Ferrari Daytona Teaser Sections
What you can expect from our two-volume book around the 365 GTB/4Ultimate Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona: Teaser Sections
Ferrari Daytona 365 Book – Volume One: Arrival of the Spider
I felt no particular pressure, nor a real sense of challenge, when I went a step further and designed the open-top version of the Daytona,’ said Leonardo Fioravanti, referring to a personal picture of a yellow Ferrari 365 GTS/4, with the ‘S’ standing for Spider, spelled with the ‘i’, as Ferrari’s crosstown rival Maserati maintained the ‘y’ spelling. Fioravanti smiled, because just as he had known that the berlinetta version of the Daytona ought to have been introduced in the ground-breaking metallic red, he had also been certain that the launch colour for the convertible had to be yellow.
Ferrari Daytona 365 Book – Volume Two: Into Battle, 1971
Although not just yet, for in 1971 – the year the world lost both Coco Chanel and Louis Armstrong, Rolls-Royce went bankrupt, lunar astronauts drove around in the ‘moon buggy’, and Sean Connery made his last official outing as James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever – the 365 GTB/4 had to endure one final season of being stranded in the homologation wilderness.
The first 365 GTB/4 to compete in 1971 was the car that spawned the Competizione dynasty: chassis 12547…..
Ferrari Daytona 365 Book – Volume One: Daytona Legacy
The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 was a sensational car from the very beginning, embodying the perfect combination of style, proportions, glamour, performance, and sound. The automotive world recognised that, despite its outstanding qualities, it was destined to be the last of its kind – the final front-engine Ferrari. Bill Warner, founder and chairman of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, once remarked, ‘The Daytona is the last of the true “Enzo” Ferraris created before the Fiat influence arrived in Maranello in 1969. The howl of that big V12 should be part of ‘Il Canto degli Italiani’, the Italian national anthem. The Daytona is a car, a name, and a legacy worth celebrating in grand style.’
Ferrari Daytona 365 Book – Volume Two: Grave New World, 1973
A mid the happenstances of 1973, it
was, perhaps, the losses that echoed
most with what had been unfolding
in GT and sports car racing. This was
the year the world bid farewell to Pablo Picasso and
JRR Tolkien, and it saw Jackie Stewart retire from
Formula 1, but it also marked the departure of one
of racing’s great enthusiasts: Georges Filipinetti.