For Sale: 1996 Ferrari Berlinetta in Katwijk, Netherlands

Ferrari F355 Berlinetta Manual, 1996. Two owners, 98,249 km, service books from new.

"You can't be a true petrolhead until you've owned an Alfa Romeo." That's what the messiah said, and he was right. But he forgot to add a second clause to that very same manifesto: you're only truly lost once you've heard a manual Ferrari from the '90s shifting up into third. That serrated metal gate. That clink of chrome against chrome. Click. Clack. As a young lad, that sound did more damage to me than any racing championship at Silverstone ever could.

I remember exactly when I first saw the F355 in motion. Not in the flesh, that came later. No, just in an episode of Top Gear, back when the cars still mattered more than the studio and the grinning blokes in front of it. The 355 wasn't a new car even then, but it did something to you. Where the Testarossa and the 512 mostly screamed for attention (and duly commanded it), the 355 was the first modern Ferrari that made you feel it had actually been built for you. Not for the sultan, not for the oligarch, not for the plastic surgeon with his own private clinic. For the driver.

The story continues on our website, where the full file is kept as well. 113 photographs including the underside. The service history, scanned in full. Paint thickness measured panel by panel. The original factory brochure to page through. A timeline from 12 January 1996 to today, with every owner and the mileage year by year in a single graph.

Every car here follows the same route: first pre-market, then the showroom, and finally the live auction on our own site. What changes is the way you buy, not the location - once a car has arrived, it stays with us in Katwijk. This one is in the showroom and you are welcome to come and see it, no appointment needed. You buy it here at a fixed price: no bidding, no waiting. Our showroom in Katwijk, 30 km from Amsterdam Schiphol, is open Mon-Fri 9-18 and Sat 10-17. Call ahead and it will be standing ready, with someone free for you.

Within the EU no customs duty arises on this purchase. Registration tax and registration costs in your own country are not included. We supply the export documents and assist with the registration. The price shown is the full price for collection in Katwijk. We arrange insured door-to-door transport worldwide, cost quoted per destination beforehand.

Prefer a different colour or specification than this example? Tell us what you are looking for - another Ferrari we can often find through our network of marque specialists and collectors, outside the listings.

Our showroom measures 6,000 m�, with over 150 cars under one roof. HooG Selections, Katwijk, the Netherlands. Call or WhatsApp: +31 85 043 05 86.