In 1929, when Enzo Ferrari formed ‘Scuderia Ferrari’, which is now the official racing division of Ferrari, he had no interest or intention of producing road-cars. Ferrari’s headquarters was actually located in Modena, Italy until World War II. At first, Ferrari bought, prepared, and fielded Alfa Romeo race cars, because at the time they were functioning as the racing division for Alfa Romeo. In 1938 ‘Scuderia Ferrari’ was disbanded from Alfa Romeo as they instead brought their racing division in-house with ‘Alfa Corse’ in Milan, and hiring Enzo Ferrari as the team’s manager. In 1940, Enzo Ferrari produced and displayed his first ever race-car, the 1940 AAC 815, but again due to the war, it saw little completion, and only 2 total were produced. This car was also not considered a Ferrari-badged model. In 1943, the Ferrari factory moved to Maranello, where it has remained ever since. The factory was actually bombed during the war twice, once in 1944 and again in 1945, and was subsequently rebuilt, this time featuring a road-car production department. The first Ferrari badged car was then built two years after the war, the 1947 Ferrari 125 S, in only two units. Fast forward 20 years to 1967. Ferrari has now resurrected itself as a public corporation under the name SEFAC S.p.A (Società Esercizio Fabbriche Automobili e Corse), and despite Enzo never wanting to create road cars, this car eventually came along.This car shown here is the 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4, one of 331 built for the entire world. Before the 275, Ferrari produced a number of other two-seat, front-engined V12 cars, but the 275 series cars were special. All together there were multiple models under the 275 series (275 GTB, 275 GTS, 275 GTB/4 & 275 GTS/4 NART Spyder), but the 275 GTB/4 was one of the best in the group. Introduced at the 1966 Paris Motor Show, the 275 GTB/4 came powered by a Tipo 226 Colombo V12 producing 300hp. In 1967 the 275 received four overhead camshafts earning the nickname ‘Four-Cam’.
How many made? 331
Engine: Tipo 226 3285.72 cc Colombo V12 - around 300hp
Debut: 1966 Paris Motor Show
Top Speed: 166.5mph
0-60mph: 5.2 seconds
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