With the dawning of the hybrid hypercar and Ferrari’s uncoupling from parent company Fiat there is no denying change is afoot at Maranello. But the one constant is the tingle of excitement that people like us feel when we hear or read the word ‘Ferrari’. Because no other carmaker embodies glamour and excitement and passion quite like the marque from Italy. And that is as true of todays 488 GTB as it was of the 250GTO, the Dino and the Daytona.

Within these pages you will find all the great Ferrari road cars of the past seven decades. This collection of articles from evo and Octane magazines embraces all Ferraris, from the classic barchettas and berlinettas of the 1950s to todays technology-packed supercars. We hope you enjoy the ride!

FERRARI SUPERCARS • ‘No other carmaker embodies glamour, excitement and passion quite like Ferrari’

FERRARI THE COMPANY • Ferrari is probably the most revered car company in the world. This is its story.

DARK HORSE • The 166MM was one of the first truly great-looking Ferraris. We caught up with a unique, Oblin-bodied example just before it went to auction in 2014

Ferrari 250 • The ‘250’ simply represents cylinder size, but Ferrari’s range of V12s have star quality, from the first Mille Miglia to the last Lusso

Ferrari’s HOT ROD • This is the holy grail of 250 SWBs, one of the near-mythical Comp/61 ‘SEFAC Hot Rods’ built to dominate European endurance racing. And could it (whisper this) actually be better than the all-conquering 250GTO?

Baby Talk • Back in the mid-1970s, John Simister was tempted to blow his student grant on a half-share in a Ferrari Dino. He didn’t, of course, but will a decent drive in a fine example convince him that he should have done?

JOINING THE PLAYBOY CLUB • Nothing says Gran Turismo more convincingly than a Ferrari Daytona. Time for a blast to the Reims-Gueux circuit in France, to recapture a playboy lifestyle of 40 years ago

FERRARI’S JUNIOR SUPERCAR 308 AND 328 • Enzo’s baby was the first Ferrari road car to receive a V8 engine, and was a huge step forward from the Dino 206/246 – but the 308 always lived in its predecessor’s shadow. Now it’s coming into its own

WANT TO BUY ONE? • The 308 and 328 are an obvious gateway to prancing horse ownership, but values have started to soar, so don’t delay too long

THE SECOND COMING • Two decades ago, Car magazine drove a brand-new Ferrari 512M to the Sahara Desert. Now Harry Metcalfe drives his own 28-yearold car there – without the back-up crew

On days like these • When evo’s Secret Supercar Owner asked us to deliver his car from Switzerland to the UK, we planned the route very carefully indeed. First requirement: at least three alpine passes

Hyperpace • In the mid-1990s, Ferrari launched its latest hypercar, the F50. After spending much of its life in the shadow of the F40, it’s now acknowledged as one of the greats

BLOOD BROTHERS • After F40 and F50 came the Enzo, setting a new hypercar benchmark. And then in 2013 came the stupendous LaFerrari. In an exclusive test, evo pitted Enzo and LaFerrari against each other to find out which delivers the biggest thrill

RED LEADER? • At its launch in 2007, Ferrari claimed the 430 Scuderia was as quick as the Enzo hypercar. We put it through a full performance test to find out if the claims were true

Spirito di Enzo • With a version of the Enzo’s V12, the Ferrari 599 promised to take front-engined supercar performance to a new level. We drove it back-to-back with a 550 Maranello to find out

SUPER CALI • The California, launched in 2008, was a new kind of Ferrari, a coupé-cabriolet with a folding metal hard top and a front-mounted 453bhp V8

BLOODLINE • Six glorious generations of V8-engined ‘junior’ Ferrari supercars, but which offers the biggest...