Collectors Corner

Ferrari Sports Car Racing Engines 1948 - 1961

The most powerful Ferrari race engines for Sports Cars were build for the 335 S and the 412 MI. with a displacement of 4023 cc and 390 respectively 440 bph, the engines with the largest displacements were the 410 S and the 375 Plus both 4,9l engines (in 1954) and 375 MM with 4522 cc.

August 1958 - 50 years ago the PV444 becomes the 544

When the Volvo Amazon was presented in late summer 1956, most people were convinced that the PV with its already rather old-fashioned styling wasn't going to survive that much longer. However, the PV with its loyal customer base and healthy sales figures both in Sweden and overseas experienced somet

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 500 TRC

The 1957 "Codice Sportivo Internazionale"required in appendix "C" a soft-top for open cars. The 500 TRC, was the successor of the 1956 Ferrari race car the 500 TR, with lower and a more attractive bodywork.

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 500 TR

The Ferrari was the 1956 race model and replaced the 500 Mondial and 750 / 860 Monza, it featured a more modern looking very attractive bodywork by Scaglietti similar to 0602 and 0604

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 250 Europa

In 1953, Ferrari launched a new model as a replacement for their 212 Inter. The Ferrari 250 Europa was born and presented at the Salon Paris in October 1953 together with the also new Ferrari 375 America. Except for the displacement of their Lampredi V12 engines both cars had an identical layout. In

Collectors Corner - Index

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Ferrari FXX serial numbers

Ferrari has developed a truly innovative technical collaboration programme around the FXX prototype aimed at its most dedicated and passionate Clients.

50% price increase in just 1 year - Ferrari 275 GTB & GTB/4 prices are still booming !

EUR. 600,000.- bought you a rare, original and matching no. Ferrari 275 GTB/6C “long nose” alloy in January, 2007 in an attractive colour combination. And now you could have easily sold it for EUR. 900,000.- ! Compare this increase to the current interest rates of your local banking house and you w

Legendary BMW M1 sports car celebrates its 30th anniversary

BMW Group Mobile Tradition stands on the threshold of an eventful year. In June the BMW Museum in Munich will reopen its doors; the legendary BMW M1 sports car celebrates its 30th anniversary this year; and BMW Group Mobile Tradition models will again be lining up at a wide range of major events. As

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Collectors Corner - Ferrari 250 Testarossa

The Ferrari 250 TR - the design icon of the 1960's - offered customers a replacement for the 500 TRC, since a 3 litre engine capacity was now allowed for prototypes. The reliable V12 from the 250 Gran Turismo was used radically tuned with six twin-choke carburettors.

Collectors Corner - Lancia B24 S - Spiders and Convertibles

The Aurelia B24 Spider an open 2 seater and was presented at the 1954 Brussels Motorshow, it was based on a shortend B20 chassis and bodywork by Pinin Farina, 240 cars were build and it is rumored that 50 were lost when the MS Andrea Doria sunk. In 1956 it was replaced by a Convertible also powered

Collectors Corner - Lancia B20 GT - The classic Gran Turismo Coupe

The information about the Lancia B20 was contributed by Geoff Goldberg.

The history of the B20 coupes have been well documented and will be briefly summarized here.

There were a total of 3871 made from 1951 to 1958, averaging about 500 a year in production. While the factory did not label them a

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Collectors Corner - Ferrari 212 Export

In 1951 Ferrari introduced a new model, the 212 Export followed the highly successful 166 MM and the 195 S.

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 375 America

First displayed at the 1953 Paris Salon and using the same 2800mm wheelbase chassis as the concurrent 250 Europa, but using a Lampredi designed "long" block V12 with a 4.5 litre capacity.

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 250 Europa GT

The 250 Europa GT was presented to the public at the 1954 Paris Salon. This model was an important landmark in the Ferrari production car story, as it had the largest relatively homogenous model production run up to that time.

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 625 TF

The 625 TF was Ferrari’s “equal first” four cylinder sports racing car, built in a small series of three cars in 1953.

500 Superfast Ferrari's Motor Show Car Flagship and toy for the rich, famous, beautiful and blue-blooded

In 1964 in March the 1st of 36 Ferrari 500 Superfast made it's debut at the Geneva Motor Show the exterior was light blue metallic with white interior in the late 60's it was for sale in Auto Beckers Salon International with 20.000km on the odometer and a 35.000 DM price tag attached to it. For Prin

Collectors Corner - The 206, 246 and 308 Dinos

In the late 1960's through the 1970's Ferrari produced the Dino series - the 206, 246 and 308. Apart from some prototypes these all had their own even number only chassis series and the range was from S/N 00102 through S/N 15604. That comes to a total of approximately 7,750 Dinos. The late 308 GT4's

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 342 America

The 342 America was a derivation of the 340 series of models, and all models in the 340 and 342 America series carried chassis numbers in the even competition car sequence, even though the latter models were all clearly road cars. Production of the 340 series ran into 1952, when the 342 America mode

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 212 Inter & Europa

The 212 Inter and Europa series of cars were built between late 1950 and 1953, and are the most prolific of the early production cars manufactured, with the greatest variety of body styles. These even varied significantly within the examples produced by a single coachbuilder, notably those from the

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 195 Inter

The 195 Inter models were basically larger engine versions of the equivalent 166 cars, and shared the same mechanical attributes, with the range of body design houses expanded to include Motto, and the Swiss Ghia Aigle concern, who each produced one example of their craft on a 195 chassis. With this

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 166 Sport

The 166 Sport was the closed body “road-going” version of the 166 Spider Corsa, and as such had a lower state of tune engine, normally with only a single twin choke Weber 32 DCF carburettor, as opposed to the triple carburettor set up of the “competition” car. The model was built during 1948, and it

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 166 Spider Corsa

At the end of 1947 the engine of the 159 model was increased slightly in capacity, by increasing the bore to 60mm diameter, taking the cubic capacity to 1992cc, and the model type designation was amended to 166 for the 1948 model year. During 1948 there was a slight increase in the stroke to 58.8mm,

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 159 Sport & Spider Corsa

The 159 models were part of the development process of the original 125 S model during the summer of 1947, featuring an increase in engine capacity from the original 1500cc to 1900cc, with a bore and stroke of 59mm x 58mm, and variations to the bodywork of both the cycle winged and fully enveloping

Collectors Corner - The Porsche 356 Production History

The 15 year production period ranged from Early 1950 until September 1965. The Coupe and the Cabriolet were build during the from the beginning to the end, the Speedster was apart of the product line from September 1954 until August 1958, it was replaced by the Convertible D from August 1958 until S

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 166 Inter

The 166 Inter model was the road-going version of the sports racing “Mille Miglia” model, and a total of thirty seven examples were produced between 1948 and 1950, in the odd chassis number sequence in the range 007 - 079. They were usually coupés, although Stablimenti Farina produced three cabriole

Collectors Corner - Ferrari 125 S

Whilst at Alfa Romeo in the pre-war years, Enzo Ferrari had worked with a talented engineer by the name of Gioacchino Colombo on the 158 Alfetta monoposto project. Thus, as World War II came to an end and Enzo Ferrari’s thoughts turned once more to car production, it was only natural that he should