What's the deal with the V12?

Interesting that is the first time I have heard of that. Every other source quotes the Daytona as the last car developed when Enzo ran the company ... I think we could be charged with splitting hairs

In the end the 365BB and the 308 were developed when FIAT had the company ... still some of the best Ferraris ever made!

I also am not 100% sure how much involvement Enzo really had with the road car division ... but probably more than he made out, (ie. he publically stated he could not give a toss) ... all very clever marketing, as was treating the customer like a piece of cr@p, just made them feel below his level and thus lust after his cars to feel they reached that level ... clever bastard.

Pete
ps: Again for all those that keep on confusing the issue regarding Ferrari and v12s ... Enzo Ferrari fell in love with the concept and ALL road cars made by him had that engine. Was it the best engine? ... he could not care less, he just loved them and made them into a trademark type thing for his road cars. But we do have to remember that multi-cylinder engines were reasonably rare in Enzo's early days ... thus he probably thought it was sort of eliteist ... but undoubtably they would have been very smooth compared to most 50's engines (not with standing the American engines of the 30's and 40's ... but most of those were side valve designs).

It was all marketing IMO ... except the race track.

 

atheyg, you're correct, from what I've read Enzo was more involved in the Boxer developement than any other road car because of the grudge that had developed between him and Lamborghina and Enzo wanted to top the Miura at any cost.

 

But isn't the Boxer actually slower (as was the Miura) in a straight line than the Daytona? ... that is what I have read, and there always seems to be confusion regarding the Boxer's REAL top speed.

Pete

 

For some reason I remeber the f-40 being comissend by Enzo. I also remeber reading that the F-40 was supposed to be called the Enzo F-40. I could be wrong but for some reason it sticks in my head. If that is the case then it would appear that Enzo really didn't care what engine was in the car as long as it was fast.

 

Ferrari was happy as long as he made money. If you read between the lines, he didn't care about customers, only cash flow.

Not that there is anything wrong with that...