Ferrari 308: The First Turbo Ferrari Was a Tax Dodge Ask any enthusiast which was the first turbocharged Ferrari road car and you will get the 288 GTO of 1984. They will say it with confidence, because it is what gets repeated everywhere. It is wrong. The first one arrived two years earlier, displaced two … Read more
Ferrari F12: The Car That Killed the Gear Lever Several articles in this series have been following a countdown. Here it reaches zero. The F12berlinetta is the first Ferrari twelve-cylinder that did not offer a manual gearbox even as an option. Not one car. The 599 we covered in its own piece stands permanently as … Read more
Ferrari Daytona: The Name Enzo Cancelled America gave this car its name. America redrew its face. America ran it across the continent in thirty-five hours. America faked it twice over. And then America priced Ferrari’s twelve-cylinder engine out of the country for eleven years. The 365 GTB/4 is one of the most imposing things Maranello … Read more
