Ferrari 550 Maranello, best racing horse GT - sports cars
Long bonnet, giant air intake, sporty yet elegant line and goosebumps. There Ferrari 550 Maranello this is a wonderful car, little to say, and also an heir Ferrari Testarossa (More precisely F512 M). In fact, the 550 has little in common with the 512 and is much closer in spirit to the Ferrari 365 GTB4 Daytona, also with a front engine. When the 550 was released in 1996, the design Pininfarina captivated everyone: there is a clear separation from the angular and over-the-top design of the 80s, and meticulous aerodynamics (took 4.800 hours in the wind tunnel) allowed the 550 to achieve a stunning 0,33 aerodynamic coefficient.
HEART OF 12 CYLINDERS
Transmission diagram Ferrari 550 Maranello (with a front engine and gearbox in a block with a differential located at the rear) provides an optimal balance of weight. 12-liter V5,5 longitudinal and has an angle between the cylinders 65 degrees In the face 485 CV At 7.000 rpm and 570 Nm of torque, there is enough power to keep you entertained even by today's standards. The linkage is of course rear and the transmission is a 6-speed manual with front gearing. This means that driving is physical, clean, but at the same time extremely rewarding. That's also thanks to the welded steel tube frame and light alloy bodywork, which make the car more rigid and agile when cornering. The speed of the Ferrari 550 Maranello is still impressive: 0-100 km / h in 4,4 seconds e Speed 320 km / h in fact, these are very respectable numbers for a car twenty years ago.
But what wins even more is the twelve-cylinder noise: a symphony of sounds that go from hoarse and deep to minimal to wild barking at 7.500 rpm.
USED BY THE COLLECTION
About ten years ago Ferrari 550 Maranello it was “cheap”, I mean about 65-70.000 550 euros. Yes, not bruscolini. But Ferrari has a bad habit of rising in value over time, and today a 100.000 model in good condition costs around € XNUMX XNUMX. But it's worth it.
