Salon Prive 2015 Showcased Some Great Ferraris
Salon Privé is the UK’s premier motoring event comprising of the British Super Car Show, Concours d’Elégance, Tour d’Elégance, The Concepts & Prototypes Display and The Hyper Car Collection.
Salon Privé is held annually since Y 2005. Salon Privé is a hospitality-only event appealing to discerning guests, collectors, buyers, owners and enthusiasts who prefer a more intimate and engaging experience.
It is a presentation of the very finest automotive and luxury brands as well as the rarest and most valuable of classic cars and motorcycles, all of which are beautifully displayed on the lawns of one the country’s most spectacular palaces; Blenheim Palace! Blenheim Palace is a monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the principal residence of the Dukes of Marlborough, and the only non-royal non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace
The majority of mass market Ferrari’s received some input from the Turin design house Pininfarina along with manufacturing expertise from Carrozzeria Scaglietti.
Salon Prive 2015 this past weekend had a selection of some great Ferrari’s and Dino’s on display as part of the Pininfarina & The Prancing Horse class.
The Ferrari 365 GTS is one of the rarest Ferrari’s in existence. Just 20 were built, the Pininfarina’s design gives it a classic front-engine convertible Ferrari look. Ferrari’s 4.4 litre V12 engine with 330 hp gives it performance to match.
The Ferrari 365 GTS bodies were built at the Pininfarina works in Turin, then delivered fully trimmed to Ferrari at the factory so that the mechanical components could be fitted. All 20 were left hand drive and numbered in the odd chassis number road car sequence.
The 365 GTS’s Coupe predecessor was the Ferrari 330 GTC. The GTC was a mainstream car with 598 units leaving the factory during the course of a 2 year production run. The 330 GTC was constructed by Pininfarina at its Grugliasco factory.
The Ferrari 330 GTC featured a classic oval eggcrate grill and pronounced front fenders from the 500 Superfast, the car it replaced. The 330 GTC was one of the 1st Ferrari models fitted with a boot lid badge identifying its model number. Stricter safety and emissions regulations in the United States cut the GTC’s production run.
In the late 1960’s, Ferrari made a move down market with the Dino 206 GT. It featured a smaller mid-mounted 2.0 V6 engine. The bodywork was designed by Leonardo Fioravanti at Pininfarina and built by Scaglietti. It was sold as a Dino, not a Ferrari so as to avoid devaluing the Ferrari brand. Just 152 examples were built.
The Ferrari 365 GTS 4 Daytona Spider is one of the most desirable convertible Ferrari’s. Based upon the Daytona coupe, Ferrari commissioned 122 factory made Spiders. It shares a 4.4 litre V12 with the Coupe version.
The Ferrari 365 GT4 BB replaced the Daytona in dramatic fashion. It used a mid-mounted flat-12 engine, replacing the FR layout of the classic GT car. It was designed to rival Lamborghini who had 2 mid-engined cars in the market around that time. Pininfarina originally developed the P6 show car before debuting the final design at the Turin Auto Show in Y 1971. Just 387 were produced during a 3 year production run. It was eventually replaced by the BB 512.
Following the success of the 206 GT, Ferrari revisited the platform in Y 1969 for the Dino 246 GT, and 2,295 were eventually produced with 3.4 litre V6 engines producing 195 hp with 1,080 kg of weight.
The Ferrari 250 GT Lusso is one of my favorite Ferrari’s. Just 351 were produced upon the 250 chassis. They were intended as GT’s (grand tourers) and therefore featured a perfectly proportioned Pininfarina design which was bodied by Carrozzeria Scaglietti. The engine was a 3.0 litre V12 unit producing 240 hp.
The relationship between Ferrari and Pininfarina ranges from the Ferrari 250 series all the way to the modern Ferrari California T. It is difficult to imagine one without the other.
Have a terrific week.
Paul Ebeling
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