What cars symbolize Ferrari to you?

There is only one model that symbolizes Ferrari.
Like it or not without that model Ferrari would unlikely not exist.
Every collector that knows Ferrari well would have that model in their collection if possible.
And that is a 166MM.

 

by decade, i'd say:

• 00s - Enzo
• 90s - F355
• 80s - Testarossa
• 70s - Daytona
• 60s - 275GTB

 

everyone will have a different car to point to depending on when they became enamored by the marque.

but i would say that if you asked 10k randomly selected people around the world, the 3 cars that would stand out and be identified with the brand regardless of depth of knowledge of ferrari or even just cars.....
would be

the 308, the testarossa/512tr, and the F40.

outside of aboriginal tribes in the deepest darkest jungle or wastelands, everybody else on the planet will know those 3 cars as ferraris.

 

Ferrari of the Deep Dark Jungle never had much inventory, agree. Good espresso machine though.


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To afford... F12 and 458... The rest a dream... Maybe 599 XX

 

Pinnacle of NA for me:
V12: TDF
V8: Speciale


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Through the years
250 swb or cali spider.
275 Gts
Daytona
308
Boxer
288
355
458
Pista

 

Maybe, if all of those people are over 55. I understand that the majority of owners are, and maybe that's when their strongest impression was from, but the 80's poster on the wall thing has long been overshadowed by video game garages for 20+ years now. I'll still concede on the testarossa and F40 for top 7 though, but if the 308 was silver instead of red, I don't think a lay person in '22 would think 'Wow, a Ferrari' upon first sight.

 

Disagree on the F40 purely based on the lack of mainstream media exposure. The other two you mention were stars of long running TV shows (IMO better than the shows themselves).....one reason I just could never buy a 308 to suffer the shouts of “Magnum” wherever you go.

On the other side of the fence, it is movies that have cemented the mass appeal of Lamborghinis......Miura (Italian Job), Countach (Cannonball Run), and Diablo (Exit Wounds and Dumb and Dumber).

And thank Jeebus for Ford vs Ferrari for turning the Ford GT into a star, and starting the latest rise in values.

 

Great points here on the movies, I especially agree with the diablo take. Bond cars go without saying, and I would probably give a tip of the cap to Bad Boys II for the Maranellos

 

Miami Vice huge influence on many platforms..

 

Yes, for sure cannonball run and the Countach. And of course. The little Mitsubishi that could have started the hot hatch craze! Lol!

A little off topic and just nostalgic

 

I scored the primo spot at the door of a local gourmet restaurant (McDonald's). After my fine dining experience, I exited to discover my 308 surrounded by high school boys. I felt quite nervous. It turns out they knew exactly what it was and one of them said they raced a 308 in a video game. They were super friendly. They loved the car.

 

I knew this would happen

 

... my car IS red.

 

$74 million.

Not red.

Very Ferrari.

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it was given in my silver 308 example that the f40 and testarossa would not need to be red today for the lay person to think they're a ferrari - silver gto just cements my point, lol

independent of any car's merits, they can't all be iconic

 

A front-engine V12 GT is what Enzo founded the entire company on. When he passed away in 1988, Ferrari had not produced a true GT in almost 15 years. It took another 8 years for Ferrari to end the drought, but Enzo would have likely been proud of the 550 Maranello.
Drive a real manual front engine V12 and you will understand Enzo's passion!

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308 GTS
Testarossa
355
F40
246 Dino
250 GTO
Mid engine V8 series in general.
550 Maranello

F50 is my favorite, and I own a 308 GT4 Dino, but not the first to come to mind.

 

These two:

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Just saw this on Ferrari's site https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/magazine/articles/fan-favourites-the-ferrari-hall-of-fame
Interesting to me that for most decades it was the halo model picked, but for the 70s it was the model Ferrari didn't even officially call a Ferrari because it was the lowest level.

 

Here in Sweden anyhow 308 is the Ferrari most people recognise as a Ferrari without seeing the badges or asking.

 

Welcome - good peeps here. Always willing to help. I've learned so much from the guys on this site.

 

I think, for me, it has to be the 328 (pre-ABS and without the rear aerofoil), and the 275 GTB (short nose). I may be a little biased as my dad owns a 328 but I think it's the perfect V8 Ferrari, the last of the classic V8s - both in terms of mechanics and aesthetics. As for the 275, I think it's just unbeatable! A little more advanced than it's predecessors and produced in higher numbers, while retaining the classic front-engine V12 look and feel.

 

I gravitated from the Lotus Evora to the 308.
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