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Driven
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Fits to a T: Conquests. That’s what the 2008 California was all about. Opening up the Ferrari experience to a whole new audience. And, boy, did it work: In the ...
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Life With Lusso: It’s rare for exotic cars to be driven daily, and there are many reasons for owners not to do so: comfort, space, fear of damage, fear of depreciat...
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Fantastic Four: Walking through the original gate of the Ferrari factory is always an exciting experience. But walking through the gate and finding a dark blue FF ...
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Buyer's Guides
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Beauty & Brawn: When the F355 debuted at the 1994 Geneva Auto Show, Ferrari enthusiasts around the world breathed a sigh of relief. The early 1990s had seen the co...
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Exotic on a Budget: If ever there was a Ferrari that needed no introduction, it is the 308 GTB/GTS. Other models are arguably more significant, more revered or more be...
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The Every-day Exotic: Ferrari’s four-seat V12 models may not have the same cachet as its two-seaters, but these 2+2s are no less worthy of the famed Prancing Horse badge...
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Classics
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Design & Refine: The 1960s were a decade of great creativity for automobile designers worldwide. At a time when few safety restrictions were imposed and pollution-c...
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The Greatest Generation: When the discussion turns to Touring-bodied 166s, the car that invariably comes to mind is the legendary 166 MM Barchetta. But in 1949 and ’50, Tou...
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40-year-old Virgin: By the mid-1960s, Ferrari had been enjoying great success with its mid-engine race cars for several years. Enzo Ferrari knew the time was right to ...
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Restorations
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The Dream: In November 2003, Jeff Grossman received a telephone call from Francis DeRuschi, the General Manager of Algar Ferrari. DeRuschi invited Grossman to...
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The Coachbuilder's Art: The coachbuilding era was in decline by the 1950s, yet the decade still produced some amazing machines. At the 1953 Salone Dell’ Automobile Di Tori...
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Mimicking Maranello: It’s tough to pin down the story of the late designer/carbuilder Tom Meade. There’s been little written about him, and not all of it agrees. The mo...
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Modified
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Outlaw: Over the last four decades, Surrey-based Mototechnique Ltd. has become one of England’s top Ferrari specialists. You’d never know from looking at t...
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European Union: In the good old days before Ferrari adopted turbocharging for its V8 engines, you could expect a machine that looks as purposeful as the Novitec Ro...
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Red Menace: It takes just a cursory glance at Dave Diesen’s 308 GTB (s/n 22703) to see that this car has been modified with a singular purpose in mind: to go f...
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People
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Horse Talk: In 1999, Marco Mattiacci, then working for a strategic consultancy firm in London, got a call from Maranello, Italy. Ferrari wanted to hire the the...
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50 Years of Ferrari: In 2004, The New York Times published a story about high-end automobile mechanics and restorers. The piece begins, “‘I was worried,’ David Letterma...
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Affinity for Speed: One of the first of 499 Ferrari LaFerraris to be produced was recently delivered to renowned car collector Ken Lingenfelter. Yes, that Lingenfelter...
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History
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The Lost Years: This 250 LM (s/n 6107) is famous for two things. First, in 2013, it was sold by Sotheby’s for a staggering $14.7 million, making it the 14th most e...
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The Prancing Clydesdale: There are only a few Ferrari 308s with period racing histories. NART, for example, entered a 308 GT4 at Le Mans in 1974 and ’75, while Michelotto c...
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Heart Transplant: Contact. Sitting in the cockpit of his single-seat, three-point hydroplane, Dody Jost activates the fuel pump and runs the engine a few seconds usi...
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Racing
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AIMing for Victory: For almost any fan of sports-car racing, all is right with the world when you can watch a Ferrari ripping around a challenging road course at full ...
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Second Life: Scuderia Ferrari was flying high in 1979. Drivers Jody Scheckter and Gilles Villeneuve each won three races, with the former and the team claiming ...
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Winning Formula: The Ferrari Challenge bills itself as a series for “gentlemen” drivers—and that’s true insofar as no professional racers can be found on the grid. ...
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