Model histories by make
Ferrari.
18 researched Ferrari histories spanning 1962 to 2005, from the 250 GT Lusso to the Enzo. 380 cited sources in all, with 57 claims where those sources disagree and we say so.
250 GT Lusso (Tipo 168/U (Berlinetta Lusso))
1962–1964
The Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso (1962-1964) was the last of the 250 GT road cars and the one built for the road rather than the track. Pininfarina drew…
275 GTB (275 GTB and GTB/4)
1964–1968
The Ferrari 275 GTB (1964-1968) was the car with which Ferrari's berlinetta stopped being a civilised racing car and became a road car engineered as one. S…
330 GTC (330 GTC and GTS)
1966–1968
The Ferrari 330 GTC (1966-1968) was the car that first made a front-engined V12 Ferrari genuinely easy to live with. Shown at Geneva in March 1966, it plac…
365 GTB/4 Daytona (Berlinetta and GTS/4 Spider)
1968–1973
The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 (1968-1973) was the last of Maranello's front-engined two-seat V12 berlinettas in the line that ran back to the 166, and the car that…
Dino 246 (Dino 246 GT and GTS)
1969–1974
The Dino 246 GT and GTS were built at Maranello between 1969 and 1974 and sold under the Dino marque rather than as Ferraris. No prancing horse appeared on…
308 GTB/GTS
1975–1985 · 12,112 built
The Ferrari 308 is the car that put a mid-engined V8 Ferrari within reach of a generation — and, thanks to Magnum, P.I., into millions of living rooms. Lau…
512 BB (512 BB and BBi)
1976–1984
The Ferrari 512 BB (1976-1981) and its fuel-injected successor the 512 BBi (1981-1984) were the second and third forms of the Berlinetta Boxer, the mid-eng…
288 GTO
1984–1987
The Ferrari 288 GTO (1984-1987) was built to homologate Ferrari for FIA Group B, a category that was abandoned before the car could ever compete. Announced…
Testarossa
1984–1991 · 7,177 built
The Ferrari Testarossa (1984-1991) replaced the 512 BBi and was designed around two specific complaints about that car: a cabin cooked by coolant pipes run…
328 GTB / GTS (328)
1985–1989 · 7,412 built
The Ferrari 328 (1985-1989) is the last and most developed form of the transverse-V8 line that began with the 308 GTB in 1975, and it is best read as a ref…
F40
1987–1992
The Ferrari F40 (1987-1992) was built to mark the marque's fortieth year and was the last new model Enzo Ferrari personally approved and presented before h…
348 (TB/TS, GTB/GTS, Spider)
1989–1995
The Ferrari 348 (1989-1995) replaced the 328 and was the first all-new Ferrari presented after Enzo Ferrari's death in August 1988, though its development …
456 (456 GT, GTA, 456M)
1992–2003
The Ferrari 456 (1992-2003) returned the marque to a front-engined V12 grand tourer for the first time since the 412 went out of production in 1989, and it…
F355
1994–1999
The Ferrari F355 (1994-1999) replaced the 348 and set out to correct almost everything the earlier car had been criticised for. The name is a specification…
F50
1995–1997 · 349 built
The Ferrari F50 (1995-1997) was conceived, by Piero Ferrari's own account, to answer a customer's question about why Ferrari could not build something clos…
550 Maranello (550 Maranello and Barchetta)
1996–2001
The Ferrari 550 Maranello (1996-2001) was the car with which Ferrari reversed two decades of mid-engined flagship thinking and returned its fastest road ca…
360 (Modena, Spider, Challenge Stradale)
1999–2005
The Ferrari 360 (1999-2005) replaced the F355 as Maranello's mid-engined V8 and was the first production Ferrari built entirely in aluminium, its Alcoa-dev…
Enzo
2002–2004
The Ferrari Enzo (2002-2004) was the fourth in the line of flagship Ferraris that began with the 288 GTO, and the first to carry the founder's name. It was…
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