Saturday, July 17, 2010

1982 Ferrari 400, 65th Street and Third Avenue


More often than not the 400 is seen as being a bit of a head scratcher from the house of the prancing pony. It looks like part Jag and part Daytona, but the front is really more Rover SD1. This has appeared on several compilation lists of bad cars in the past, but despite the malaise looks at the front end it seems rather promising. It  was Ferrari's first automatic, with a three speed (!) from Chrysler (!!) as an option, but this one has the five speed manual, mated to a gorgeous 4.8 litre Ferrari V-12 putting out 335 horsepower. Not only that, but the 400 was never imported to the States, making this grey market example extremely rare.

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