The two-seat 330 GTC slotted into Ferrari’s late-1960s range between the 275 GTB (great grandfather to today’s 812 Superfast, and $2m+ today) and the more comfort-oriented 330 GT 2+2.Īt up to three times the price of its 2+2 brother it looks expensive, considering it shares the same engine and has similar styling. Those later 1965-on cars also reverted to a more conventional dual headlight design, though there’s something appealingly menacing about the supposedly uglier quad headlights on the series one cars. The 330 America’s successor, the 330 GT 2+2 got the same 296 hp (300 PS) 4.0-liter V12 and practical two-plus-two seating, but moved the game on with improved brakes and suspension, and, on later cars, power steering, air conditioning and a five-speed transmission. Related: GTO Engineering’s Perfect Ferrari California Spyder Costs $15M Less Than A ‘Real’ One Only 50 were built, meaning they’re almost as rare as a 250 GTO, but rather more affordable.ġ964-67 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 $200,000-270,000 The newly-enlarged Colombo motor made 296 hp (300 PS), which was better able to shift the weight of the two-plus-two body. and fitted with Lampredi-designed V12 engines that were bigger than the Columbo V12 found in European models.īut by the time the 330 America arrived in 1963, essentially as a 250 GT/E with a bigger mill, Ferrari had stretched the older Colombo design to 4.0 liters and retired the Lampredi V12. You might say the GT/E is where the Purosangue story begins.ġ963 Ferrari 330 America $450,000-500,000Īs early as the beginning of the 1950s Ferrari had been applying the America name to cars destined mostly for the U.S. Enzo himself was a fan of this classic GT, which auction house Girardo notes wasn’t launched at a motor show, but at Le Mans, where it served as course car, proving its sporting credentials.
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