https://www.rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/MC18/Monaco/lots/r0008-1978-ferrari-308-gts/620430
Interesting colour ! Unfortunately I already have a 308GTS ( Rosso Chiaro ) otherwise with no reserve would be tempted to go to the auction....would be easy on the Eurostar to Paris from London.
er , no , ! If that is RM estimate than I guess the 'Steve McQueen' massive provenance effect applies . I might have lifted the paddle for an early bid about 100k to get the auction going , it would be rude not to.
To be honest, I have no idea of the RM estimate, but I think the selling price will be very high ciao
I'll never understand the logic of paying such a premium for a car just because Gilles put his butt in the seat or had his name on the title. What's the attraction? I'd understand if he did something historically significant with the car or if had some track pedigree but just owning it does nothing for me even though I'm a huge Gilles fan.
Have to agree. Last car I would even consider owning would be one that Gilles Babied. LOL Will be interesting what it actually hammers for.
Materazzi, with the red sweater, last sunday at Modena race track. ciao Image Unavailable, Please Login
Actually, and at the drop of the hat (so take this with reservations...) I think this car might have another claim to fame: if I'm not mistaken, she is also the first production 308 GTS... Rgds
Is this the Villeneuve car that has been on display in one of the Ferrari museums in Modena or Maranello? If so, why are they selling it?
For some reason I read "Materazzi" and the word "sweater", and I thought that he was in the same room with Marchionne. Wonderful photo and a great encounter.
I would love to see the paperwork on the car to see if it was registered to Gilles. Can it be that the car was registered to Ferrari S.P.A and lent out to Gilles?
Yes but in all fairness has anyone ever attempted to break it? More info and pics from an old thread here... https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/gilles-villeneuves-308.63707/
This is impossible, of course: I think that if this happens, just one of the two will come out the room still alive... ciao
Correct 432 km in 2hr 25 mins Average speed 178 Kph Nick Mason tried to better it in his Enzo some years ago...no chance. Just goes to show a car is only as fast as you can drive it. Remember when i bought my car and started checking serial numbers etc...the GV GTS was only around 12 after my GTB...just thinking of the stories about how he used to drive it makes me smile. RIP.
He was an insane guy, during the record he did many overtakes on the motorway emergency lane, always flat out. I think he could have died one thousand times during that trip from Montecarlo to Maranello. The record is impossible to break, and now we have a very fast motorway joining Modena with Maranello that in 1978 there wasn't and you had to drive across the villages from Modena to Maranello. ciao
My GTS is 25461 and was produced in July 1978. Considering GV's is 21371, seems quite a few numbers away in a short time frame.
It was probably one of the 308 preproduction cars or press cars that Ferrari registered just later ciao
Seat leather is worn, non-original steering wheel, aftermarket stereo speakers on the center console, and what's up with the GTB door pockets (maybe that was just carried over for the first few GTS cars)? I clicked on the link and don't see any description or estimate, though. Where are you getting $500k? On the one hand, I'd think the provenance would be cool as hell to own; on the other, Gilles was famous for running road cars into the ground in pretty short order. I thought the end of the legendary Monaco-Maranello story was he ran into a wall on arrival because he'd burned up his brake pads in the course of the trip. I wouldn't want a garage queen if I planned to drive it, but mechanically speaking, buying an ex-Villeneuve road car would be a bit like picking up hot date, fresh off a 40-man gangbang, no?
