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For the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show, Giorgetto Giugiaro is displaying a custom Ferrari fastback to epitomize his debut into the world of car design in September 1955. Ferrari, of course, are supporting the car since Giugiaro is responsible many important cars including the one-of Bertone 250 GT.
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Frankfurt, Germany, September 12th 2005-The highlights at the Ferrari stand at the 61st Frankfurt Motor Show will be the world preview of the F430 Challenge, the 8-cylinder berlinetta-derived competition car that will be taking part in the Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli from the 2006 season.
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One of the few Ferraris known for its nickname is our feature car, the Breadvan. This unsavory term was first used by the English press who where probably pessimistic about the car's uneasy features: a pointed nose, flat roofline and rear end that was very unlike any Ferrari. It was also a term that did little justice describe to one of fastest racecars from the early sixties.
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Ferrari has developed a truly innovative technical collaboration programme around the FXX prototype aimed at its most dedicated and passionate Clients.
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American and European sports car racing differed quite a bit in the fifties. Competition in the US would often include one-of specials and European cars stuffed with American V8s. Our feature 412S is one of the few factory built Ferraris to contest this American competition.
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At the upcoming Sotherby's auction in the Ferrari factory, some million-dollar cars and F1 memorbilia are being offered. Amongst the highlights are an 2004 F1 car, the Le Mans-winning 330 Testarossa and the Zagato-bodied Maserati 450 S. However, one car which caught our attention is this 348 hack used to test the pre-production V12 for the then upcoming Ferrari Enzo.
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aranello, 31 March â The opening Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli 2005 race will take place on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 April at the Enzo and Dino Ferrari autodrome, Imola. The Italian GT championship will also kick off this weekend with the Ferrari 575 GTC Evoluzione 2005 and the 550 Maranello appearing in the main class and the 360 GTC in the N-GT category.
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As unveiled at the 1964 Paris Motor Show, the 275 GTB was a road car with race-inspired engineering. Features such as an all-independent suspension, four-wheel disc brakes, a five speed, all-synchromesh transaxle and an optional alloy body distinguished the 275 from the much larger 330 GTC built beside it and the 250 Lusso built before it.
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Ferrari's range of V8-engined sports cars will be joined by the new F430 Spider when it is unveiled at the Geneva Show (3-13 March 2005)
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Ferrari's dedication to racing was funded both by private sales of racing cars and street cars like the 195 Inter. It was essentially the second Ferrari model built for road-going use and was, in almost every aspects an upgraded 166 Inter.
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Since Ferrari's 410 S was developed specifically as a factory race car, it was rare for an unused chassis to be sent directly to Scaglietti for a road-going Coupe body. This was only possible because it was prepared for Michel-Paul Cavallier, a French industrialist who already had an impressive stable of custom Ferraris in his garage including an opulent Superamerica with Pinin farina bodywork.
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Unviled at the LA and Detroit Auto Shows in 2003, the Superamerica is a targa version of then current 575M. It's also the first Ferrari to feature a motorized and folding hard top. The name Superamerica extends back into the Ferrari's history as a name that was given to most exclusive, and powerful luxury models.
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Officially presented during the Paris Motor show in September 2004, the F430 signaled the arrival of a brand new generation of Ferrari 8-cylinder models. This new car takes Ferrari's achievements with aluminium technology, begun with the 360 Modena, to the next level, and offers a series of significant innovations improvments inspired from Ferrari's Formula One program. Two of these innovations ar...
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Following footsteps of the 250 GTE, the 330 resided in Ferrari's family of 2 + 2 cars, that is, the cars with a significant rear seat. Sold alongside the 275 GTB, GTS and exclusive 500 Superfast, the 330 was a driveable, more pedestrian Ferrari that still offered genuine sports car performance, especially when compared to other cars from the 330's era.
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During an era when advertising was in its infancy, and the only symbols on a car were it's team name or national color, many racing teams had to rely on wealthy lineage or product sales to finance a racing program. Examining Ferrari, it is clear the company sold race-bred products to finance their very ambitious sporting goals and that is how the company excelled
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Ferrari was keen to win the CSI's World Sportcar Championships with special factory versions of his Ferrari Testa Rossa and, to stay competitive, the fomula one rear suspension was adapted in 1961.
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After narrowly losing the 1959 World Sports Championship to Aston Martin, things had to change and Ferrari updated the TR59 into the TR59/60. At the factory's disposal were several specially developed Testa Rossas, known as the TR59, which were updated for 1960. Despite having multiple cars in development like the rear-engine Dino, Ferrari engineers, led by Carlo Chiti, devoted what little time th...
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After winning the 1958 World Sports Car Championship, Ferrari had to update the Testa Rossa to maintain their prominent position. Throughout 1958, pontoon bodied 250 Testa Rossas were delivered and raced by customers. These supported four specially developed team cars, known as the TR58, that were largely responsible for the Championship-winning points.
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To keep the ahead of the competition in 1958, Ferrari developed their 250 Testa Rossa into the more potent TR58. Only very few of them were specifically made for the factory team and they received constant upgrades throughout the season.
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At the 1959 Paris Salon, Ferrari displayed the first Berlinetta body that was suitable for production on the 2400mm short-wheel-base chassis. With no official name, the car quickly took on the term SWB to reflect the smaller car.
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The Ferrai 225 S was introduced at the 1952 Giro di Sicilia as a larger version of the 195 and 166 models that came before it.
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Introduced in 1968 with production beginning in 1969, the 365 GTB/4 was Ferrari's response to an evolving market and, even more important, changing regulations in its most important market, the United States, where increasingly stringent emissions standards and rigid safety-related regulations had made the previous generation of Ferraris unsaleable. The 365 GTB/4 was bigger, both in bulk and in th...
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Alongside his successful competition cars, Enzo Ferrari sold detuned race cars for road-going clientele and the 212 Inter was a classic example. It replaced the very similar type 166 Inter, and its racecar brother, the 212 Export, wasn't that far ahead, and when there was a short supply of Ferraris, the road-going Inters served double-time and became race cars.