The design of the Maranello ... Ferrari must have a gated shifter. Fortunately, for collectors, the Maranello's is present and also mated to a six-speed transaxle. The 550 was designed by ...

but this was when the 550 was a current model; today, official Ferrari dealers charge a lower labour rate for modern classics like the Maranello. Impressively, the car suffered only one breakdown ...

What Ratel and his investors really wanted, though, was a Ferrari towards the front of the grid, and the firm’s flagship of the time, the 550 Maranello, fitted the big GT car template perfectly.