New Ferrari 612 P4/5
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Ferrari P4 series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Although Enzo Ferrari resisted the move even with Cooper dominating F1, Ferrari began producing mid-engined racing cars in 1960 with the Ferrari Dino-V6-engine Formula 2 156, which would be turned into the Formula 1-winner of 1961.
Sports car racers followed in 1963. Although these cars shared their names (based on engine displacement) with road models, they were almost entirely dissimilar. The first Ferrari mid-engine in a road car did not arrive until the 1967 Dino, and it was 1971 before a Ferrari V12 was placed behind a road-going driver in the 365 GT4 BB.
Glickenhaus and his first-person account of driving his new custom Pininfarina -- and now we've got the pictures. This 1960's 330 P4-inspired Ferrari is basically an Enzo that's been prettied up a bit by the boys and girls over at Pininifarina -- and oh, how it has. Wanna bet he won't let us anywhere near this thing? Well -- unless we decide to head down to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance late in August. More pictures of the coachwork'd beauty and it's 330 P4 inspiration after the jump.
Although Enzo Ferrari resisted the move even with Cooper dominating F1, Ferrari began producing mid-engined racing cars in 1960 with the Ferrari Dino-V6-engine Formula 2 156, which would be turned into the Formula 1-winner of 1961.
Sports car racers followed in 1963. Although these cars shared their names (based on engine displacement) with road models, they were almost entirely dissimilar. The first Ferrari mid-engine in a road car did not arrive until the 1967 Dino, and it was 1971 before a Ferrari V12 was placed behind a road-going driver in the 365 GT4 BB.
Glickenhaus and his first-person account of driving his new custom Pininfarina -- and now we've got the pictures. This 1960's 330 P4-inspired Ferrari is basically an Enzo that's been prettied up a bit by the boys and girls over at Pininifarina -- and oh, how it has. Wanna bet he won't let us anywhere near this thing? Well -- unless we decide to head down to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance late in August. More pictures of the coachwork'd beauty and it's 330 P4 inspiration after the jump.
