Vehicle Description
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION at Auctions America's Fort Lauderdale
event, March 31-2, 2017.
Chassis No.
ZFFFG36A8L0086669
Estimate:
$ 60,000 - $ 65,000 US
Brought to life in factory Bianco (White) with a very sexy and
sinister, Rosso (Red) leather interior. Very few were built in this
color combination for the USA. Never in an accident always garage
kept and maintained. Part of the 50 car collection of Ferrari
classic cars. All the electrical works including windows, stereo,
lights & turn signals. Everything on the car is factory original
with an added carbon fiber wrap for the roofs. This vehicle has
never been repainted except for one small area on the lower rear
fender. and always well kept.
Ferrari introduced the 348 in 1989 as a long-awaited successor to
the 308/328 series, which had been in production since 1976. A
dramatic departure from its predecessor, the 348 took styling cues
from the Testarossa, with its side-mounted radiators and strakes,
while having a longitudinally mounted engine with a transverse
gearbox. This mid-engine arrangement mimicked the layout of
Ferrari's F1 cars at the time and looked like a "T" in plan form.
The design helped centralize mass between the wheels (it also
explains the "t" designation; the coupe was the 348 tb, and the
Targa-topped version was the 348 ts). The 3.4-liter four-cam V-8
made 300-hp and propelled the car to 60-mph in 5.6-seconds on the
way to a top speed of 171-mph. Standard anti-lock brakes afforded
equally impressive stopping abilities.
The coupe and the Targa were largely unchanged through the end of
1992, while subsequent cars gained 12-hp as well as a minor
suspension revision to address complaints of nervous handling at
the limit, and these cars are referred to as the 348 GTB and. In
1993 the 348 Spyder convertible was introduced and this model
lasted through 1995 - one year after the coupe and Targa 348s had
already been replaced by the 355. Two notable limited edition cars
were the 1992-94 U.S.-only Series Speciale (100 built), and the 348
Challenge, which was a combination street/track car (57 built).
