![]() ![]() With its long bonnet, ‘droop snoot’ nose and stubby tail, the 250 GTO could rival the E-Type in the beauty stakes. A year earlier, Enzo Ferrari had described the Jaguar E-Type as the most beautiful car ever made. Formidable on the track, and just as good on the road, Ferrari managed to dodge homologation rules by building just 36 cars.Ī prototype was tested by Stirling Moss, before being unveiled to the public in February 1962. It is, of course, the 250 GTO, probably the best Ferrari… in the world. The first name down on the team sheet and the reason why there’s only one berth available in the 1960s category. Just one reason why we’ve included the 250 Testa Rossa on our list of true greats. Historian Marcel Massini described that car as one of the top five Ferraris on the planet. In 2014, chassis 0704 sold for a record £24 million. The 300hp 250 TR could reach speeds of up to 170mph, propelling it to victory in the 1957 World Sports Car Championship, Ferrari’s third consecutive win. These 3.0-litre V12-engined cars were road legal, despite looking like Formula One race cars. It became one of the most successful cars in Ferrari’s history, but this was no track-only special. Our second choice is the 250 Testa Rossa, so called because of its red valve covers. But when you discover what we’ve chosen for the 60s, you’ll understand why we’re including the 250 GT California Spider under the banner of the 1950s. It’s the SWB that’s the more valuable of the two and as such it should slot into the 1960s category. The LWB (long-wheelbase) version was built between 19, while the SWB (short wheelbase) was in production from 1960 to 1962. Indeed, a barn-find 250 GT SWB California Spider sold for $18.5m in 2015. This is one of the most beautiful cars ever built and ranks amongst the most expensive cars ever sold at auction. The 250 GT California Spider makes the cut, but not because of its role in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Selecting the two greatest Ferraris from the 1950s is slightly trickier. Significantly, the 166 MM enjoyed success at Le Mans, Spa and the Mille Miglia. ![]() It made its debut at the 1948 Turin Motor Show, with the show car sprayed red and featuring a real leather interior. It wasn’t the first Ferrari, but it was arguably the most significant to date, becoming a dominant force in motorsport and setting a trend for a succession of barchettas and spiders. 1940s: Ferrari 166 MMĮnzo’s first car – the Auto Avio Costruzioni 815 – was designed by Carrozzeria Touring of Milan and, eight years later, Ferrari returned to the coachbuilder to pen the body of the 166 MM (Mille Miglia). After just five months, the 125 S had achieved six wins from 14 races. No, that honour belongs to the 125 S.īy Enzo’s own admission, the 125 S’s racing debut was “a promising failure”, but it laid the foundations for the next 70 years. But this wasn’t the first car to wear a Ferrari badge. ![]() He left in 1939 and – cutting a long story short – formed a company called Auto Avio Costruzioni, developing a car at a workshop in Modena. Ferrari 328 GTS review: Retro Road TestĮnzo Ferrari worked at Alfa Romeo for ten years, heading up the Scuderia Ferrari racing department.Justin Bieber is selling his modified Ferrari 458.This means that some Ferraris that might have made an overall list of the top 10 will have missed out. It’s a highly subjective opinion, of course, but by selecting two from each decade, it focused our minds on choosing the very best. But how did we go about selecting the greatest Ferraris from the past 70 years? “The best Ferrari is the next one,” as Enzo Ferrari famously said, so on that basis the best is yet to come. Now, 70 years later, it’s left to us to select the cars that define the history of the Prancing Horse. In 1947, just eight years after leaving Alfa Romeo, Enzo Ferrari built the first car to wear a Ferrari badge.
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