Ferrari

Founder: Enzo Ferrari (18 February 1898 - 14 August 1988).

 

1948: The first production car to to carry the Ferrari name, the Tipo 166, went on sale, 2-litre V12. (166 = 2000/12.)

And F's first grand prix car had a supercharged 1.5-litre V12.

 

1953: Ferrari 250, 3-litre V12, front-engined, produced in various closed, open, and racing versions.

The rare 250 GTO became a serious collectors' car.

 

1964: Ferrari 275, 3.3-litre V12, front-engined.

 

1967: Ferrari created the Dino marque, after Alfredino. The Dino 206 GT, mid-engined, 2-litre V6, is a beautiful little car.

1971

And, 1969, the Dino 246, 2.6-litre V6.

 

1968: Ferrari 365, aka Daytona, 4.4-litre V12, front-engined.

 

1969: Fiat took 50% of Ferrari, 90% after 1988.

 

1973: Dino 308 GT4 2+2, 2-door, 3.0-litre V8, mid-engined.

In 1976 this was "rebranded" the Ferrari 308.

 

1984: The Testa Rossa was the successor to the 512 BB (1976) with a 5-litre flat-12 (rear-|mid-?) mounted over the gearbox.

Testa Rossa (Red Head)

And 1991, the 512 TR, 1994 512 M.

 

1988: Ferrari's 40th anniversary, and Enzo Ferrari (1898-1988) died.

 

1988: Ferrari F40 introduced, 3-litre V8, twin turbo.

Ferrari F40

 

1994: Ferrari 355, 2-seat, 3.5-litre V8 5-valves/cyl., mid-engined.

 

1994: Details of the F50 released.

Ferrari F50

4.4-litre V12.

1995, shown at the Geneva Motor Show.

 

1994: Ferrari 550, 5.5-litre V12, front-engined.

 

1999: Ferrari 360 replaced to 355, 2-seat, 3.5-litre V8, mid-engined.

 

2002: Ferrari 575M, 5.7-litre V12, front-engined.

 

2002-2004: Ferrari Enzo, 6-litre V12, mid-engined, 350km/h (220mph), 0-100km/h 3.3 secs.

Ferrari Enzo, 2003

(Also Ferrari FXX race car 2005-07, and FXX Evoluzione ...2009, "based on" the Enzo.)

 

2004: Ferrari 430, replaced the 360, 2-seat, 4.3-litre V8, mid-engined.

 

2004: Ferrari 612, 4-seat, 2-door, 5.7-litre V12, front-engined.

 

2006: Ferrari 599, 2-seat, 6-litre V12 (~Enzo), front-engined, 330+km/h (206+mph).

 

2008: Ferrari California @ the Paris motor show, 2+2, 2-door, 4.3-litre 90° V8, front-engined, 310km/h (193mph), 0-100km/h <4 secs., combined fuel consumption 21.6 mpg (305.6 gm CO2/km). ('California' was first applied to the 250 GT.)

 

2009: Ferrari 458 at the Frankfurt motor show, 2-seat, 4.5-litre V8, mid-engined, 325km/h (202mph), 0-100km/h <3.4 secs., combined fuel consumption 13.7 l/100km (320 gm CO2/km).. The first 458 was delivered in Feb. 2010.

 

2010 March: At the Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari had a concept 599 HY-KERS petrol-electric hybrid, claimed to improve the V12's fuel consumption by a third. (Ferrari raced with KERS in F1 in 2009, but FOTA teams agreed not to use KERS in 2010.)