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Ferrari 400i
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 2:33 pm
by hitlers revenge
Saw one of these on my travels today. I did'nt think much of it. Not a great ferrari shape.
Re: Ferrari 400i
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 2:46 pm
by Pine
I went to a very big Motor Museum in Sinsheim, Germany in 2000. As I was a great Type 4 (the car!) fan at the time, I asked the museum guide if they had any 411 or 412 cars on the floor. Although very friendly and helpful, his English was very bad and my German even worse. At the end I wrote '412?' for him on a piece of paper. His eyes lit up, and very excited he took me to the car pictured above - a Ferrari 412. Doh...
The Ferrari 400 and Ferrari 412 are front-engined 2+2 coupé cars from Italian manufacturer Ferrari and were available with the 5-speed all synchromesh or an optional 3-speed automatic transmission unit from General Motors. Their design was derived from the almost identical looking 365 GT4 2+2 version of the famous Daytona. Production began in 1976, when Ferrari revealed its first car fitted with an automatic transmission - the 400 - at the Paris Motorshow of 1976. With the improved 412 introduced in 1985 it was phased out in 1989. Today, its sleek, Pininfarina-designed lines and relatively limited production numbers give it potential as a future classic.
Re: Ferrari 400i
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 2:14 am
by Watercool
The 412 might not be one of the most beautiful pininfarina designs, but it must be one of the most comfortable ones. We have a red one in storage at the moment, I have driven it a few times, it has a soft ride that is more Mercedes than Ferrari, but fire it up and that 12 cylinder will remind you it has some blue blood in it's veins. You can buy the one we have for under $15 000.00.
Re: Ferrari 400i
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 10:00 am
by Blitzkrieg
Sometime back, when CAR magazine did a feature on the replica Ferrari P4s built by Baily Edwards, they made mention of the fact that the Ferrari 400i's can be picked up for around R150k here in SA, as a donor car for the build. Otherwise, you could also use a BMW V12 engine
Re: Ferrari 400i
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 8:37 am
by Watercool
My boss decided he needs a new ride, so he picked this...
Ferrari 456GT.jpg
Nice ride, a little scary on the wet roads.
Re: Ferrari 400i
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 5:21 pm
by Chris
Nice,but I'll take the one next to it.
Re: Ferrari 400i
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:54 am
by Blitzkrieg
Chris wrote:Nice,but I'll take the one next to it.
Same here. I prefer the ass-engine, Nazi sports car more
Re: Ferrari 400i
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:41 am
by Watercool
So you would like what we call "the court yard" then, forget the Lotuses... all the used Porsches are parked here before we either ship them or clean them for sale.
Lotus Exige S.jpg
Re: Ferrari 400i
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:26 am
by Chris
WOW,that is what a third world parking lot should look like!!!