Sports Car Facts

Ferrari

5 model families in the catalog.

1967–1974

Dino 206 GT and 246 GT/GTS

Dino: The Ferrari That Enzo Wouldn't Call a Ferrari

In the autumn of 1965, at the Paris Motor Show, Pininfarina wheeled out a small, low, achingly pretty mid-engined coupe wearing a badge nobody at Maranello had used before: a stylized "Dino," with no Prancing Horse anywhere on the car. This was deliberate. Enzo Ferrari had spent two decades building his company's…

1952–1964

250-series road sports cars

250: The V12 Family That Taught Ferrari to Build Road Cars

Before Ferrari became a byword for a single unmistakable shape, it was a loose federation of coachbuilt one-offs and small batches sharing a name and a 3.0-litre Colombo V12. The 250-series two-seaters, built between 1952 and 1964, are where that changed. What began as barely differentiated competition cars with…

1987–1992

F40

The F40: Enzo Ferrari's Last Word

In 1987, forty years after Enzo Ferrari built his first car under his own name, Maranello unveiled a machine designed to answer one question as bluntly as possible: what is the fastest, most stripped-down, least compromised road car Ferrari can build with the technology in its Formula One and Group B-derived…

1999–present

360 Modena through 296 GTB/GTS

From Modena to 296: Ferrari's Mid-Engined V8 Line Learns to Plug In

For two decades after the 360 Modena arrived in 1999, Ferrari's entry-level mid-engined berlinetta told a consistent story: a naturally aspirated V8, growing steadily in displacement and sophistication, wrapped in a shape that got more aerodynamically purposeful with each generation. The 360 itself was already a…

1968–present

V12 two-seat berlinettas (Daytona to 12Cilindri)

The Long Nose and the Big Twelve: Ferrari's Front-Engined V12 Two-Seaters, Daytona to 12Cilindri

When Ferrari showed the 365 GTB/4 at the 1968 Paris Motor Show, it was making a bet against the industry's momentum. Lamborghini's Miura had already put a V12 behind the driver in a road car, and the rest of the exotic-car world seemed to be following that layout toward the mid-engined future that Ferrari's own 296…