Ferrari 512BB: Pic Of The Week
A mid-engined supercar icon strutting its stuff ahead of going to auction
Now RM Auctions doesn't really do average and ordinary cars, and this sale is no different. The lot list includes a Toyota 2000GT, a Ford RS200 Evolution, a Bugatti Type 57 and a Mercedes 300SL Roadster amongst many others. See for yourself here.
Finished drooling? To this 512BB then. For whatever reason it doesn't seem as revered as some other mid-engined, 12-cylinder Ferraris, as reflected in this car's $275-$325,000 estimate. But would you just look at it?! It works from every angle, but full supercar peacock seemed the most appropriate pose for a new wallpaper.
This BB has been in the US for all of its 36 years, now residing with its fifth owner and with less than 45,000km recorded. It may not be the most exotic car in a frankly astonishing line up, but it's more than good enough for us. Enjoy!
Traditional (4:3)
Computer widescreen (16:10)
TV widescreen (16:9)
Portrait (smartphone etc)
[Photo: Greg Keysar for RM Auctions]
Several decades later, I can still clearly remember passenger rides in it. The sound, the power, the smell of the interior, the sheer physical effort required to drive it quickly all seemed incredible to me at the time. Modern performance cars are certainly more capable, but the experience? No comparison. Its easy to see why they're worth so much now. Awesome.
But it does, and like others have said, the era that had this, the 930 turbo and the Countach was a wonderful time. I notice one was taken for a spin on "Seen through Glass" youtube channel and is part of an eternally cool "petrolicious" video I think where a Californian Architect lives with one in his glass cube apartment.
Proper elegance, Ferrari style.
Or is it another example of a car which was fairly mediocre compared with its peers when it was new (see also Ferrari Testarossa) now being touted as collectable by speculators because the genuinely good cars from that era have already hit the price stratosphere and this happens to have a Ferrari badge?
Several decades later, I can still clearly remember passenger rides in it. The sound, the power, the smell of the interior, the sheer physical effort required to drive it quickly all seemed incredible to me at the time. Modern performance cars are certainly more capable, but the experience? No comparison. Its easy to see why they're worth so much now. Awesome.
He has 3 for sale £350k, £375k and £440k.... $300k is a bargain
This would have been one of the last before that engine received fuel injection.
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