2008 FERRARI 612 SCAGLIETTI

Grigio Silverstone with Nero leather interior. Features include HGTS pack, Daytona Seats and Rosso Corsa brake callipers. 7,984 miles. Detailed service history.

OPTIONS:

- HGTS pack

- Daytona seats

- Charcoal stitching

- Headlining in Nero leather

- Nero carpets

- Rosso Corsa brake callipers

- Yellow rev counter

- Electrochromic mirrors

- Front parking sensors

- Detailed Ferrari service history

At launch the 612 Scaglietti was Ferrari’s answer to the Bentley Continental GT and Aston Martin Vanquish - a front-engined, long-nosed, rear-drive 540bhp GT that was the closest the firm had ever come to making a 200mph family car.

Designed by Pininfarina and as the name suggests, the 612 includes a subtle nod to 1954 Ferrari 375MM “Ingrid Bergman” built for the actress and filmmaker Roberto Rossellini – the flowing lines, teardrop lights and side scallop echo the classic Ferrari.

Underneath that elongated bonnet is a naturally aspirated 5.7-litre V12 that sings in that distinctly Ferrari, operatic way and delivers a top speed nudging 200 mph.

And when you wring it out past 6,000 rpm? It’s like a string quartet suddenly turning into Iron Maiden.

Here’s the kicker: it’s properly good to drive. Despite its size it is balanced. The steering is sharp, weighty, and tells you what the front tyres are doing. It’s got that wonderful old-school Ferrari agility—the sort you don’t expect from something with four usable seats and a boot that can swallow more than a toothbrush.

The HGTS pack brings a raft of improvements including a revised exhaust, modified F1 gearbox software, stiffer anti-rolls bars and firmer suspension plus a more liberal traction control set up. When it slides (and it will slide if you want it to!) it does so progressively. It’s graceful in the way only a front-engined, rear-drive V12 Ferrari can be.

Inside, it’s all leather and lovely smells, with seats that are sumptuous and surprisingly good visibility. It’s a V12 grand tourer that’ll do 199 mph four up. Not a track weapon, not a poser’s plaything—but a true GT Ferrari, dripping in heritage and class. It was built for the long-haul crossing continents.