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All Ferraris are limited edition pieces, some more so than others. With only 448 produced, the 550 Barchetta Pininfarina is a very special car indeed. It is a salute to the 70th anniversary of the house that has styled more Ferraris than any other, the 50th anniversary of the two company's first joint endeavour, and a celebration of the Scuderia Ferrari's 2000 and 2001 World Championships for Formula 1 Constructors. With a shape and a name that harkens to the sports racers and legendary sports spiders of the 1960s, and all the technology of a modern Ferrari GT car, the 550 Barchetta Pininfarina is perhaps the ultimate expression of a sun-lover's Italian automobile.From every angle the 550 Barchetta is exciting, and wîth the tasteful addition of Carrozzeria Scaglietti equipment as standard, it elegantly stands out from the crowd. The most striking aspect of the Barchetta is its open top. Its structure having been specially modified to maintain strength and rigidity on par wîth the 550 Maranello, the Barchetta is designed for al fresco motoring; the removable roof panel is an occasional solution for leisurely driving in inclement weather. A Barchetta Pininfarina's fortunate owner will revel in the glorious sound of the 485bhp Ferrari V12, the stupendous dynamic sensations provided by driving, and the sheer joy of communing wîth nature from the road or track.
Design
The 550 Barchetta Pininfarina is the perfect interpretation of the classic, open-top front-engined V12 Ferrari sports car, complete wîth modern styling
and technology. The 550 Barchetta Pininfarina has a traditional barchetta-style cut to the windscreen (around 4 inches lower than the 550 Maranello) wîth a body-coloured finish to the lower section of the surround. Furthermore it reflects the past as a model aimed exclusively at open-air use, providing just a manual soft-top for emergency use.
Functional and unadorned wîth a simple manual soft-top, the barchetta-style solution has enabled Ferrari's engineers to offset the additional weight gained by reinforcing the chassis and fitting rear roll bars. Consequently the 550 Barchetta Pininfarina weighs no more than the 550 Maranello.
The 550 Barchetta Pininfarina's exclusive design includes other distinctive features such as Ferrari badges on the wheelarches, two-piece alloy wheels and a unique aluminum fuel filler cap. The car can be ordered in any colour in the Ferrari range.
Structure
The 550 Barchetta Pininfarina's bodywork is an evolution of the 550 Maranello's. The car is built around a tubular steel frame to which the light aluminum alloy coachwork is welded wîth Feran. Apertures have been styled for efficiency and beauty. Fixed, integrated homofocal light clusters were designed to improve lighting, airflow, and wind noise. Foglights are similarly incorporated into the front bumper and the door windows are flush wîth the windshield frame.
The frame of the 550 Barchetta Pininfarina is welded from varied-section high tensile steel tubes. Torsional rigidity is 10,850lb-ft/degree, and flexional rigidity is 69lbs/inch. The highest standards of handling necessitate a strong chassis, especially in an open-top car. The frame's design benefits from Ferrari's many years of racing experience, which also guarantees total engineering safety in terms of unitary construction. The safety features are outstanding, particularly wîth regard to the strong central cage and protective peripheral elements constituting a high energy absorption system. Particular care has been taken wîth rollover protection, resulting in the twin hoops above and behind each passenger seat.
Drivetrain
The 550 Barchetta Pininfarina uses the same 5474cc 65 degree V12 as the 550 Maranello. The engine produces 485bhp at 7000rpm, wîth a maximum of 420lb-ft of torque on tap at 5000rpm. The cylinder block, cylinder heads and sump are all in light alloy wîth Nikasil-coated aluminum wet liners. The con rods are in Ti6a14V titanium alloy for maximum reliability at high revs during lengthy high-speed running. The four-valve heads incorporate hydraulic tappets.
The design of the inlet and exhaust runners is derived directly from those used on the cylinder heads in Formula 1, providing the optimum balance between volumetric and combustion efficiency. Variable intake geometry helps increase torque and power curves. Ferrari's patented system incorporates a third plenum in the intake manifold which varies the fluid dynamic characteristics. Air is taken in via 12 electropneumatic throttle valves governed by the engine's CPÚ. This control ensures optimum performance at all engine speeds, guaranteeing excellent torque delivery throughout the rev range.
The 6-speed gearbox is mounted at the rear in unit wîth the limited-slip differential for ideal weight distribution. The engine is connected rigidly to the gearbox via a steel tube and contains the three-bearing driveshaft that carries drive to the gearbox from the clutch.
Suspension
Únsprung weight of the Barchetta Pininfarina has been safely lightened to provide pinpoint §teering and perfect control of the car in all conditions, especially those necessitating excellent overall dynamic balance. The 550 Barchetta Pininfarina has four wheel independent suspension wîth a transverse parallelogram structure and triangular arms, aluminum gas dampers wîth coaxial coil springs, and anti-roll bars front and rear. The suspension incorporates a variable logic, multiple parameter driver-adjustable system to vary damper settings.
Ferrari developed the braking system of the 550 Barchetta Pininfarina wîth Brembo, applying methods from Formula 1 to the 4-piston caliper on 13' front and 12.2' rear rotors.
The energy exerted on the front axle when braking requires a system wîth large, extra thick diameter drilled front discs and pads made of friction material that guarantees temperature-independent high performance. Brembo employed recent Formula 1 experience to develop thermally insulated pistons for the front calipers, ensuring an acceptable brake fluid temperature in all weather. The system is completed by four-channel ABS incorporating electronic proportioning offering ideal performance in deceleration above 0.5g. Like all unsprung components, the brake system was designed to be light.
The 550 Barchetta Pininfarina rides on cast magnesium alloy, five-spoke wheels reflecting Pininfarina's styling and Ferrari's technical specifications. The front wheels measure 8.5 x 18' and the rear 10.5 x 18' as dictated by braking requirements.
Interior
The car's interior reflects its pure, sporting character, wîth leather and carbon-fibre racing-style seats. The driving position is enhanced by ideal ergonomics, wîth the wrap-around line of the dash attractively continuing across to the central tunnel and ensconcing the driver in a cockpit. The sporting effect is completed by the interior's carbon-fibre and black Lorica finish, and Lorica is also used to trim the central tunnel and the rear of the cockpit.
Lined wîth impact-absorbing material, the rear roll bars - attractively trimmed in leather - provide additional structural rigidity as well as protection for the occupants in case of an accident. The windscreen surround has been redesigned and incorporates a high-strength steel tube to withstand the car's weight in a roll-over situation.Source - Ferrari
 | Roadster Chassis Num: ZFFZR52A610124373 | |
| Sold for $258,500 at 2007 Gooding & Company. | ||
The Barchetta was in celebration of Pininfarina's 70th anniversary and their long relationship with the prancing horse marque. Pininfarina was tasked with styling the Barchetta and was given an open-top design. The model was fitted with special features such as a more sporting interior with leather-wrapped carbon fiber racing seats, individually numbered plaque carrying Sergio Pininfarina's signature, carbon fiber trim, and spoke wheels. The list continues with a manually operated fabric top and a 48-valve, four-cam engine that could also be found in the Berlinetta. Top speed was achieved at 185 mph.
Production was limited to just 448 cars, and were immediately sold to Ferrari's elite group of clients and loyal customers. Since the Barchetta, there have been no other V12 open-top roadsters to date.
This example has traveled just 200 miles since new. It was Mr. Petersen's car and was put on display in the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles as part of the commemorative history of Ferrari. The car is painted in Rosso Corsa paint over a black interior. There are two-tone modular wheels and a full stereo system with CD player and a unique 'Campioni del Mundo' badge commemorating Ferrari's string of Formula One Constructor Championships.
This car was the 395th example built. In 2007 it was brought to the Gooding & Company auction held in Pebble Beach, Ca where it was estimated to sell for $190,000 - $210,000. Bidding surpassed those estimates settling at an impressive $258,500 including buyer's premium. The lot was sold.
By Daniel Vaughan | Apr 2008
 | Roadster Chassis Num: ZFFZR52B000124293 | |
| Sold for $156,750 at 2010 Gooding & Company. | ||
This example is the 315th of only 448 550 Barchettas ever built. It is painted in Rosso Corsa over a tan leather interior and fitted with the classic Scuderia shields.
The car was originally delivered to Europe and sold in Monaco in May 2002 and was subsequently imported into the United States that September. A short time later, it made its concours debut at the Cavallino Concours held at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach.
By 2003, the car had accumulated less than 200 miles and had relocated from Florida to the Chicago area. By 2010, when this car was brought to auction, the car had less than 1,000 miles from new.
In 2010, this Ferrari was brought to Gooding & Company's Scottsdale Auction where it was estimated to sell for $125,000 - $175,000 and offered without reserve. When bidding came to a close, the lot had been sold for the sum of $156,750 including buyer's premium.
By Daniel Vaughan | Feb 2010
The 550 Maranello is Ferrari's interpretation of a 21st Century 12-cylinder front-engined sports berlinetta.
Technicians were given a particularly demanding brief: design and build a car able to meet the needs of Ferrari customers seeking sensual driving and exciting performance without foregoing driveability or comfort. Ferrari customers are attracted by state-of-the-art technical solutions from a company which has always treated design as an aesthetic response to the demand for performance, and has always built its cars wîth sophisticated craftsmanship.The 550 Maranello provides superb response to every dynamic requirement, exceptional quality of life on board, and styling efficiency that combines an extremely modern concept wîth the best of Ferrari tradition. In short, it is the finest two-person GT car available today.
Design
Pininfarina designed the 550 Maranello wîth features that announce this return to the classic front-engined berlinetta as a great sports car. By adopting sober, functional cues consistent wîth today's tastes and requirements, Pinifarina's bold understatement respects Ferrari's styling traditions.The 550 Maranello is styled to be fast and sinuous, its dihedrons stretching the soft surfaces of the sheet metal, creating strong impressions from every angle. The lines are clean and functional, not smoothed or tapered: the car's physical presence underlines its performance.
Fine pillars make the unusually high roofline less visually obvious and stress the importance of the car's body. The optical center of gravity is also lowered by original elements such as the shallow, narrow air intake whose complex shape creates an aggressive interplay between auxiliary lights. The Maranello is the first Ferrari designed wîth visible, integrated front light clusters, themselves further highlighted by the engine's functional air scoop that links this car to its heritage.
Typically Ferrari, the side aspect shows forceful dynamism in the relationship between the long bonnet, small rear cabin, and smooth link wîth the high tail. Similarly, two outlets for engine bay air in the front fender reference the classic front-engined berlinettas. The rear is simple and powerful: it is higher in the middle where it links to the roof wîth a small spoiler. The double round lights are characteristic Ferrari design.
Drivetrain
The 550 Maranello engine is a 5.5 liter, 518lb unit wîth 12 cylinders in a 65° V, that delivers almost all its torque from 3000rpm. Maximum power is 485bhp at 7000rpm, peak torque is 419lb-ft at 5000rpm, compression ratio is 10.8:1, all controlled by a Bosch Motronic M5.2 management system. The cylinder block, head, and oil sump are light alloy. The damp press-fitted aluminum cylinder liners are of Nikasil. The crankshaft is supported by seven journals on anti-friction bearings. The con rods are light titanium alloy allowing counter-weighting of the crankshaft to be lightened, improving response and balance. The Mahle-forged aluminum alloy pistons enhance thermodynamic efficiency. Lubrication is by a cooled dry sump system. The four-valve per cylinder head is fitted wîth hydraulic tappets. This system helps to curb emissions, makes periodic adjustment almost unnecessary, and guarantees consistent engine performance.Intake
Ferrari developed a torque- and power-enhancing variable geometry intake for the 550 Maranello's engine. The Ferrari patented system alters the fluodynamics of the intake system through a third chamber linked to the manifold by 12 throttle valves wîth electropneumatic control. The additional chamber shapes air flow to enhance power and efficiency. The intake, like the injection and ignition systems, is managed by a Bosch Motronic 5.2 system for each row of cylinders, linked by a high speed serial line.Exhaust
The Maranello's insulated stainless steel exhaust system employs variable back pressure through bypass valves situated on the rear silencers. The bypass valves are electropneumatically actuated by the engine management system, based on engine speed and throttle opening. Varying back pressure makes it possible to optimize engine efficiency in various conditions. Greater back pressure allows higher torque under average load, while lower back pressure enhances full load engine efficiency.Transmission
For optimal weight distribution the 550 Maranello employs a transaxle system wîth integrated gearbox and differential. Drive is transmitted by the clutch to the gearbox through a three-bearing propeller shaft housed in a rigid steel tube linking the engine and the gearbox. The hydraulic single-plate dry clutch is flywheel-mounted. The gearbox has six dual-cone synchronized speeds, plus reverse, wîth pressurized and cooled lubrication. Gearbox control is the classic Ferrari type wîth an aluminum knob, lever and grooved selector; commands are transmitted by a rigid shift.Source - Ferrari
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