Ferrari teased us with five liveries at the Paris Motor Show earlier this year in celebration of its
70th Anniversary
. Now, it has released the full set of 70 liveries to be showcased on 350 special cars. These, as you may know, have already been sold with each model of the current Ferrari line-up (488 GTB, 488 Spider, F12, GTC4 Lusso and California T) to be built wearing each livery. We could pore over the details of each livery across Ferrari's history all day long but we thought we'd showcase our favourites and let you pick yours.
Livery number three and inspired by the 166MM Touring Barchetta owned by Gianni Agnelli 'L'Avvocato' head of Fiat group. The original car was a representation of the evolution of early Ferrari models. The namesake coming from the Mille Miglia, the 166MM is coloured in Blu Tour De France with bottle green carbon fibre and a suede coloured furniture leather interior.
We go from Fiat patriarch to a Dominican playboy.
Porfirio Rubirosa's
social life and talent (ahem!) saw him mingling with the richest women in the world at some of the most glamorous locations peppered around the globe. He met his demise like some of the greatest, after having consumed a large amount of champagne and crashing his Ferrari into a tree. What looks like a leather lined windscreen surround is mimicked in the celebratory livery with a Rosso Corsa and Bianco Avus sliver across the bottom of the windscreen. Let's hope the owners of this livery don't go out the same way as Rubirosa.
Juan Manuel Fangio raced a 290MM at the Mille Miglia in 1956, with four Ferraris taking the top four spots. Many consider the racing driver the greatest ever when he dominated the first 10 years of Formula 1, grasping hold of the World Championship four consecutive times from 1954 to 1957 and holding the record for five world titles with four different teams. His race car's nose incorporated the blue and yellow colours of the Argentinian flag and airbrushed larger Ferrari shields, a typical feature on old race cars.
John Surtees is a hero on two wheels as well as on four and the only man to have won World Championships on both. This livery is one that was emblazoned on his F1 158 Formula one car during the US and Mexico races that earned him the World title in 1964. It was an act of protest between Ferrari and the Italian Racing authorities.
There is something glorious about a green Ferrari! The customer version of the 365 P2 was painted green for David Piper Racing; the 365 P2 went on to win the Kyalami 9 Hours in 1965 and 1966. Similar to the Fangio livery, the shields are also airbrushed in a larger size.
Only 500 examples of the 365GTC4 were created in this dark brown colour. With the exterior silhouette of a two-seat coupe, the engineers were able to slot an extra two seats in the rear to make a 2+2. Inside, the seats feature a tartan canvas and camel leather interior and it really does look excellent on Ferrari's latest GTC4 example; the Lusso.
The 288GTO originally built under homologation to compete in Group B. When the regulations changed and Group B was stopped, Ferrari built 272 examples of this model. There weren't many exterior colour choices with Ferrari's marketing department jokingly saying, "you could have the car in any colour you liked, as long as you liked red" That is why livery #52 comes as a shock, with it painted Bianco Italia and a Nero Dreamline along the side with black leather and orange cloth centre cushions.
Those are but a few of our favourites, the full list of liveries is available here - let us know your favourites!
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