Ferrari F355 F1 Spider (LHD) 3.5 1999
General description :
Superb condition throughout
Only 7,125 miles from new
Finished in Rosso Corsa over Crema leather interior
Original manuals, keys and tools
Recently paint corrected and PPF’d
1999 Ferrari F355 F1 Spider (LHD)
Our handsome F355 Spider is finished in classic Rosso Corsa with a tan leather interior and has covered just 7,125 miles from new. In 2015, the present owner purchased the car from its one previous owner/collector via a Ferrari dealer in Oregon where it showed only 4,700 miles from new at that time. This wonderful and desirable model has been serviced in the UK since its importation by Ferrari specialists to this day.
Presented with the car are all the original manuals, keys and tools. Our F355 Spider must certainly be one of the most desirable and low mileage examples on the market today.
Open sports cars are an integral part of Ferrari tradition: the first Ferrari ever to be built, in fact, was an open sports car – the 125 S. The F355 Spider’s Pininfarina penned lines were honed by 1,800 hours in the wind tunnel. The result successfully blended the elegance and aerodynamics of the F355 Berlinetta with open air driving.
For the first time on a Ferrari, the semi-automatic soft-top was powered electronically. The sophisticated 5-valve per cylinder V8 engine guaranteed class-topping performance.
Spiders always held a very special and vital place in Enzo Ferraris’ heart and later in that of the company itself. The inspiration behind every Ferrari spider is a mix of a genuinely sporty engineering and the thrill of open-top driving. The F355 Spider brought this spirit to a whole new level by melding the berlinetta and the GTS’s acknowledged performance with a superbly efficient electronically operated semiautomatic soft top.
The factors that made the F355 such a successful model made the transition unaltered to the Pininfarina-styled Spider: a very elastic 380 hp engine with five valves per cylinder, 109 hp/litre specific power output, 4.7-second 0-100 km/h sprinting and 37 Kgm of torque.
Now available for viewing at the DD Classics Dealership in London, please call 0208 878 33 55 to book an appointment.
1999 Ferrari F355 F1 Spider (LHD) 3.5 is listed for sale on ClassicDigest in Surrey by DD Classics for £92950.
Car Facts
Car type : Car Make : Ferrari Model : F355 Model Version : F1 Spider (LHD) 3.5 Engine size : 3.5 Model Year : 1999 Sub type : Convertible Location : Surrey Vehicle Registration : Undefined
92950 £
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About Ferrari
The first Ferrari road car was the 125 S introduced in 1947 and powered by a 1.5 L V12 engine, right? Well it's not quite that simple, Ferrari did in fact produce e Tipo 815, in 1940. Tipo 815 was designed by ex-Alfa Romeo engineers Alberto Massimino and Vittorio Bellentani and by Enrico Nardi under Enzo's company but legal issues with the former associate Alfa Romeo prevented Ferrari from launching the Ferrari marque at that point.
Enzo did produce a series of fine road cars in the 50's and 60's but they were merely to finance his true passion racing, wheather GT/Sports car or Grand Prix. The 50's saw the birth of Ferrari's most memorable cars, 250 GTB (tour de France) 250 Testa Rossa, 250 GT swb just to name a few.
Under the surface tension was growing though. In November 1961 long-time sales manager Girolamo Gardini made an ultimatum to Enzo: if tensions continued, he would leave the company. As a result, Gardini was ousted, as well as Scuderia Ferrari manager Romolo Tavoni, chief engineer Carlo Chiti, experimental sports car development chief Giotto Bizzarrini, and a number of others who stood by them.
Without Chiti and Bizzarrini the development of what was to become the most quintessential Ferrari and today the world's most expensive car, 250 GTO, was at a pivoting point. 250 GTO project was saved by a young engineer Mauro Forghieri and long-time racing bodyman Sergio Scaglietti who stepped in and took over the program with known results.
In addition to 250 GTO, Ferrari launced such master pieces as 250 LM, 250P, 275 GTB, 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" during the the 60's
By the late 60's Ferrari's prototypes' success came to a sudden halt by a new competitor, GT40. Ford turned to Lola to produce a Ferrari beating long distance racer after Enzo had cut the deal off with Henry Ford II making the latter absolutely boil with fury. The collaboration between Ford and Lola created the mighty Ford GT40 that gave Ferrari some heavy hits in Le Mans 24 to come.
By the end of the 60's FIAT purchased 50% of the company, starting a development that has led to a new mass-produced era of Ferraris.
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