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evoluzione della Berlinetta The Ferrari 512 BBi is the last evolution of the Berlinetta
65 GT/4 BB primo esempio di Boxer, which started life in 1973 as the 365 GT/4 BB, the
con motore posteriore/cen- very first example of a 12-cylinder road legal Ferrari,
2 BB con alcune leggere mo- with a rear central engine. The first evolution, the 512
zzeria ed il motore portato a BB, unveiled in 1976, featured some minor changes to
a al Salone di Francoforte del bodywork details and sported a 5-liter engine; it was
Bi, con iniezione elettronica followed, in 1981, by the final 512 BBi version, present-
he cavallo in meno, la stessa ed at that year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. This featured
decisamente meno scorbu- Bosch K-Jetronic electronic injection. The model had
o stradale e più pulita nelle slightly lower horsepower but the same torque and
noltre, mostra alcune diffe- top speed. Its road behavior was considerably less can-
tankerous and it was cleaner in terms of its emissions.
con l’adozione di gomme di What is more, it sported some changes to the body-
araurti posteriore ridisegna- work, as well as larger tires, a re-designed rear bumper,
side mirrors matching the color of the bodywork, and
tinta con la carrozzeria e le black “NACA” air intakes in the lower part of the side
parte inferiore della fiancata panel. The 512 BBi here offered for sale was sold new
by Samocar and registered Bologna until 1987 and then
fferta, venduta nuova dalla Varese before reaching, at the same time as a sister car
ietario a Bologna fino al 1987 with a carburetor engine, the garage of a close friend of
are, in contemporanea con the current owner wich wanting to keep only one of the
el garage di un caro amico two, decided to part with the car with the fuel-injection
e, deciso a tenerne solo una, engine. Thus, on September 1st, 1992, this 512 BBi, which
ne. Così, il 1° settembre del by this time had clocked up around 30,000 km, was giv-
ta Milano e, con circa 30.000 en a new Milan license plate and joined the collection
nella collezione in cui rimar- where it has remained for the past 36 years. The current
Appassionato di autovettu-
de di questo pezzo di storia
a dovuta attenzione, spesso
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