Ferrari 275 GTB, GTS, GTB/4, NART Spyder 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Manufacturer Ferrari Production 1964 — 1968 970 produced Predecessor Ferrari 250 Successor Ferrari 365 GTB/4

275 GTB/GTC Production 1964 — 1966 Body style(s) Coupe Engine(s) 3.3 L V12

275 GTS Production 1964 — 1966 200 produced Successor Ferrari 330 GTS Body style(s) Spyder Engine(s) 3.3 L V12

275 GTB/4 Production 1966 — 1968 Body style(s) Coupe Engine(s) 3.3 L 4-cam V12

275 GTS/4 NART Production 1966 — 1968 Body style(s) Spyder Engine(s) 3.3 L 4-cam V12

See also the 275 F1, a Formula 1 racer

The Ferrari 275 was a 2-seat front-engined Gran Turismo automobile produced by Ferrari between 1964 and 1968. It used a 3.3 L (3286 cc) Colombo 60° V12 engine and produced 280-300 hp. The Pininfarina-designed body was a graceful evolution of the car's predecessor, the 250, and strongly contrasted with its replacement, the Daytona. The 275 introduced Ferrari's "transaxle" concept, where the transmission and rear axle are integrated. Automakers, also known as carmakers, automobile manufacturers, motor manufacturers, or the automobile industry are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ... This article is about the automobile manufacturer. ... The Ferrari 250 is a series of sports cars from the 1950s and early 1960s. ... See also Ferrari 365 for the round-bodied 365 California, GT 2+2, GTC and GTS The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 , better known by the unofficial name Ferrari Daytona, is a Gran Turismo automobile produced from 1968 to 1973. ... Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupé (from the French for cut) or coupe is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ... A V12 is an internal combustion engine with 12 cylinders in V configuration. ... The Ferrari 330 cars are the successor of Ferrari 250, first introduced by Ferrari in 1963. ... Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... Spyder or Spider is a term for a convertible car body style. ... A V12 is an internal combustion engine with 12 cylinders in V configuration. ... Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupé (from the French for cut) or coupe is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ... A double overhead cam (also called a dual overhead cam, DOHC, or twincam) engine is a type of internal combustion engine where the camshafts that operate the intake and exhaust valves are mounted above the cylinders, and where there are separate camshafts for inlet and exhaust valves. ... A V12 is an internal combustion engine with 12 cylinders in V configuration. ... Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... Spyder or Spider is a term for a convertible car body style. ... A double overhead cam (also called a dual overhead cam, DOHC, or twincam) engine is a type of internal combustion engine where the camshafts that operate the intake and exhaust valves are mounted above the cylinders, and where there are separate camshafts for inlet and exhaust valves. ... A V12 is an internal combustion engine with 12 cylinders in V configuration. ... See also the 275, 340, and 375 road cars sharing the same engine After finding only modest success with the supercharged 125 F1 car in Formula 1, Ferrari decided to switch for 1950 to the naturally aspirated 4. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ... Sketch of FR layout In automobile design, an FR, or front-engine, rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ... Gran Turismo is Italian and Spanish for grand touring or grand tourisme. ... Car redirects here. ... This article is about the automobile manufacturer. ... Ferraris earliest cars used engines designed by Gioacchino Colombo, who had formerly designed Alfa Romeos for Enzo Ferrari. ... Colombo Type 125 Testa Rossa engine in a 1961 Ferrari 250TR Spyder V-12 engine simplified cross-section V12 redirects here. ... Pininfarina logo. ... The Ferrari 250 is a series of sports cars from the 1950s and early 1960s. ... See also Ferrari 365 for the round-bodied 365 California, GT 2+2, GTC and GTS The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 , better known by the unofficial name Ferrari Daytona, is a Gran Turismo automobile produced from 1968 to 1973. ... A transaxle, in the automotive field, is a component that combines the functionality of the transmission, the differential and the drive axle into one integrated assembly. ...

Motor Trend Classic named the 275 GTB/GTS as number three in their list of the ten "Greatest Ferraris of all time". Motor Trend is one of the oldest automotive magazines still publishing. ...

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275 GTB

The standard 275 GTB coupe was produced by Scaglietti and was available with 3 or 6 Weber twin-coke carburettors. It was more of a pure sports car than the GT name suggested. Some cars were built with an aluminium body instead of the standard steel body. A Series Two version with a longer nose appeared in 1965. Carrozzeria Scaglietti was an Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firm in the 1950s. ... The carburetor (or carburettor, carb for short) is a device which mixes air and fuel for an internal_combustion engine. ...

275 GTS

Pininfarina built 200 275 GTS Roadsters for the American market (including 14 in right hand drive) between 1964-1966 with entirely different bodywork. It was intended to be more of a GT car and less of a sports car than its GTB brother. The 275 GTS was replaced by the 330 GTS with the switch to the four-cam engine, leaving no 3.3 L convertible in the range until the creation of the 275 GTB/4 NART Spyder. 1950 Jaguar XK120 Roadster This article is about the car body style. ... The Ferrari 330 cars are the successor of Ferrari 250, first introduced by Ferrari in 1963. ...

Ferrari 275 GTS in Melbourne, Australia

275 GTB/C

For the 1965 racing season, 4 lightweight 275 GTB Competizione Speciales were built and equipped with 250 LM engines.

For the 1966 season, Ferrari decided to build 12 lightweight 275 GTB/C cars, they were constructed between the end of the 275 two-cam production run and the start of the 275 four-cam production run; even though they very much resembled the road-going 275 GTB, not one body panel was the same and underneath and very little of the road car remained.

Mauro Forghieri designed a special super-lightweight steel and aluminium version of the 275 GTB chassis. A regular suspension was fitted, but it was made slightly stiffer by the addition of extra springs. Scaglietti bodied the chassis with an ultra thin aluminum body; the panels were about half as thick as the ones used on the GTO and the Cobra - even leaning on the 275 GTB/C would dent the body; the entire rear section was reinforced by fiberglass to prevent it from flexing at the slightest impact. In all, this focus on saving weight made a difference of over 150 kg (331 lb) compared to the alloy bodied road cars.

Like the four 'Competizione Speciales', the 275 GTB/C was powered by the 250 LM engine. Somehow Ferrari 'forgot' to mention to the governing body that the 275 GTB had a six carburetor option, so only a three 'carb' engine could be homologated. Specifically for the 275 GTB/C, Weber constructed the 40 DF13 carburetor of which three would replace the six 38 DCNs found on the 250 LM. The rest of the drivetrain was similar to the 275 GTB, but strengthened slightly. The Ferrari P series were prototype sports cars in the 1960s and early 1970s. ...

Two of the twelve built were sold for street use. Unlike the race cars, these street cars were fitted with alloy wheels shod with Pirelli tires. Competition cars were fitted with special Borrani wire wheels, shod with Dunlop's latest racing tires. It was this combination that would prove to be the weak spot of the 275 GTB/C; the tires had so much grip that they could overstress and break the spokes on the wheels. After the 275 GTB/C, no competition Ferrari would be fitted with wire wheels again.

A British-entered 275 GTB/C finished 8th overall, gaining class victory in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 34th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 18 and 19, 1966. ...

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Ferrari 275 (1967)

Ferrari 275 (1967)

Ferrari 275 (1967)

275 GTB/4

The 1966 275 GTB/4 (or 4-cam) was a substantially updated car; built by Scaglietti, it featured new bodywork and was the first Ferrari to not be offered with wire wheels. Carrozzeria Scaglietti was an Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firm in the 1950s. ...

Power came from a substantially reworked Colombo V12, still with two valves per cylinder but now with a four-cam engine and six carburettors as standard. In a departure from previous Ferrari designs, the valve angle was reduced three degrees to 54° for a more-compact head. The dual camshafts also allowed the valves to be aligned "correctly" (perpendicular to the camshaft) instead of offset as in the SOHC Ferraris. It was a dry-sump design with a huge 17 qt (16 L) capacity. Ferraris earliest cars used engines designed by Gioacchino Colombo, who had formerly designed Alfa Romeos for Enzo Ferrari. ... A V12 is an internal combustion engine with 12 cylinders in V configuration. ... A cylinder head sliced in half shows two overhead camshafts—one above each of the two valves. ... The carburetor (or carburettor, carb for short) is a device which mixes air and fuel for an internal_combustion engine. ... A cylinder head sliced in half shows two overhead camshafts—one above each of the two valves. ... A dry sump is a lubricating oil management method for four-stroke and large two-stroke piston internal combustion engines that uses a secondary reservoir for oil, as compared to a conventional wet sump system. ...

The transaxle was also redesigned. A torque tube connected the engine and transmission, rather than allowing them to float free on the body as before. This improved handling, noise, and vibration. Porsche synchronizers were also fitted for improved shifting and reliability. This article is about the auto company. ... Synchromesh is the term used to describe a manual transmission in which gears are brought to the same speed during shifting by a synchronizer. ...

The 275 GTB/4 could hit 165 mph (266 km/h) with its 300 hp (220 kW). 280 4-cam versions were produced through 1968.

In 2004, Sports Car International named the 275 GTB/4 number seven on the list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s. Sports Car International is an automobile magazine in the United States focused on sports cars. ... Sports Car International magazine compiled a list of the Top Sports Cars of the last few decades. ...

275 GTB/4 NART

A 275 GTB/4 N.A.R.T. Spyder version was only available from a single American dealer, Luigi Chinetti, who was not satisfied with the 275 GTB/4. He asked Sergio Scaglietti and Enzo Ferrari to build a few Spyder versions of the 275 GTB/4, which he bought for approximately $8,000 each; N.A.R.T. stood for Chinetti's North American Racing Team. In a contemporary road test, Road & Track commended the Spyder as "the most satisfying sports car in the world." Luigi Chinetti, among other achivements with Ferrari, drove their first car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. ... Carrozzeria Scaglietti badge on a 1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, designed and built by Scaglietti 1962 250 GTO Carrozzeria Scaglietti was an Italian automobile design and coachbuilding firm in the 1950s. ... For the automobile named after this man, see Enzo Ferrari (car). ... Spyder or Spider is a term for a convertible car body style. ... The North American Racing Team (also known as NART) was created by Luigi Chinetti to promote the Ferrari marque in America through success in Gran Turismo (endurance) motorsport. ... Road & Track is an automobile enthusiast magazine in the United States, founded by two friends in 1947. ...

It was to be a custom run of 25 cars straight from Scaglietti, but just 10 were built in 1967 and 1968, making this one of the most valuable Ferraris. Chassis number 09437 fetched $3.96m at auction in August 2005. The ten NART Spiders used chassis numbers 09437, 09751, 10139, 10219, 10249, 10453, 10691, 10709, 10749, and 11057.

See also

• C'était un rendez-vous

Cétait un rendez-vous (English: It Was an Appointment) is a short film made in 1976 by Claude Lelouch, showing a nine-minute drive through Paris at 5:30 AM. Despite (or due to) the limited availability of video tapes, it gained cult status over the years among motoring...

References

• The website of the Ferrari 275 GTB speciale "officina" Competition n° 8249.
• FOUR FERRARI 275 GTB COMPÉTITION SPECIALES " SEFAC".
• Ferrari 275 GTB COMPETITION. HISTORIC, SEEK AND CENSUS.

• Buckley, Martin & Rees, Chris (1998). World Encyclopedia of Cars. London: Anness Publishing. ISBN. 
• James T Crow, ed. (1968). "Ferrari 275 GTS/4 NART". Road & Track Road Test Annual: 46–49. 

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