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The 275 GTB/2—Sorry Guys, the Cheap Ones Are All Gone

A story about the 275 GTB Short nose By: Michael Sheehan

Last year it was Lussos that were in the Prancing Horse flavor–of–the–month club. Their values languished in the “why–would–you–want–one–of–those” $125,000–$150,000 range. Today, there are folks standing in line to buy great ones at $250,000 plus, and cars with period race history have cracked the $400,000 barrier.

Now it’s the 275 GTB/2s that are making their run.
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Looking At The New Ferrari F430

A story about the F430 By: Michael Sheehan

Ferrari is expected to define the leading edge in automotive styling and technology, and its new F430 promises to be no exception. A replacement for the 360 Modena, this new entry–level Ferrari debuted at the Paris Motor Show in late September.

It continues the “new” Ferrari look that began with the Enzo, and incorporates multiple design elements lifted from its big brother.
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Ferrari Enzo vs. McLaren F1

A story about the Enzo By: Michael Sheehan

Comparing the ultimate supercars is much like comparing the various attributes of the world’s top supermodels: It’s all about what fantasy turns your crank, as few of us mere mortals will ever get to test drive the cars or date the models.
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Thumbs Up for the Lusso

A story about the 250 GT Lusso Berlinetta By: Michael Sheehan

(Sports Car Market—May 2003 issue)

The Ferrari market is a fluid animal, with both classic and modern cars moving in and out of favor. Here’s my current read on where the action is.

The flavor of the month is definitely the 250 Lusso. Three years ago, you couldn’t give a Lusso away. Now great Lussos are bringing two and three times as much as Daytonas.
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The Ups and Downs and Ups of the 250 GTO

A story about the 250 GTO By: Michael Sheehan

(Sports Car Market Magazine — September 2002 issue)

The legendary Ferrari 250 GTO was first shown to the press at Ferrari's annual press conference in February 1962. This newest Ferrari was both strikingly beautiful and, as history would prove, a race winner out of the box.
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F40 & F50: Bucking the Trend

A story about the F50 By: Michael Sheehan

While 360 Berlinettas and Spyders, 456 GTs and 550 Maranellos and Barchettas are dropping in price, F40s and F50s are increasing in value. Why? 360s, 456s and 550s are all massproduction Ferraris, with more coming off the production line every day. As supply meets demand, their prices come down. Further, many of these cars are driven on a daily basis, racking up the miles.
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Which Boxer For You?

A story about the 365 GT4 BB Boxer By: Michael Sheehan

Ferrari's sporting and Grand Touring reputation through the '50s and '60s was built around low and sleek Italian bodies fitted with front engine V12 engines. The pinnacle of the road-going, front-engine V12 era was the 365GTB/4 Daytona of 1969-1974.
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The 250 LM: Fast But Nasty

A story about the 250 LM By: Michael Sheehan

Perhaps the best-known Ferrari street/race cars of the '60s are the 250 GTO and the 250 LM. Although they were built in similarly small numbers, the value of 250 LMs has always languished far behind that of the GTO.

There are many reasons for this.
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166 Series

A story about the 166 Mille Miglia Coupe By: Bob Hagendijk

The 166 series was the first series to have real road-going cars. Ferrari realized in order to keep racing, he needed more money. And you get money by selling cars. It was not the way Ferrari wanted to go, since he was only interested in racing. Despite all this, the road-models would become a very important aspect in the coming years. All the money from the sales went to the racing projects.
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The Boxer is Born

A story about the 365 GT4 BB Boxer By: Greg Markson of Sydney, Australia

For those that follow closely will have noticed this site's admin is a fan of all things boxer. In January 2004's article he covered the death of the beloved V12 boxer engine found in the F512M. What better way to follow up then to go back in time to the birth of this wonderful creation? The boxer, as most know, gets its name because of its shape and layout.
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The 328 Replacement: The 348 TB/TS

A story about the 348 TB By: Bob Hagendijk

How does a car follow in the tire tracks of the 308 & 328 series? It isn't easy, but the 348 attempted just this.

The 348 line started with its introduction at the Frankfurt Auto Show. There were two variations of the model present: the TB and the TB. the TB was the normal berlinetta version, and the TS came with a targa roof.
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GTO Impressions

A story about the 250 GTO By: Stephen Mitchell

The 250GTO #3987 was the third car I’d ever owned. The first was a 3.8 E-Type Jaguar. It was a beautiful car, but featured a low-revving six cylinder with an unsynchronized first gear that was like a granny gear off a truck. The car was more at home on the open road than negotiating the beach canyons of Los Angeles. The second was a Ferrari Berlinetta Lusso.
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Last Stage of Evolution

A story about the F512M By: Andrew Naber

As the saying goes, "All good things must come to an end." So goes the story of the mid-engine 12 cylinder boxer engine. With its last appearance in the F512M --which is a story about evolution. The F512M, the F for Ferrari the M for modifcato (modified), traces its roots back to the Testarossa from 1984.
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