Enzo Ferrari was born and where he located his factory. Red was the color of Italy (as green was England, blue for France, silver for Germany, etc.) but the actual color of Ferrari was yellow, which is why this color is called Modena Yellow (and why the Ferrari badge features a yellow background behind the prancing horse). Whereas red maybe too flashy for some or simply far too common, this yellow has the same visual power as the red, if not more, while being far more rare and less ostentatious. While there are many red, black, blue, silver and grey 550s yellow Maranellos are particularly rare. This Ferrari looks more like a one-year old car rather than a nearly 20 year-old classic Ferrari, such is its exceptional condition. The dash is as new and with none of the typical drying or shrinkage issues. The leather seats, featuring their “Daytona” pattern, are as new and without wear. There are no sticky parts. The Books and Manuals and their leather pouch and the Leather toolkit are included as shown in the photograph. The major service was recently performed, including new timing belts, tensioner bearings, drive belts, filters, oils, fluids, gaskets and seals, spark plugs, pollen filter, etc. Also included are a set of premium HRE wheels with Michelin tires (265 mm/ 19” front and 325 mm / 20” rear) that cost nearly $9,000. (I will try and get a photo of these wheels on the car and post the pic in the next couple of days.) The wheels look absolutely stunning on the 550. The OEM wheels are as new and feature brand spanking new freshly mounted Bridgestone Potenza tires (Bridgestone Potenzas were an OEM tire fitment for the 550 from Ferrari when new) with their stickers still on them. The 550 Maranello is one of the hottest Ferraris on the market today and for good reason as it is perhaps the best all around front-engine GT ever built by Maranello. When new the world recognized the 550 as the true spiritual successor to the legendary Daytona. At a recent Concours, studying the profiles of the Datyona, 365GTC, the 550 and a yellow 275GTB, the 550 looked more athletic, balanced and handsome than the 365 GTC or the Daytona. Only the seven figure 275 was arguably more handsome. Interestingly enough, side by side the 550 more closely resembles the 275 than the Daytona as well. (Long hood, rear fender power bulge, flip up rear tail, etc.) It's clear to see the 550 is the modern day interpretation and successor to the 275. The owner of the yellow 275, a well-known collector, told me once how he'd only paid several thousand dollars for the 275 years earlier and now clearly benefiting from that ownership and the car's appreciation! So why am I selling my 550 if it's such a great car? Because I'd like to buy a 550 Barchetta and they are rather expensive. (If any Barchetta owners are interested in a trade please contact me.) The 550 is the last true Ferrari GT featuring an Enzo-era gated manual shifter, an actual accelerator cable connecting the driver directly to the engine and a traditional tubular steel chassis. The 550 is a solid and reliable sports car as well as rolling sculpture. Brock Yates, who along with Dan Gurney drove a Daytona from Coast to Coast in the Cannonball Run in just 36 hours with Gurney purportedly driving some 20 miles at speeds in excess of 170 mph, compared the Daytona to the 550. In his 1997 Car & Driver comparison he wrote the Daytona and the 550 were “amazingly similar in concept and capability” and that one should “Consider that the Daytona and the Maranello are genetically linked in overall architecture.” Back in 1997 Yates wrote: “Over a quarter-century apart in age, but amazingly similar in concept and capability. They are the fabled 365GTB/4 Daytona (circa 1968-73) and the current, potentially fabled 550 Maranello, introduced in 1996. Both cars represent the quintessential Ferrari theme; a theme Enzo established in 1947.” Brock Yates, now a legend in his own right, is one who would know. (More from Brock Yates below.) Daytona coupes are now pushing $1,000,000.00 while the 550 is a better Ferrari in every way, as shown in a side by side comparison by EVO Magazine with the 275, Daytona, 550 and the 599. Of these cars, EVO picked the 550 as the better of this bunch. (See below.) Also included in the test was the 575 with a manual transmission…a car that today costs around $300,000 or more…if you can even find a 575 with a manual gearbox! Yet, by comparison for collectability the 550 comes out on top. The 575 has drive by wire which lacks the feel of the direct accelerator cable found in the 550 and Daytona. Nearly all 575s are the less desirable automatic/paddle shifters. The 550 interior is a much cleaner design and more attractive with flowing lines that contour cohesively from the door panels around through to the center console. The nose of the 575 was also rounded off and in the process it lost the tailored sharpness of the 550’s shark nose. The 575 is a great car but the 550 is the closest thing to a Daytona in terms of visceral feel and stunning purity of design which make the 550 the most collectable coupe after the Daytona. When the 550 came out Daytona coupes could be purchased for around $100k so their values have increased approximately 7 times over since then, making them unaffordable to most. Don’t be surprised with the 550 follows in its predecessor’s footsteps. Even the never much loved 365 GTC/4 are now selling for more than $300k so you can imagine what the well-received 550 will appreciate to! The 550 is not only remarkably handsome and exotic looking, but fast (nearly 200 mph and 0-60 in just 4.2 seconds), comfortable and reliable. The 550 was a stunning 3.2 seconds faster around Ferrari’s Fiorano race track than the mid-engined 512M. The sound of the 550’s V12, with its titanium connecting rods and four valves per cylinder, is second to none. It is truly the perfect all around driving Ferrari and as rolling art with its own symphony it is also a great investment. Just two years ago when I sold my 512TR I noted in my Ebay ad that the 512TR was going to go up in value. It was simply too good of a car, looks and performance wise, to not go up in value when compared to other cars on the market. Well, since then the car has more than doubled in value as is valued at well-over $200k. Yet Ferrari produced about 9,957 Testarossas (TR, 512TR and 512M) and only about 3,083 550 Maranello so there are nearly three and a quarter TRs for every one 550. There is no doubt the 550 is visceral Ferrari with a traditional Enzo era tube chassis and gated shifter: A car that’s engaging to drive and better in performance in every way than the Daytona and arguably just as good looking on the outside and unquestionably better on the inside. (The seats of in the Daytona don’t even adjust at all.) There is no doubt the 550 Maranellos values will be increasing dramatically. As it is, there are precious few on today’s marketplace for sale and when they do come up for sale they don’t last very long. At RM’s September 2015 auction in England, Max Girardo, auctioneer and managing director of RM Sotheby’s European division, said in a post-sale news release that the market is still commanding strong money, and rather significantly he noted further, “We welcomed bidders from 26 countries, of which 23 percent were new clients to RM Sotheby’s.” When the 550 was produced back in the late 1990s Russia, China, India and other economies were struggling and emerging economies and they were not buying Ferraris. Today’s population of 7 billion people with nearly 2,000 billionaires around the globe means the demand for collectible Ferraris is greater than ever, as shown by RM. The 550 is also rare with just over 3,000 produced compared to 16,000 or so 360s and likely similar numbers for the 430 and 458, etc. A 550 Maranello convertible (a “Barchetta”) was sold by Gooding for $762,000 this past August and Parties are now routinely asking half a million dollars for the convertible version of the 550….a car with no real roof and a car that is identical to the 550 Maranello mechanically. Just two years ago the average asking price for a Barchetta was just under $200k. This gives insight into the future value of the Maranello. Ferrari made more 246 Dinos than 550 Maranellos (3,761 compared to just 3,083 Maranellos) yet those V6 engined Ferraris can run $400k to $500k. The 550 Maranello is only now starting to come into its own and a year or two from now these cars will be soon prohibitively expensive for most people to purchase. Similarly, remember when Boxers were ~$65k? Those days are long gone now as well. The 550 is rapidly being appreciated now for the classic Daytona successor that it is…only better. Whether as an investment or as your daily driver, the 550 is an all around stunning winner of a Ferrari and this one now for sale is a rare gem. BROCK YATES: Attempts to compare a modem automobile with an aged counterpart are as futile as those tedious sports-bar arguments over whether Babe Ruth could hit a 100-mph Randy Johnson fastball, or if Rocky Marciano could go toe to toe with Evander Holyfield, or if Emmitt Smith can hit off-tackle as hard and quick as Jim Brown. Apples and oranges, as the old saw goes, and as time marches on, the size, strength, and style of both men and machines are altered to a point wherein historical comparisons lapse into pointless gibberish based only on prejudice and the age of the proponents. Except in the case of two Ferraris, over a quarter-century apart in age, but amazingly similar in concept and capability. They are the fabled 365GTB/4 Daytona (circa 1968-73) and the current, potentially fabled 550 Maranello, introduced in 1996. Both cars represent the quintessential Ferrari theme; a theme Enzo established in 1947 with his nascent 125 sports car and carried forward in increasingly brash and outrageous forms, i.e., a well-founded chassis cradling a front-mounted, narrow-angle V-12 producing prodigious horsepower from relatively small displacements. Consider that the Daytona and the Maranello are genetically linked in overall architecture. Both are V-12, front-engine machines with transaxles and unequal-length, coil-sprung independent suspensions. Four-wheel vented disc brakes and two-place, grand-touring coupe bodywork with high levels of comfort are common traits, as are stunning performance figures and relatively large dimensions and heavy weight. Clearly, the 550 is a technical marvel compared with its cousin, owing to its electronically controlled fuel injection and adjustable traction control, shock absorbers, and anti-lock brakes, plus a plethora of luxury power options. The Daytona has simple, powerless bucket seats, and the most vivid and unpleasant clue to its age is its recirculating-ball manual steering, which serves as a mobile Soloflex at low speeds (although it becomes feathery and precise at highway velocities.) Moreover, its steering wheel resides at a bus driver's angle, recalling the days when such ergonomic decisions were governed exclusively by the bulk of the Commendatore, who mandated all wheel and pedal positions (thereby eliminating all humans of small stature from becoming Ferrari drivers). With 1.1 more liters of engine displacement than the Daytona (5.5 liters versus 4.4) and vastly more efficient port fuel injection, four-valve cylinder-head design, and intake and exhaust manifold tuning, the 550's engine easily overcomes stringent emissions rules to pump out 458 horses, or 143 more than its cousin. When once considers that this is being produced by a tractable, smooth-idling, normally-aspirate engine, the Ferrari's engineering staff's skill at producing steroid-induced horsepower comes into focus. EVO MAGAZINE REVIEWS CLASSIC FERRARI GTs Ferrari 599 GTB vs 275 GTB, Daytona, 550 Maranello and 575M 27 Feb 2013 The launch of a new V12 Ferrari is the perfect excuse to bring together its front-engined forebears. Jethro Bovingdon drives them all, from sublime 275 GTB to stunning 599 GTB Fiorano. Millions of car enthusiasts suddenly understood what it feels like to be the front splitter on a 430 Scuderia when the F12 Berlinetta was revealed. In fact my chin is still recovering from the gravel rash incurred by dragging my bottom jaw around for at least two days in the immediate aftermath: 730bhp, wild aerodynamic devices like the ‘Aero Bridge’, Active Brake Cooling, a top speed of over 211mph… it’s not so much an evolutionary step as a giant leap into a tear in the time-space continuum. Right now we can only imagine how it drives (brilliantly seems a safe bet), but what we can do is look back to see what has made the front-engined Ferrari V12 berlinettas so extraordinary in the past, and perhaps identify the magic that the F12 would do well to carry into its startling new hyper-reality. So we find ourselves at Millbrook Proving Ground on a drizzly Saturday morning. The forecast says we can look forward to sunshine but it hardly seems to matter. Unless giant rocks of ice start to fall from the sky, the weather couldn’t possibly spoil this very special day. It’s one of those pinch-yourself moments as I look around to see 275 GTB, 365 GTB/4 Daytona, 550 Maranello, 575M and 599 GTB Fiorano… I want to jump up and down and run in circles but instead I just nod in dumbstruck silence as David Ingram-Hill hands me the keys to his family’s beautiful 275 GTB and coolly gives me some instructions about the finer points of handling this near 50-year-old road-racer. ‘It’s a 1965 two-cam six-carb model with the Webers instead of the Solex, steel- bodied and a long-nose/short-tail car. It’s got a dogleg first and the throttle is a bit sticky initially. Use all the available revs, no restrictions, just go for it. It goes like stink. You will absolutely love it.’ David is, as you may have gathered, a bit of a hero. This 275 (insured by us for £800,000) has recently skimmed across Patagonia in the 1000 Millas Sport rally, is a regular on the Mille Miglia and gets used very, very hard every time it’s brought out into the wild. It’s beautifully maintained but never pampered, loved for what it does, not just how it looks. Even so, driving it onto Millbrook’s challenging Alpine Hill Route in the damp is enough to get a swarm of mutant butterflies dive-bombing my stomach lining. It’s hard to imagine a more evocative machine than a bright red 275 GTB with white roundels on the bonnet and doors and huge Scuderia Ferrari shields on the front wings. Swing open the tiny, lightweight door and drop into the low-backed black bucket seat, remember to breathe, then just soak in the details. The big, metal-spoked, leather-trimmed wheel with that famous badge staring proudly back at you; the large, clear instruments set in a simple wooden dash (speedo reading to 300kph, red line at 7500rpm); the tightly-gated ’box and the deliciously tactile gearknob with those perfect, finger-shaped indentations on its rear face; the miniature elegance of the door mirrors; the almost pornographic rise and fall of the curvaceous wings and bonnet… God, I’m as cynical as the next man, but the 275 is plain irresistible. Turn the tiny key, press the oversized black plastic rocker switch marked ‘A’ where you’d expect to find a stereo in a normal car, listen for the click of the fuel pump, turn the key a bit further and the 3.3-litre Colombo V12 (see panel, p68) starts to churn. Now squeeze the throttle ever so gently and feel the weight of the carbs pushing back… the engine catches then thrums and thrashes at a fast idle. I’m told this particular V12 is good for around 300bhp and the GTB is built like a racer – it weighs just 1200kg. As I take up the clutch and try to judge that heavy throttle, I can’t help wondering if the 205/70 VR14 (yes, 14!) tyres are going to be my friends or a deadly foe… The weighty first inch or so of throttle pedal is the only heavy thing about the 275 GTB. Its unassisted steering is light and intuitive with none of the slack I’d expected, the gearchange is precise despite the transaxle layout (then a first for a Ferrari berlinetta but continued to this day) and there’s a supple effortlessness about its damping. But that doesn’t make it a relaxing car to drive – it’s too intense for that. The V12 is torque-lite but rev-happy, and to make it feel like the full 300bhp you need to be determined to see the needle swing towards the red. The V12’s complex tangle of noise is pulled tight as the revs rise and, much as I hesitate to use the words, the resulting snarl at the top end is pure Le Mans. The 275 is not a physical car to drive but it requires real mental discipline – you must keep the engine bubbling over 5000rpm, the gearbox needs careful coaxing and an expertly judged blip of revs to change down cleanly, and the steering is exquisitely accurate but lacks the busy feel I’d expected. Even on the heavily cambered turns of the Hill Route it never weights-up to give you something to lean against; instead you feel for the grip through the seat and I never felt minded to really fling it towards a corner. I suspect experience would breed much more confidence because the basics are so right: the 275 GTB is so narrow and agile, the body control is absolutely remarkable for such an old car, the brakes (here upgraded to Daytona-spec) are superb, and the whole car just seems incredibly happy when it’s being driven hard. The noise, the smell of hot oil, the way reflections seem to rush up to the curved windscreen and then streak past the side windows… it’s just pure theatre and pure race car. I’m smitten. Imagine driving this car in 1965 when the average family car (think of an Anglia 105E) covered the 0-60mph yardstick in around 25 seconds and could barely hit 80mph flat-out… Daytona. I am about to drive a Ferrari Daytona. I knew the numbers by heart as a kid: 4.4-litre V12, 352bhp at 7500rpm, 174mph, 0-60mph in 5.4sec, 0-100mph in 12.6… To call the 365 GTB/4 an icon is like saying that Roger Federer is quite good at tennis. This is supercar royalty. Now, it might make you feel a bit sick, but our new best mate Mr Ingram-Hill also owns the Daytona (I won’t mention the F40 and the F50). He warns me it’s a bit different to the 275 and the key to that is one figure that my young mind never really factored-in to the Daytona myth. It weighs 1600kg. Compared with its predecessor it’s a genuine porker. The question is, has it been on protein shakes and designer steroids or just spent too long at the pasta buffet? The sliver of chrome that acts as a door handle gives no clue to the car’s heft, but settle into the laid-back, squidgy seat and it feels like a very different animal to the racy, minimalist 275. There’s a wide centre console (complete with electric window switches), the steering wheel is vast, you sit much higher and the big, faded black dash has a sort of old-school Californian glamour to it – in other words it’s stylish but unnecessarily huge. Wow, talk about a shift in focus. The broad-chested Tipo 251 V12 churns in the same slightly reluctant fashion before booming to life and seeming to swallow up the whole car. This one has a deeper but still super-complex note. The ’box still has a familiar dogleg pattern but the exposed metal gate has vanished and the tight precision is replaced by a loose, long-throw action. Again the big carbs give a heavy stiction to the throttle but that’s nothing compared with the steering (still unassisted), which is painfully heavy as I roll gingerly out of our little collecting area and on to the Hill Route. Within perhaps five seconds of driving the Daytona you know it’s not a wild, highly-strung and enthralling road-racer like its predecessor. The weight of the steering, the huge torque of the engine, the overly-sensitive brakes… virtually every detail says this is pure GT, a sea- change in the direction of front-engined V12 Ferraris. However, I don’t mind admitting it makes me feel instantly more comfortable. Yes, the steering is almost comically heavy and there’s more body-roll and less agility, but that means the Daytona is easier to read and doesn’t feel like it might skate across the surface unexpectedly. Delve deeper, though, and the Daytona starts to show its limitations. The engine is absolutely stonking, no question. It’s quicker than the 275 even pulling that extra 400kg, and despite that deep well of torque it’ll rev right out, too. But push the chassis harder and the steering becomes almost unmanageable and never seems to lighten at all, the body starts to lurch a little between direction changes, there’s inevitable understeer and the gearbox has such wide ratios that smooth progress is very tricky to maintain. I’ve never driven a car that needs such a massive throttle input to match the revs on a downshift. It’s fair to say that after the fairytale brilliance of the 275 GTB, the 365 GTB/4 is something of a disappointment. Of course I absolutely accept that the Hill Route is the very worst place to drive the Daytona. This is a car for fast, wide French N-roads where you never dip below 100mph, society girlfriend in the passenger seat eager to get to Monte Carlo and congratulate you on your impeccable taste in bank accounts. Repeatedly. However, here and now it’s not a patch on that eager, fizzing 275 GTB and although I still want a Daytona in my kitchen, I wouldn’t be that bothered if it was bricked-in. Beautiful, thumpingly quick, magnificent noise… it just lacks that chassis sparkle I’d dreamt about. If it hadn’t been for the vision of Luca di Montezemolo, the Daytona might have been the last of its kind, the finale to a lost era of effortless continent-crossing married with genuine sports car thrills. But after the Berlinetta Boxer era and the heroically OTT Testarossa, 512 TR and F512M, in the late-’90s Ferrari went back to its front-engined roots. And how. The 550 Maranello was received with quiet confusion, furrowed brows and comparisons with the Toyota Supra. But any notion that Ferrari had lost the plot was found to be absurd as soon as journalists and customers began to drive the 550 in anger. It was the Daytona formula updated, refined and executed with stunning attention to detail. The launch of the Maranello in 1996 was before my time, but eight years later, when we were conducting our Greatest Drivers’ Cars feature (evo 066) I can clearly remember driving one across south Wales and wondering where Ferrari had hidden its 1716kg, wringing ever last drop from that creamy V12, smile growing wider with every corner. Nick Hill’s example is a peach. Gleaming in the sunshine, it’s hard to believe a car of such elegance could ever have been dismissed as a frump. I can barely wait to drive it. Instantly it feels like an old friend: the towering high-rise centre console still looks terrific; the wide transmission tunnel and proudly gated six-speed ’box holler that there’s some seriously big forces being channelled back to those rear wheels; even the plain, slightly slippery-looking three-spoke steering wheel feels just about perfect. With ribbed ‘Daytona’ seats, acres of creme leather and red carpets, this 550 is loaded with nostalgia but still functional and modern. Breathing fast and free through a Larini exhaust, the 5.5-litre V12 sounds like it’s got barely a tenth of the internal friction of the old stagers. Although the numbers say that the 485bhp Maranello isn’t that much quicker than the 352bhp Daytona (12.6sec to 100mph for the old timer, 10.1 for the 550), I think the steep inclines and wickedly cambered turns of the Hill Route might just paint a different picture. Sure enough the 550 Maranello feels lighter, faster and more agile than the Daytona. In fact even the 275 GTB feels slightly ponderous in comparison with the more modern V12. Quick steering, superb brakes, amazing throttle response and an abundance of torque just help you to drive closer to the 550’s limits with more margin for error and without having to carry all the speed that the front tyres can handle. In the older cars you suspect you have to get them dancing right on the limit to feel their real magic, well into the realms of momentum – a game with fearsome stakes. The 550 indulges a slow-in, fast-out approach so you can gain confidence as the front end bites, spot the exit and then load (or indeed overload) the rear tyres at will and steer the car on the throttle. It’s wonderfully accessible and ironically I think makes the newer car more fun at lower speeds. And what you’re accessing is still, 16 years on, truly sublime. The ride is firm (too firm if you select Sport mode, which makes the 550 unsettled) but the pay-off is an amazing ability to control its bulk, a front end that you can lean on with total confidence and a direct link between your right foot and a rear axle that’s always intimately involved with the car’s balance. It’s very rare to find a car that responds so cleanly and quickly to every input that you make, that makes the driver so central to how it behaves. There is pitch and roll but it’s all perfectly in tune and only increases your interaction with the car and gives you more options. Very few sports cars are blessed with such clarity and adjustability, and yet when you throttle back a bit the 550 is a simply brilliant and relaxing GT car. It takes elements of the rabid 275 and the laid-back Daytona and conjures a character that doesn’t feel compromised in any way, yet covers every base. It is simply a terrific car. The 575M, you may remember, didn’t get off to an auspicious start in 2002. It took the athletic control of the 550 and replaced it with flabby indecision. If you so much as showed a 575 a tricky compression it’d smash its belly into the road. Fortunately, Richard Allen’s 575M is fitted with the Fiorano handling package, lowering it by 15mm and retuning both the dampers and the steering, which restored much of the 550’s brilliance and became the default choice for buyers outside the US. I’m expecting it to feel like a slightly softer 550. Pull the door shut and the 575M is clearly a more modern Ferrari: dead ahead is a big central rev-counter, smaller speedo to its right. The steering wheel is smaller, more sculpted; the big shoebox console is gone. But the real change is the sheer reach of the revised 5.7-litre engine, now producing 508bhp and nudging the top speed up to 202mph, and the added polish to the chassis. I’d have scarcely believed it, but the 575M Fiorano monsters the 550. There’s more steering feel, greater traction, even a better ultimate balance. Within 200 yards I’m absolutely amazed, within half a mile I’m laughing at the ferocity of the engine, and within a mile I’ve turned off the traction control, stopped laughing and started working as hard as I can to bring out the best in the 575M, completely absorbed and more committed than I’d care to admit to the kind Mr Allen. Sorry Richard, but to drive the 575M in any other way just wouldn’t be right… A few laps of the route later, the 575M has me completely. The V12’s delivery knocks the wind from your lungs in the mid-range and is savage if you dare wring it out, the ’box is sweet and quick, the steering – so artificial at parking speeds – buzzes and tugs at your wrists above about 30mph, and the way you can dictate to the chassis without ever bullying it is just mesmerising. I’m bewitched – and bewildered to think that the 599 GTB is a big step on from this freakishly talented supercar… It is, too. The 599 is faster (a bit), has more grip (lots) and when you’re smacking home another violent gearshift, manettino set to ‘Race’, V12 screaming up towards 8000rpm, shift-lights on the carbon steering wheel blinking like crazy, you can only conclude that this is something truly extraordinary. But that’s not the end of the story. The 599 GTB is incredible but it’s also way too big, the chassis has astonishing agility but it’s also nervous and demanding, and every lump and bump seems to introduce expensive carbon venturi to coarse road surface. It’s more like a front-engined 430 Scuderia than a successor to the Daytona, 550 and 575M. The sheer physical size of the 599 GTB is extraordinary and the feeling that you’re a little kid in a big man’s car never evaporates. But the lightness to the way it drives is more extraordinary still. You’d barely guess there was a 6-litre V12 ahead of you when it pivots into a corner with seemingly no inertia to overcome, magnetorheological dampers keeping the body flat, steering light and completely uniform in weight, driving hard through the rear wheels and climbing in steps at 3000rpm and 5500rpm until you’re getting the full noise of 611bhp up towards eight. If there’s a downside it’s that the manic F1 gearshift, scalpel-sharp V12 and darty steering response seem to demand that you attack, attack, attack… it feels like the 599 GTB is running away from you and, when you attempt to wind the pace back in, the gearshift feels unnecessarily manic, the V12 doesn’t deliver such easy-going torque and, because there’s less weight transfer, the steering provides very little information about grip levels. It’s both highly-strung and slightly aloof after the 575M – an odd combination, but inescapable after the transparent balance of its predecessor. Privileges come no greater than driving these cars back-to-back on a perfect Spring day on a road with very loosely advised speed limits. I’ve been staggered, disappointed, elated, mildly terrified and completely smitten. The 275 feels like a racer with numberplates and I love its infectious character, its tiny dimensions, the elegance of every detail, the view, the smell and the noise when its V12 is working hard. Clearly the F12 Berlinetta would do well to recreate its sense of uncompromising dynamic focus. I didn’t gel with the Daytona but it too has lessons for the new car: The F12 needs the capability to deliver its performance easily and conjure up images of a lost way of life, a life of relaxed journeys down tree-lined French roads, of vast distances dispatched. The 550 and 575M nailed that dual character perfectly. They’re a delight to drive slowly, effortless at a fast cruise and yet totally absorbing with traction control disengaged, an empty passenger seat and a fabulous road ahead. The 599 GTB is a very different V12 Ferrari – more manic than the 275, more demanding than the lucid Maranellos, more thrilling than either on the right road on the right day, but less rounded, less loveable and less forgiving. The F12 will be faster still: its dual-clutch ’box will give it instant shifts, its active aero even greater stability at speed and its electronics should make 730bhp exploitable. I just pray it puts the driver right at its centre, just like the greats from Ferrari’s past. Can’t wait to find out.

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Ferrari : 458 Speciale Low Mileage, Factory Warranty, One Owner, 7 Year Genuine Maintenance Service

$369,000

Beverly Hills, California

Additional InformationWarranty This vehicle is being offered with the remainder of its full factory warranty. Please inquire for the specifics on this warranty.About UsAs a Factory Authorized dealership, Ferrari Beverly Hills is committed to delivering exceptional service aimed at the full satisfaction of the customer. Thanks to our unique sales team structure, our dedicated staff work together to offer clients unparalleled personal service.Ferrari Beverly Hills has one of the most up-to-date service & collision centers in the Country where factory trained technicians work with the most exclusive technology to ensure incomparable service for Ferrari.Ferrari Maserati Beverly Hills has received recognition from Ferrari SpA for achieving 100% customer satisfaction continuously for the past ten years.Ferrari Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, CA provides new and pre-owned Ferraris to Los Angeles and Southern California's affluent communities of Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Hollywood, Santa Monica and Manhattan Beach, to name few. Terms & ConditionsDisclaimer: Please note: the vehicles advertised are for sale both on the internet and at the dealership. We reserve the right to sell the vehicle to the first buyer who places a deposit on the vehicle. Ferrari Beverly Hills is not liable in anyway if the vehicle is sold prior to your bid. Ferrari Beverly Hills reserves the right to establish an opening bid.Terms of Sale OverviewFerrari Beverly Hills reserves the right to terminate this listing at anytime should the vehicle no longer be available for sale. The terms contained herein apply to all of our listings. By placing a bid on a vehicle you are entering into a legal and binding contract to purchase the described vehicle. We reserve the right to cancel bids from those with excessive negative feedback. Bidder must be 18 years or older and furnish proof of age upon request.Payment methodsFerrari Beverly Hills accepts certified checks, bank transfers or 3rd party leasing/financing arrangements which are already in place. All funds must be in US dollars only. Please be sure to have all monies necessary for purchase available before making your final bid. We appreciate your business and want to handle the transaction as smoothly and expeditiously as possible. Title does not pass until payment in full is received.DepositA deposit in the amount of $ 5,000 is due within 48 hours after auction closure in the form of a credit card, cashiers' check or bank transfer. All financial transactions must be completed before delivery of the vehicle. The balance (plus applicable fees and taxes) is due within 5 days after auction/”buy it now” closure in form of bank wire transfer or cashiers' check. If the deposit is not received within 48 hours of the close of auction, or if the balance is not paid in full within 5 days following the close of the auction, we reserve the right to relist the vehicle, or to sell it to the next highest bidder or another qualified buyer. In such event all rights and remedies are reserved. Additional fees and taxesOut of state buyer are responsible for payment of all state, county, city taxes and fees, as well as title/registration fees in the state that the vehicle will be registered. ShippingBuyer is responsible for and shall pay all shipping and handling charges. Ferrari Beverly Hills will be happy to assist you if you need help finding a shipping company. We assume no responsibility for damages to any vehicle incurred after the vehicle leaves our premises. If the vehicle is going to be shipped, full payment must be received before the vehicle is delivered to the shipping company.WarrantyUnless otherwise stated in the vehicle description, all vehicles are being sold "as is". No representations or warranties are made by Ferrari Beverly Hills, nor should any representations or warranties be relied upon by bidders in making bids. Manufacturer's warranties may still apply. Extended warranties may be available; please contact a Ferrari Beverly Hills Sales Manager for details. Buyer's inspectionFerrari Beverly Hills and its representatives have made every effort to accurately and fairly describe the vehicle to you and disclose any known information regarding the vehicle. We will never describe a car as "perfect" and any buyer should have expectations of "typical" dings or chips and scratches that are consistent with the year and mileage of the vehicle. Ferrari Beverly Hills welcomes you to perform an independent inspection of the vehicle prior to purchase. All inspections are to be performed on premises at Ferrari Beverly Hills service center. Buyer is responsible for any inspection charges and fees.Governing LawBy placing a bid in this auction or purchase the vehicle under the “buy it now” feature buyer agrees that this transaction shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California and consents and submits to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of Los Angeles County, State of California.Fee and Tax Information: Additional fees and taxesBuyer is responsible for payment of any applicable fees and taxes. Out of state buyer are responsible for payment of all state, county, city taxes and fees, as well as title/registration fees in the state that the vehicle will be registered. See our other listingsDisclaimer: This auction is a legally binding contract to buy this vehicle. All vehicles are sold as-is unless otherwise specified. I have done my best to accurately describe this vehicle. 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CounterOne owner Sold by Ferrari Beverly Hills new. This opportunity to own possibly the last series of normally aspirated V8 Ferrari engines to be produced in limited numbers for this model. 7 Year Genuine Maintenance Service until 06/06/2021 and Factory Warranty good until 06/06/2017 Options: Yellow Brake Calipers, Front Air Vents In Carbon Fiber, Carbon Fiber Side Nolders, Ferrari Telemetry, Grigio Scuro Horse Stitched On Headrest, Estrattore Base, Titanium Exhaust Pipes, 'Scuderia Ferrari' Shields, Radio-Navi System + Bluetooth, Grigio Corsa Racing Stripe, Yellow Rev. Counter, Carbon Fiber Racing Seats Large, Driver Seat Adjustment Device, Satellite Radio, Integrated Audio System, Grigio Scuro Colored Special Stitching, Interior 3D Fabric Color This vehicle is eligible for Ferrari Certified Pre-Owned. To inquiry or for more information, please contact Ferrari Beverly Hills Sale Department at (888)821-0903, or [email protected] vehicle is being offered with the remainder of its full factory warranty. Please inquire for the specifics on this warranty. Disclaimer: Please note: the vehicles advertised are for sale both on the internet and at the dealership. We reserve the right to sell the vehicle to the first buyer who places a deposit on the vehicle. Ferrari Beverly Hills is not liable in anyway if the vehicle is sold prior to your bid. Ferrari Beverly Hills reserves the right to establish an opening bid.Terms of Sale OverviewFerrari Beverly Hills reserves the right to terminate this listing at anytime should the vehicle no longer be available for sale. The terms contained herein apply to all of our listings. By placing a bid on a vehicle you are entering into a legal and binding contract to purchase the described vehicle. We reserve the right to cancel bids from those with excessive negative feedback. Bidder must be 18 years or older and furnish proof of age upon request.Payment methodsFerrari Beverly Hills accepts certified checks, bank transfers or 3rd party leasing/financing arrangements which are already in place. All funds must be in US dollars only. Please be sure to have all monies necessary for purchase available before making your final bid. We appreciate your business and want to handle the transaction as smoothly and expeditiously as possible. Title does not pass until payment in full is received.DepositA deposit in the amount of $ 5,000 is due within 48 hours after auction closure in the form of a credit card, cashiers' check or bank transfer. All financial transactions must be completed before delivery of the vehicle. The balance (plus applicable fees and taxes) is due within 5 days after auction/”buy it now” closure in form of bank wire transfer or cashiers' check. If the deposit is not received within 48 hours of the close of auction, or if the balance is not paid in full within 5 days following the close of the auction, we reserve the right to relist the vehicle, or to sell it to the next highest bidder or another qualified buyer. In such event all rights and remedies are reserved. Additional fees and taxesOut of state buyer are responsible for payment of all state, county, city taxes and fees, as well as title/registration fees in the state that the vehicle will be registered. ShippingBuyer is responsible for and shall pay all shipping and handling charges. Ferrari Beverly Hills will be happy to assist you if you need help finding a shipping company. We assume no responsibility for damages to any vehicle incurred after the vehicle leaves our premises. If the vehicle is going to be shipped, full payment must be received before the vehicle is delivered to the shipping company.WarrantyUnless otherwise stated in the vehicle description, all vehicles are being sold "as is". No representations or warranties are made by Ferrari Beverly Hills, nor should any representations or warranties be relied upon by bidders in making bids. Manufacturer's warranties may still apply. Extended warranties may be available; please contact a Ferrari Beverly Hills Sales Manager for details. Buyer's inspectionFerrari Beverly Hills and its representatives have made every effort to accurately and fairly describe the vehicle to you and disclose any known information regarding the vehicle. We will never describe a car as "perfect" and any buyer should have expectations of "typical" dings or chips and scratches that are consistent with the year and mileage of the vehicle. Ferrari Beverly Hills welcomes you to perform an independent inspection of the vehicle prior to purchase. All inspections are to be performed on premises at Ferrari Beverly Hills service center. Buyer is responsible for any inspection charges and fees. Governing Law By placing a bid in this auction or purchase the vehicle under the “buy it now” feature buyer agrees that this transaction shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California and consents and submits to the personal jurisdiction of the courts of Los Angeles County, State of California. Fee and Tax Information: Additional fees and taxesBuyer is responsible for payment of any applicable fees and taxes. Out of state buyer are responsible for payment of all state, county, city taxes and fees, as well as title/registration fees in the state that the vehicle will be registered. As a Factory Authorized dealership, Ferrari Beverly Hills is committed to delivering exceptional service aimed at the full satisfaction of the customer. Thanks to our unique sales team structure, our dedicated staff work together to offer clients unparalleled personal service.Ferrari Beverly Hills has one of the most up-to-date service & collision centers in the Country where factory trained technicians work with the most exclusive technology to ensure incomparable service for Ferrari.Ferrari Maserati Beverly Hills has received recognition from Ferrari SpA for achieving 100% customer satisfaction continuously for the past ten years.Ferrari Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, CA provides new and pre-owned Ferraris to Los Angeles and Southern California's affluent communities of Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Malibu, Pacific Palisades, Hollywood, Santa Monica and Manhattan Beach, to name few. This auction is a legally binding contract to buy this vehicle. 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Ferrari : 550 2 DOOR FERRARI 550 MARNANELLO IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION

$179,000

Beverly Hills, California

You are looking at an investment grade Ferrari 550 Maranello and one of the very best cars ever to come out of the Ferrari factory. This is truly one of the nicest Ferrari 550 Maranellos, featuring stunning paint (Argento Nurbergring Metallic), a spectacular leather interior and an engine clean enough to eat from. Classy and pure triple silver—silver paint, light grey interior with “Datyona” seats and matching silver Brembo brake calipers. While at the local Aston Martin dealership the other day the Manager stated he walked around my car and was stunned by this Ferrari 550s exceptional condition, saying “I couldn’t find a flaw on the car.” This Ferrari looks more like a one-year old car rather than a nearly 20 year-old classic Ferrari. The dash is as new and with none of the typical shrinkage issues. The leather seats, featuring their “Daytona” pattern, are as new with zero wear. There are no sticky parts. The Books and Manuals and their leather pouch and the Leather toolkit are included as shown in the photograph. Upon the sale of the Maranello a fresh belt service will be performed for the Buyer. Silver OZ Racing Superleggera wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport tires (~$5,000) are presently fitted and in excellent condition. Also included are show quality original equipment 550 wheels with brand spanking new freshly mounted Bridgestone Potenza tires (Bridgestone Potenzas were an OEM tire fitment for the 550 from Ferrari) with brand new Ferrari Prancing Horse Center caps. (I will take $3,000 off the price if the Buyer choses not to take these OZ Racing wheels.) The 550 Maranello is one of the hottest Ferraris on the market today and for good reason as it is perhaps the best all around front-engine GT ever built by Maranello. When new the world recognized the 550 as the true spiritual successor to the legendary Daytona. The 550 is also the last true Ferrari GT featuring an Enzo-era gated manual shifter, an actual accelerator cable connecting the driver directly to the engine and a traditional tubular steel chassis. Brock Yates, who along with Dan Gurney drove a Daytona from Coast to Coast in the Cannonball Run in just 36 hours with Gurney purportedly driving some 20 miles at speeds in excess of 170 mph, compared the Daytona to the 550. In his 1997 Car & Driver comparison he wrote the Daytona and the 550 were “amazingly similar in concept and capability” and that one should “Consider that the Daytona and the Maranello are genetically linked in overall architecture.” Back in 1997 Yates wrote: “Over a quarter-century apart in age, but amazingly similar in concept and capability. They are the fabled 365GTB/4 Daytona (circa 1968-73) and the current, potentially fabled 550 Maranello, introduced in 1996. Both cars represent the quintessential Ferrari theme; a theme Enzo established in 1947.” Brock Yates, now a legend in his own right, is one who would know. (More from Brock Yates below.) Daytona coupes are now pushing $1,000,000.00 while the 550 is a better Ferrari in every way, as shown in a side by side comparison by EVO Magazine with the 275, Daytona, 550 and the 599. Of these cars, EVO picked the 550 as the better of this bunch. (See below.) Also included in the test was the 575 with a manual transmission…a car that today costs around $300,000 or more…if you can even find a 575 with a manual gearbox! Yet, by comparison for collectability the 550 comes out on top. The 575 has drive by wire which lacks the feel of the direct accelerator cable found in the 550 and Daytona. Nearly all 575s are the less desirable automatic/paddle shifters. The 550 interior is a much cleaner design and more attractive with flowing lines that contour cohesively from the door panels around through to the center console. The nose of the 575 was also rounded off and in the process it lost the tailored sharpness of the 550. The 575 is a great car but the 550 is the closest thing to a Daytona in terms of visceral feel and stunning purity of design which make the 550 the most collectable coupe after the Daytona. When the 550 came out Daytona coupes could be purchased for around $100k so their values have increased approximately 7 times over since then, making them unaffordable to most. Don’t be surprised with the 550 follows in its predecessor’s footsteps. Even the never much loved 365 GTC/4 are now selling for more than $300k so you can imagine what the well-received 550 will appreciate to! The 550 is not only remarkably handsome and exotic looking, but fast (nearly 200 mph and 0-60 in just 4.2 seconds), comfortable and reliable. The 550 was a stunning 3.2 seconds faster around Ferrari’s Fiorano race track than the mid-engined 512M. The sound of the 550’s V12, with its titanium connecting rods and four valves per cylinder, is second to none. It is truly the perfect all around driving Ferrari and as rolling art with its own symphony it is also a great investment. Just two years ago when I sold my 512TR I noted in my Ebay ad that the 512TR was going to go up in value. It was simply too good of a car, looks and performance wise, to not go up in value when compared to other cars on the market. Well, since then the car has more than doubled in value as is valued at well-over $200k. Yet Ferrari produced about 9,957 Testarossas (TR, 512TR and 512M) and only about 3,083 550 Maranello so there are nearly three and a quarter TRs for every one 550. There is no doubt the 550 is visceral Ferrari with a traditional Enzo era tube chassis and gated shifter: A car that’s engaging to drive and better in performance in every way than the Daytona and arguably just as good looking on the outside and unquestionably better on the inside. (The seats of in the Daytona don’t even adjust at all.) There is no doubt the 550 Maranellos values will be increasing dramatically. As it is, there are precious few on today’s marketplace for sale and when they do come up for sale they don’t last very long. At RM’s September 2015 auction in England, Max Girardo, auctioneer and managing director of RM Sotheby’s European division, said in a post-sale news release that the market is still commanding strong money, and rather significantly he noted further, “We welcomed bidders from 26 countries, of which 23 percent were new clients to RM Sotheby’s.” When the 550 was produced back in the late 1990s Russia, China, India and other economies were struggling and emerging economies and they were not buying Ferraris. Today’s population of 7 billion people with nearly 2,000 billionaires around the globe means the demand for collectible Ferraris is greater than ever, as shown by RM. The 550 is also rare with just over 3,000 produced compared to 16,000 or so 360s and likely similar numbers for the 430 and 458, etc. A 550 Maranello convertible (a “Barchetta”) was sold by Gooding for $762,000 this past August and Parties are now routinely asking half a million dollars for the convertible version of the 550….a car with no real roof and a car that is identical to the 550 Maranello mechanically. Just two years ago the average asking price for a Barchetta was just under $200k. This gives insight into the future value of the Maranello. Ferrari made more 246 Dinos than 550 Maranellos (3,761 compared to just 3,083 Maranellos) yet those V6 engined Ferraris are $400k to $500k. The 550 Maranello is only now starting to come into its own and a year or two from now these cars will be soon prohibitively expensive for most people to purchase. Similarly, remember when Boxers were ~$65k? Those days are long gone now as well. The 550 is rapidly being appreciated now for the classic Daytona successor that it is…only better. Whether as an investment or as your daily driver, the 550 is an all around stunning winner of a Ferrari and this one now for sale is a rare gem. BROCK YATES: Attempts to compare a modem automobile with an aged counterpart are as futile as those tedious sports-bar arguments over whether Babe Ruth could hit a 100-mph Randy Johnson fastball, or if Rocky Marciano could go toe to toe with Evander Holyfield, or if Emmitt Smith can hit off-tackle as hard and quick as Jim Brown. Apples and oranges, as the old saw goes, and as time marches on, the size, strength, and style of both men and machines are altered to a point wherein historical comparisons lapse into pointless gibberish based only on prejudice and the age of the proponents. Except in the case of two Ferraris, over a quarter-century apart in age, but amazingly similar in concept and capability. They are the fabled 365GTB/4 Daytona (circa 1968-73) and the current, potentially fabled 550 Maranello, introduced in 1996. Both cars represent the quintessential Ferrari theme; a theme Enzo established in 1947 with his nascent 125 sports car and carried forward in increasingly brash and outrageous forms, i.e., a well-founded chassis cradling a front-mounted, narrow-angle V-12 producing prodigious horsepower from relatively small displacements. Consider that the Daytona and the Maranello are genetically linked in overall architecture. Both are V-12, front-engine machines with transaxles and unequal-length, coil-sprung independent suspensions. Four-wheel vented disc brakes and two-place, grand-touring coupe bodywork with high levels of comfort are common traits, as are stunning performance figures and relatively large dimensions and heavy weight. Clearly, the 550 is a technical marvel compared with its cousin, owing to its electronically controlled fuel injection and adjustable traction control, shock absorbers, and anti-lock brakes, plus a plethora of luxury power options. The Daytona has simple, powerless bucket seats, and the most vivid and unpleasant clue to its age is its recirculating-ball manual steering, which serves as a mobile Soloflex at low speeds (although it becomes feathery and precise at highway velocities.) Moreover, its steering wheel resides at a bus driver's angle, recalling the days when such ergonomic decisions were governed exclusively by the bulk of the Commendatore, who mandated all wheel and pedal positions (thereby eliminating all humans of small stature from becoming Ferrari drivers). With 1.1 more liters of engine displacement than the Daytona (5.5 liters versus 4.4) and vastly more efficient port fuel injection, four-valve cylinder-head design, and intake and exhaust manifold tuning, the 550's engine easily overcomes stringent emissions rules to pump out 458 horses, or 143 more than its cousin. When once considers that this is being produced by a tractable, smooth-idling, normally-aspirate engine, the Ferrari's engineering staff's skill at producing steroid-induced horsepower comes into focus. EVO MAGAZINE REVIEWS CLASSIC FERRARI GTs Ferrari 599 GTB vs 275 GTB, Daytona, 550 Maranello and 575M 27 Feb 2013 The launch of a new V12 Ferrari is the perfect excuse to bring together its front-engined forebears. Jethro Bovingdon drives them all, from sublime 275 GTB to stunning 599 GTB Fiorano. Millions of car enthusiasts suddenly understood what it feels like to be the front splitter on a 430 Scuderia when the F12 Berlinetta was revealed. In fact my chin is still recovering from the gravel rash incurred by dragging my bottom jaw around for at least two days in the immediate aftermath: 730bhp, wild aerodynamic devices like the ‘Aero Bridge’, Active Brake Cooling, a top speed of over 211mph… it’s not so much an evolutionary step as a giant leap into a tear in the time-space continuum. Right now we can only imagine how it drives (brilliantly seems a safe bet), but what we can do is look back to see what has made the front-engined Ferrari V12 berlinettas so extraordinary in the past, and perhaps identify the magic that the F12 would do well to carry into its startling new hyper-reality. So we find ourselves at Millbrook Proving Ground on a drizzly Saturday morning. The forecast says we can look forward to sunshine but it hardly seems to matter. Unless giant rocks of ice start to fall from the sky, the weather couldn’t possibly spoil this very special day. It’s one of those pinch-yourself moments as I look around to see 275 GTB, 365 GTB/4 Daytona, 550 Maranello, 575M and 599 GTB Fiorano… I want to jump up and down and run in circles but instead I just nod in dumbstruck silence as David Ingram-Hill hands me the keys to his family’s beautiful 275 GTB and coolly gives me some instructions about the finer points of handling this near 50-year-old road-racer. ‘It’s a 1965 two-cam six-carb model with the Webers instead of the Solex, steel- bodied and a long-nose/short-tail car. It’s got a dogleg first and the throttle is a bit sticky initially. Use all the available revs, no restrictions, just go for it. It goes like stink. You will absolutely love it.’ David is, as you may have gathered, a bit of a hero. This 275 (insured by us for £800,000) has recently skimmed across Patagonia in the 1000 Millas Sport rally, is a regular on the Mille Miglia and gets used very, very hard every time it’s brought out into the wild. It’s beautifully maintained but never pampered, loved for what it does, not just how it looks. Even so, driving it onto Millbrook’s challenging Alpine Hill Route in the damp is enough to get a swarm of mutant butterflies dive-bombing my stomach lining. It’s hard to imagine a more evocative machine than a bright red 275 GTB with white roundels on the bonnet and doors and huge Scuderia Ferrari shields on the front wings. Swing open the tiny, lightweight door and drop into the low-backed black bucket seat, remember to breathe, then just soak in the details. The big, metal-spoked, leather-trimmed wheel with that famous badge staring proudly back at you; the large, clear instruments set in a simple wooden dash (speedo reading to 300kph, red line at 7500rpm); the tightly-gated ’box and the deliciously tactile gearknob with those perfect, finger-shaped indentations on its rear face; the miniature elegance of the door mirrors; the almost pornographic rise and fall of the curvaceous wings and bonnet… God, I’m as cynical as the next man, but the 275 is plain irresistible. Turn the tiny key, press the oversized black plastic rocker switch marked ‘A’ where you’d expect to find a stereo in a normal car, listen for the click of the fuel pump, turn the key a bit further and the 3.3-litre Colombo V12 (see panel, p68) starts to churn. Now squeeze the throttle ever so gently and feel the weight of the carbs pushing back… the engine catches then thrums and thrashes at a fast idle. I’m told this particular V12 is good for around 300bhp and the GTB is built like a racer – it weighs just 1200kg. As I take up the clutch and try to judge that heavy throttle, I can’t help wondering if the 205/70 VR14 (yes, 14!) tyres are going to be my friends or a deadly foe… The weighty first inch or so of throttle pedal is the only heavy thing about the 275 GTB. Its unassisted steering is light and intuitive with none of the slack I’d expected, the gearchange is precise despite the transaxle layout (then a first for a Ferrari berlinetta but continued to this day) and there’s a supple effortlessness about its damping. But that doesn’t make it a relaxing car to drive – it’s too intense for that. The V12 is torque-lite but rev-happy, and to make it feel like the full 300bhp you need to be determined to see the needle swing towards the red. The V12’s complex tangle of noise is pulled tight as the revs rise and, much as I hesitate to use the words, the resulting snarl at the top end is pure Le Mans. The 275 is not a physical car to drive but it requires real mental discipline – you must keep the engine bubbling over 5000rpm, the gearbox needs careful coaxing and an expertly judged blip of revs to change down cleanly, and the steering is exquisitely accurate but lacks the busy feel I’d expected. Even on the heavily cambered turns of the Hill Route it never weights-up to give you something to lean against; instead you feel for the grip through the seat and I never felt minded to really fling it towards a corner. I suspect experience would breed much more confidence because the basics are so right: the 275 GTB is so narrow and agile, the body control is absolutely remarkable for such an old car, the brakes (here upgraded to Daytona-spec) are superb, and the whole car just seems incredibly happy when it’s being driven hard. The noise, the smell of hot oil, the way reflections seem to rush up to the curved windscreen and then streak past the side windows… it’s just pure theatre and pure race car. I’m smitten. Imagine driving this car in 1965 when the average family car (think of an Anglia 105E) covered the 0-60mph yardstick in around 25 seconds and could barely hit 80mph flat-out… Daytona. I am about to drive a Ferrari Daytona. I knew the numbers by heart as a kid: 4.4-litre V12, 352bhp at 7500rpm, 174mph, 0-60mph in 5.4sec, 0-100mph in 12.6… To call the 365 GTB/4 an icon is like saying that Roger Federer is quite good at tennis. This is supercar royalty. Now, it might make you feel a bit sick, but our new best mate Mr Ingram-Hill also owns the Daytona (I won’t mention the F40 and the F50). He warns me it’s a bit different to the 275 and the key to that is one figure that my young mind never really factored-in to the Daytona myth. It weighs 1600kg. Compared with its predecessor it’s a genuine porker. The question is, has it been on protein shakes and designer steroids or just spent too long at the pasta buffet? The sliver of chrome that acts as a door handle gives no clue to the car’s heft, but settle into the laid-back, squidgy seat and it feels like a very different animal to the racy, minimalist 275. There’s a wide centre console (complete with electric window switches), the steering wheel is vast, you sit much higher and the big, faded black dash has a sort of old-school Californian glamour to it – in other words it’s stylish but unnecessarily huge. Wow, talk about a shift in focus. The broad-chested Tipo 251 V12 churns in the same slightly reluctant fashion before booming to life and seeming to swallow up the whole car. This one has a deeper but still super-complex note. The ’box still has a familiar dogleg pattern but the exposed metal gate has vanished and the tight precision is replaced by a loose, long-throw action. Again the big carbs give a heavy stiction to the throttle but that’s nothing compared with the steering (still unassisted), which is painfully heavy as I roll gingerly out of our little collecting area and on to the Hill Route. Within perhaps five seconds of driving the Daytona you know it’s not a wild, highly-strung and enthralling road-racer like its predecessor. The weight of the steering, the huge torque of the engine, the overly-sensitive brakes… virtually every detail says this is pure GT, a sea- change in the direction of front-engined V12 Ferraris. However, I don’t mind admitting it makes me feel instantly more comfortable. Yes, the steering is almost comically heavy and there’s more body-roll and less agility, but that means the Daytona is easier to read and doesn’t feel like it might skate across the surface unexpectedly. Delve deeper, though, and the Daytona starts to show its limitations. The engine is absolutely stonking, no question. It’s quicker than the 275 even pulling that extra 400kg, and despite that deep well of torque it’ll rev right out, too. But push the chassis harder and the steering becomes almost unmanageable and never seems to lighten at all, the body starts to lurch a little between direction changes, there’s inevitable understeer and the gearbox has such wide ratios that smooth progress is very tricky to maintain. I’ve never driven a car that needs such a massive throttle input to match the revs on a downshift. It’s fair to say that after the fairytale brilliance of the 275 GTB, the 365 GTB/4 is something of a disappointment. Of course I absolutely accept that the Hill Route is the very worst place to drive the Daytona. This is a car for fast, wide French N-roads where you never dip below 100mph, society girlfriend in the passenger seat eager to get to Monte Carlo and congratulate you on your impeccable taste in bank accounts. Repeatedly. However, here and now it’s not a patch on that eager, fizzing 275 GTB and although I still want a Daytona in my kitchen, I wouldn’t be that bothered if it was bricked-in. Beautiful, thumpingly quick, magnificent noise… it just lacks that chassis sparkle I’d dreamt about. If it hadn’t been for the vision of Luca di Montezemolo, the Daytona might have been the last of its kind, the finale to a lost era of effortless continent-crossing married with genuine sports car thrills. But after the Berlinetta Boxer era and the heroically OTT Testarossa, 512 TR and F512M, in the late-’90s Ferrari went back to its front-engined roots. And how. The 550 Maranello was received with quiet confusion, furrowed brows and comparisons with the Toyota Supra. But any notion that Ferrari had lost the plot was found to be absurd as soon as journalists and customers began to drive the 550 in anger. It was the Daytona formula updated, refined and executed with stunning attention to detail. The launch of the Maranello in 1996 was before my time, but eight years later, when we were conducting our Greatest Drivers’ Cars feature (evo 066) I can clearly remember driving one across south Wales and wondering where Ferrari had hidden its 1716kg, wringing ever last drop from that creamy V12, smile growing wider with every corner. Nick Hill’s example is a peach. Gleaming in the sunshine, it’s hard to believe a car of such elegance could ever have been dismissed as a frump. I can barely wait to drive it. Instantly it feels like an old friend: the towering high-rise centre console still looks terrific; the wide transmission tunnel and proudly gated six-speed ’box holler that there’s some seriously big forces being channelled back to those rear wheels; even the plain, slightly slippery-looking three-spoke steering wheel feels just about perfect. With ribbed ‘Daytona’ seats, acres of creme leather and red carpets, this 550 is loaded with nostalgia but still functional and modern. Breathing fast and free through a Larini exhaust, the 5.5-litre V12 sounds like it’s got barely a tenth of the internal friction of the old stagers. Although the numbers say that the 485bhp Maranello isn’t that much quicker than the 352bhp Daytona (12.6sec to 100mph for the old timer, 10.1 for the 550), I think the steep inclines and wickedly cambered turns of the Hill Route might just paint a different picture. Sure enough the 550 Maranello feels lighter, faster and more agile than the Daytona. In fact even the 275 GTB feels slightly ponderous in comparison with the more modern V12. Quick steering, superb brakes, amazing throttle response and an abundance of torque just help you to drive closer to the 550’s limits with more margin for error and without having to carry all the speed that the front tyres can handle. In the older cars you suspect you have to get them dancing right on the limit to feel their real magic, well into the realms of momentum – a game with fearsome stakes. The 550 indulges a slow-in, fast-out approach so you can gain confidence as the front end bites, spot the exit and then load (or indeed overload) the rear tyres at will and steer the car on the throttle. It’s wonderfully accessible and ironically I think makes the newer car more fun at lower speeds. And what you’re accessing is still, 16 years on, truly sublime. The ride is firm (too firm if you select Sport mode, which makes the 550 unsettled) but the pay-off is an amazing ability to control its bulk, a front end that you can lean on with total confidence and a direct link between your right foot and a rear axle that’s always intimately involved with the car’s balance. It’s very rare to find a car that responds so cleanly and quickly to every input that you make, that makes the driver so central to how it behaves. There is pitch and roll but it’s all perfectly in tune and only increases your interaction with the car and gives you more options. Very few sports cars are blessed with such clarity and adjustability, and yet when you throttle back a bit the 550 is a simply brilliant and relaxing GT car. It takes elements of the rabid 275 and the laid-back Daytona and conjures a character that doesn’t feel compromised in any way, yet covers every base. It is simply a terrific car. The 575M, you may remember, didn’t get off to an auspicious start in 2002. It took the athletic control of the 550 and replaced it with flabby indecision. If you so much as showed a 575 a tricky compression it’d smash its belly into the road. Fortunately, Richard Allen’s 575M is fitted with the Fiorano handling package, lowering it by 15mm and retuning both the dampers and the steering, which restored much of the 550’s brilliance and became the default choice for buyers outside the US. I’m expecting it to feel like a slightly softer 550. Pull the door shut and the 575M is clearly a more modern Ferrari: dead ahead is a big central rev-counter, smaller speedo to its right. The steering wheel is smaller, more sculpted; the big shoebox console is gone. But the real change is the sheer reach of the revised 5.7-litre engine, now producing 508bhp and nudging the top speed up to 202mph, and the added polish to the chassis. I’d have scarcely believed it, but the 575M Fiorano monsters the 550. There’s more steering feel, greater traction, even a better ultimate balance. Within 200 yards I’m absolutely amazed, within half a mile I’m laughing at the ferocity of the engine, and within a mile I’ve turned off the traction control, stopped laughing and started working as hard as I can to bring out the best in the 575M, completely absorbed and more committed than I’d care to admit to the kind Mr Allen. Sorry Richard, but to drive the 575M in any other way just wouldn’t be right… A few laps of the route later, the 575M has me completely. The V12’s delivery knocks the wind from your lungs in the mid-range and is savage if you dare wring it out, the ’box is sweet and quick, the steering – so artificial at parking speeds – buzzes and tugs at your wrists above about 30mph, and the way you can dictate to the chassis without ever bullying it is just mesmerising. I’m bewitched – and bewildered to think that the 599 GTB is a big step on from this freakishly talented supercar… It is, too. The 599 is faster (a bit), has more grip (lots) and when you’re smacking home another violent gearshift, manettino set to ‘Race’, V12 screaming up towards 8000rpm, shift-lights on the carbon steering wheel blinking like crazy, you can only conclude that this is something truly extraordinary. But that’s not the end of the story. The 599 GTB is incredible but it’s also way too big, the chassis has astonishing agility but it’s also nervous and demanding, and every lump and bump seems to introduce expensive carbon venturi to coarse road surface. It’s more like a front-engined 430 Scuderia than a successor to the Daytona, 550 and 575M. The sheer physical size of the 599 GTB is extraordinary and the feeling that you’re a little kid in a big man’s car never evaporates. But the lightness to the way it drives is more extraordinary still. You’d barely guess there was a 6-litre V12 ahead of you when it pivots into a corner with seemingly no inertia to overcome, magnetorheological dampers keeping the body flat, steering light and completely uniform in weight, driving hard through the rear wheels and climbing in steps at 3000rpm and 5500rpm until you’re getting the full noise of 611bhp up towards eight. If there’s a downside it’s that the manic F1 gearshift, scalpel-sharp V12 and darty steering response seem to demand that you attack, attack, attack… it feels like the 599 GTB is running away from you and, when you attempt to wind the pace back in, the gearshift feels unnecessarily manic, the V12 doesn’t deliver such easy-going torque and, because there’s less weight transfer, the steering provides very little information about grip levels. It’s both highly-strung and slightly aloof after the 575M – an odd combination, but inescapable after the transparent balance of its predecessor. Privileges come no greater than driving these cars back-to-back on a perfect Spring day on a road with very loosely advised speed limits. I’ve been staggered, disappointed, elated, mildly terrified and completely smitten. The 275 feels like a racer with numberplates and I love its infectious character, its tiny dimensions, the elegance of every detail, the view, the smell and the noise when its V12 is working hard. Clearly the F12 Berlinetta would do well to recreate its sense of uncompromising dynamic focus. I didn’t gel with the Daytona but it too has lessons for the new car: The F12 needs the capability to deliver its performance easily and conjure up images of a lost way of life, a life of relaxed journeys down tree-lined French roads, of vast distances dispatched. The 550 and 575M nailed that dual character perfectly. They’re a delight to drive slowly, effortless at a fast cruise and yet totally absorbing with traction control disengaged, an empty passenger seat and a fabulous road ahead. The 599 GTB is a very different V12 Ferrari – more manic than the 275, more demanding than the lucid Maranellos, more thrilling than either on the right road on the right day, but less rounded, less loveable and less forgiving. The F12 will be faster still: its dual-clutch ’box will give it instant shifts, its active aero even greater stability at speed and its electronics should make 730bhp exploitable. I just pray it puts the driver right at its centre, just like the greats from Ferrari’s past. Can’t wait to find out.

Trim 2 DOOR

Ferrari : 308 Ferrari 308 GTSi 1982

$48,600

Beverly Hills, California

1982 Ferrari 308 GTSi 3 owner car with documentation and continuous service. Originally purchased on the east coast and in white, this 40,873 original mile Ferrari now boasts stunning Argento coach work with a complementing red leather interior. Carpets are tidy and in very good condition with new Cocomats in red and black. This GTSi rides on original cromodora wheels and Goodyear eagle tires are present and serviceable. In 1987 the car was sold to an Arizona collector where it remained twenty five years until it was purchased by its third owner residing in Los Angeles from 2012. It has been with the same italian car enthusiast who has performed the following: Timing belt, reseal of oil leaks, and all electrical gremlins have been addressed. There is some surface rust on the suspension, and a small rust spot under the side small window flap on passenger side, otherwise, the GTS is very clean. Interior is in excellent shape with comfortable carpets and supple leather seats. Alpine am/fm/cd sound system is installed. Roof panel is in excellent condition with no noticeable leaks. Only the speedometer dial glass is missing. A Duracell battery tender has been added and recently installed hood shocks. The lively 3.0L V8 has very good compression and it has a strong, fluid clutch. The gear box is sound with Second and third syncros showing signs of wear. It is useable. The car is sold AS IS. A non refundable deposit of $2000 is requested within twenty four hours of the auctions end. Balance due within three to five business days of auction's end. Winner is solely responsible for pick up or shipping from the Los Angeles Metro Area. Willing to work with the owner with arrangements.