Galleria Ferrari

There's a reason Ferraris have such a passionate following. They really are sex on wheels.

A 750 Monza from 1954. Just think what Ford and Chevrolet were building back then. This is powered by a 3-litre four-cylinder that makes 250 horsepower!

Ferrari are famous for their 'open gate' shifters. They really are as much a work of art as they are a brilliant piece of engineering.

This was probably my favourite car that was on display. It's a 268SP from 1962 and is obviously still actively raced as it has modern seat belts and stickers from a recent event. This one's got a proper motor in it too, a 2.6-litre V8 that makes 260hp and spins to 7500rpm.

If you're clever, you might have noticed a connection between the model number of the car and it's engine specs. Good ol' Enzo didn't just pull numbers from the air, the 26 refers to the engine capacity and the 8 for the number of cylinders. Clever, eh?

There was also a display of Ferrari V12s. They had raw castings of a cylinder block and head as well as machined versions. Here's a shot of the block. Pretty cool bit of gear.

I think this is the first V12 that Ferrari developed and is from the 125S. It only displaces 1.5-litres but made 118hp at 7800rpm.

In hot rodding we call this a set of 'triple deuces'. Not sure what the wogs call it, but it's pretty cool whichever way you look at it.


Another piece of sex on wheels. A 250LM from 1963 and has a 3.3-litre V12. I'm pretty sure that the LM bit stands for Le Mans.

There was a whole room of Ferrari Formula 1 engines as well as scale models of the F1 bodies that were used for wind tunnel testing.

Here's one of the good ol' turbo V6 engines from back in the day when a race was quite often decided by who blew up last!

I thought I'd have a go with the F1 simulator, but at 5 Euro a pop we figured a free photo was a better option!