1998 FERRARI F355

UNIQUE-Ferrari 355 GTS F1 with Fiorano Handling Pack and carbon sports seats.

£199,990or finance this car

Mileage: 15,300 mi
Fuel: Petrol
Gearbox: Other

Description

The car entered production on 27 May 1998 and was invoiced 21 days later, on 17 June. The Certificate of Conformity an expensive and necessary document to obtain should the car ever be exported was issued on 17thJune 1998.Finished in Giallo Modena DS4305, it features sports seats trimmed in black leather with yellow Alcantara inserts, complemented by black carpets.

It was specified with the rare Fiorano Handling Pack, fitted to just 16 UK-market 355s. This included a 10 mm lower ride height, thicker anti-roll bars, quicker steering, red brake callipers and cross-drilled brake discs.

One of 74 officially imported 355 GTS F1s, of which 61 remain taxed or declared SORN, it is reportedly one of only six equipped with the Fiorano Handling Pack and the only example in yellow.

Delivered to Ferrari UK in Surrey and then to London Ferrari dealer H.R. Owen, it was first registered on 26 June 1996 to a gentleman from Hampshire.

The list price as of 1 April 1998 was £101,161.63, excluding delivery, number plates and road tax. Options were priced as follows:

F1 gearbox: £6,345

Fiorano Handling Pack (HDL1): £2,004

Standard-size racing seats with fabric centre panels (RSSO): £2,640

Body-coloured roof panel (TOP1): £1,152

Six-disc CD changer (CDCH): £720

The car subsequently passed through two further registered keepers before its fourth and penultimate owner a 51 year old businessman from Kent, acquired it on 15 April 2013 with 13,000 miles recorded. He retained it for just over ten years, using it sparingly, having Simon Furlonger-from where he had bought it- maintain it during his ownership.

The most recent owner, purchased the car from a Kent Ferrari specialist on 21 June 2023 with 14,979 miles recorded, following a major service.

The car has recently received an engine-out cambelt service at Carrs of Exeter, the Ferrari dealer for the South-West, along with four new Pirelli P Zero tyres.

It comes complete with its original factory service book, handbooks, leather wallet and tool kit. Two ignition keys, both black immobilisers and red master immobiliser, -the Certificate of Conformity and expensive and necessary document to obtain should the car ever be exported. Even the cover, with storage bag for the removable roof panel.

The only yellow UK 355 with the Fiorano Handling Pack

One of only six UK 355 GTS F1’s and the only yellow one

One of only 16 UK 355’s with the Fiorano Handling Pack

In addition the car had the factory sports seats which only a handful of cars have

Whilst manual 355’s currently make a premium ,the rareity of the F1 system -it wasn’t introduced until 1997,so only a quarter of UK 355’s as so fitted-must mean that going forward there are increasing numbers of buyers only having an automatic licence ,and others just used to driving an automatic. This increasing demand.

Do remember this is a manual gearbox “underneath” meaning it is lighter than an automatic gearbox ,no power loss to a torque converter, but with a clutch less speed of change -far quicker than a human can do.

Contact Mike Wheeler for more details and to arrange viewing.