Ferrari supercars
Tue, 29 Jul 2008
By Tim Pollard
29 July 2008 09:00
Say 'supercar' and the man in the street thinks of Ferrari. Eponymous founding father Enzo set up in Modena in 1929 as the Scuderia race team, and it wasn't unitl 1947 that the first road cars appeared. Since then, virtually every model has come to define the contemporary supercar, although there have been some duds along the way too. Of every supercar manufacturer, Ferrari is surely the one with the strongest competition ties, racing as it does at the very top of the F1 contest.
Make and model
Year
Price
Engine
0-60mph
Top speed
1968
£9100
4390cc V12, 352bhp, 318lb ft
5.5sec
174mph
For
Sharky styling means it's still one of the great Ferraris
Against
Miura made it look old the day it was launched
Verdict
Much-loved despite its old-school layout
Never officially named the Daytona (but 365GTB/4 sounds much less glamorous), this car stuck with the front-engined V12 layout despite the revolution wrought by the Miura two years earlier
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Make and model
Year
Price
Engine
0-60mph
Top speed
1973
£14,610
4390cc flat 12, 360bhp, 311lb ft
5.4sec
175mph
For
Pininfarina's styling set the look for Ferraris until well into the '80s
Against
Ferrari's answer to the Miura arrived seven years late
Verdict
A seminal Ferrari for styling and engineering, too often
overlooked
Ferrari's first mid-engined V12; good enough to stay in production for nine years and bridge the huge gap between the Sixties Daytona and the Testarossa of the Eighties
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Make and model
Year
Price
Engine
0-60mph
Top speed
1984
£59,540
2855cc V8, 400bhp, 366lb ft
4.9sec
190mph
For
Way rarer than the F40: just 272 were made
Against
Nasty cabin: cheap materials and Fiat switchgear
Verdict
Brutal and beautiful Ferrari does Group B with predictable results
The first of the hyper-Ferraris with its twin-blown, 2.8-litre 400bhp V8, and for some the greatest road-going Ferrari of them all. The fastest production car of its day at 189mph
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Make and model
Year
Price
Engine
0-60mph
Top speed
1987
£163,000
2936cc V8, 478bhp, 426lb ft
4.9sec
201mph
For
Better steering than a McLaren F1, says Gordon Murray
Against
Hard ride and laggy engine make for an edgy drive
Verdict
Ferrari's raw response to Porsche's brainbox 959
Enzo's last road car, and the first production road car to claim a 200mph top speed, though it's never been proven. Ferrari¹s 40th brithday present to itself wasn't luxurious, but a massive 478bhp in 1235kg was some consolation
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Make and model
Year
Price
Engine
0-60mph
Top speed
1995
£342,700
4699cc V12, 520bhp, 347lb ft
3.7sec
202mph
For
Rarity: only 349 were made, keeping values high
Against
Ungainly styling and little quicker than an F40
Verdict
Completely eclipsed by the McLaren F1
The third hyper-Ferrari didn't live up to the first two. Maranello threw all its F1 know-how and most of an F1 engine at its fiftieth anniversary car and somehow ended up with something slightly disappointing to drive
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Make and model
Year
Price
Engine
0-60mph
Top speed
2002
£217,375
5998cc V12, 660bhp
3.7sec
217mph
For
Super-smart aero package means no wing is needed even at
217mph
Against
Limited colour choice
Verdict
Money talks: it now sells for close to double the original at
around £420,000
Only 400 were made and you had to be invited to buy one, but we'll forgive Ferrari its arrogance; the Enzo is a tech masterpiece and drives way better than it looks
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Make and model
Year
Price
Engine
0-60mph
Top speed
2004 -
£138,625
4308cc V8, 4823bhp, 343lb ft
4.0sec
196mph
For
Even Ferrari's entry model is epically fast. Stunning in Scuderia form
Against
Preparing to move into the retirement home
Verdict
Junior Ferrari equals major pace. Quite an event
It might be four years old, but the F430 is still a sublime bit of kit. It's telling that the cheapest Ferrari now costs £140k and is knocking on the door of 200mph
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By Tim Pollard