What cars symbolize Ferrari to you?

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Initially drawn to the marque by the 246GT (did not care for the GTS' styling, but I guess it would've been fun to drive on a crisp fall morning)
Although the 250 LM above is just breathtakingly beautiful, I will concur with the few who have mentioned the 288 GTO

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Definitely 250LM and the 250GTO.

And the Dino 166 P. And the 166 MM. And the 312 PB. And the 250 TR. And 750 Monza. And the 375 MM. And the 250 SWB. Did I mention the P2, the P3 and P4 and the... Can I add all the F1 cars from the 125 and onward?

For me Ferrari is about racing. It's not about where the engines sits or how many jugs it has or how "valuable" it is. Enzo himself made no bones about that. Am I alone on the planet to care about that?

 

For me
Villeneuve F1
308
Testarossa
288 GTO the pinnacle of road cars

 

i cannot argue about the 275 (although the 250 SWB is right up there as well), but when it comes to the V8 cars, the 288 GTO is by far the most attractive

 

I care more about racing when it relates to a car I could potentially buy and drive on the road. So for instance, in the50s F1 or 60s LeMans winners were cars that could be driven on the road. Harder for me to get excited about something like a modern F1 or LeMans prototype cars that are over-regulated and far from production. They end up closer to Nascar in that regard. The lower classes of LeMans or modern rally cars seem more relatable to me. So historic Ferrari racing is relevant, but modern Ferraris are mostly limited to things like the lower classes of LeMans.

 

Interesting viewpoint. Would that include Challenge cars from 355 onward as well?

 

Challenge cars are cool, but single make racing comes down to driver skill vs. the pros and cons of the cars. (human struggle vs. engineering comparison) Which to me is less interesting (if I am not driving), but I may be in the minority. People love Nascar and that is mostly about driver vs. car now.

 

I certainly do not disagree- 288 GTO is amazing in every regard

 

The proportions of the 308 are quite exotic, especially by today’s standards. I’d bet it would get a second or third look and onlookers would make the connection.

A lot of these cars were unmistakable in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Now, as a car enthusiast, I can’t tell the McLaren models apart, and the new Lotus Emira kind of resembles a late model Ferrari or McLaren/Corvette. I like the Roma/DB11 but again it’s not iconic, just nice.

Not just Ferrari. I’m not a fan of the C3 Corvette, but for more than a decade it symbolized Corvette, and looked like nothing else.


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This is probably heresy to say among cognoscenti, but to my eye the proportions of the 308 are more beautiful than the 288.

In the eyes of the uninformed, I am sure they look identical. I bet 288 owners get asked if their car is the Magnum P.I. car too.

 

The Ferrari virus infected me badly in 1962 at the Sebring 12 Hours. Thus, for me the P cars of the 60’s, up to and including the 312 P are the cars that exemplify everything Ferrari : beauty, performance , and the sound. The sound.

 

330 p4
F40
250 GTO
Nobrainer. Oneword.

 

If you restrict the choice to only one, I say the 275GTB/4 Long Nose. If I can add two more street cars, I'd choose a 250GTL (Lusso) and a 250 SWB.
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Daytona coupe. Preferably red.

 

In 1966 my father bought a white Lusso with a red interior. 9000rmp tach with no red line. What a gorgeous car. Having recently obtaining a drivers license I was very lucky as he allowed me to drive it half way home from Philadelphia to Chicago when he purchased it. More frequently when we would go for rides together.

 

Actually… I agree. The stretched wheelbase does the 288 no favors, but the collectibility and performance will always overshadow the 308s better proportions.


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That must have been quite the experience.


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The 550
The car that I own that receives the most love on the road is my.
246GT DINO
The car my 35 yr old nephew most loves is the 599 GTO
I am old and have to say any of the front engine V12s….

 

Don’t forget Niki Laura’s 312T Formula 1

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For me, it's still the ones I grew up with (80s):
308/328
288 GTO
Testarossa/512
F40

 

My answer would be a bit different now that I know a lot more, but if I were answering just based on what jumped out to me during my more formative years from grade school to college, I would have to say the F40 and then the 430 (not really special in the scheme of things but which was just coming out around the time I really became aware of Ferrari's line-up). The F40 was always the "Wow" vehicle that was synonymous with Ferrari when I was young.

 

For me Ferraris have always been about beauty in motion for road cars
As mentioned before the 275GTB/GTS peak design in the 60s and for the front engine 12s
DaytonaSpider(Gumball Rally everyone?)
Berlinetta Boxer(I never warmed to the cheese grater design of the Testarossa) for the mid engine 12s(LaFerrari excluded)
For the 8s- 288 GTO- and Pista
For the 6s- I do love the 296 but the Dino (a real Ferrari in everything but name) takes the crown
When I was young a dreamed of having a red Ferrari. Now on my fourth and the closest I get to red is the stitching in the interior otherwise I am drawn to grey to Nero,




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You are more right than you can imagine.

 

I thought this was another echo-chamber comment for a second but just realized what you did there, lol