Never once did Enzo Ferrari demand that one of his company's cars be engineered so that it would attract the mass market. The Ferrari factory isn't equipped with stamping presses robust enough to thump out hundreds of thousands of door skins every year. Porsche may have added a hump to the Panamera's roof to improve rear-seat headroom, but there's never been a readily apparent compromise like that at Ferrari. In fact, Ferrari has never even built a production four-door of any kind.
Ferraris don't have to be practical, affordable, economical, robust or even reliable. All a Ferrari has to be is fast and beautiful.
And that's exactly what Ferraris have always been. Well, most of them. But why obsess over the strikeouts? Ferrari's batting average is about as good as it gets, and it slugs with power.
The fast part of the Ferrari equation is something that, frankly, too few of us will ever experience. But beauty is something we can all behold. So take your time going through this gallery and behold each one of these Ferraris until your retinas burn. Then get new retinas and do it again.
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k55 says:
09:24 AM, 06/13/2011
1- Ferrari /Dino 246 Berlinetta or GTS
2-Ferrari 288 GTO
3-Ferrari 250 SWB
4-Ferrari 458 Italia
5-Ferrari 355 Berlinetta
6-Ferrari P4
7-Ferrari Daytona
not in any special order........and make mine a 458 in Fly Yellow.
mklrivowner says:
05:29 AM, 06/13/2011
Not a single pontooned fender? What's with you guys?!
sixwheeler says:
03:05 PM, 06/11/2011
smallfield, I agree with every word you said, especially about all that 250 GTO business.
smallfield says:
01:13 PM, 06/11/2011
Although great for it's time I never understood the fuss over the 250 GTO. Great historical car, but the most beautiful car???
I think old vettes (C3 for fans) had better hips and more sumptuous curves. This historical lust for the GTO distracts from the great work Ferrari have done since. I really think the new Ferrari have gotten beautiful a 458 Italia is gorgeous and leaves behind cars that you have to be a fan to like, like the Enzo and F50.
jays83gsl says:
03:49 AM, 06/11/2011
The humor, as well as leaving out the "Hey, let's try competing with the Viper" Ferrari, is much appreciated.
sixwheeler says:
10:13 PM, 06/10/2011
"Just before missile lock?" What are you, 14??!
And where's the 512 BB? And the 288 GTO? And the 250 SWB? You must be 14!!!
uncanny_man says:
08:21 PM, 06/10/2011
Aha! So it was in 2006 with the introduction of the 612 that ferrari got into their current ugly car business! I learned something today :)
ferrari812 says:
07:02 PM, 06/10/2011
1. 250 GTO
2. F40
3. Enzo
4. 599 GTO
5. F50
cah11705 says:
06:55 PM, 06/10/2011
After finally getting through all of the pictures, I realize my favorite generation of Ferrari's was skipped. I always felt the 355, 550, and 456 were by far the best looking Ferrari's after the Daytona. I'm a bit disappointed I didn't get to see more of them in this album.
cah11705 says:
06:47 PM, 06/10/2011
1.5 liter v12? wow, that's real small per cylinder!