Cavallino 263 is here, filled with news and surprises
In this issue we tell the story of two well driven Ferraris, since we, at Cavallino, believe that cars are made to be driven, especially if they are Ferraris!
We have a first, too: in a newly launched section, we take a close look at a collector, focusing more on the person, and the idea behind their collection, than on the cars themselves. There will be more features of this kind in future issues of the magazine.
We then cover Monterey car week, underlining how the victory of a preserved car at Pebble Beach will likely change the classic car world.
The double life of General Perón’s 212 Inter Ghia
1952 212 Inter Ghia coupe s/n 0233 EU/0191 EL. Our issue 263 cover car has a very interesting history, dating right back to when it was sold new straight off the Ferrari display at the October 1952 Paris Salon to Argentina’s military dictator, General Juan Domingo Perón. This delightful, luxurious, and distinctive 212 Inter with a Ghia coupe body, a one-of-a-kind car based on a welded elliptic tubular steel chassis by Gilco of Milan, is a very early car. Indeed, at the time it was built Ferrari had only manufactured about 170 cars. Amazingly, considering the status of its first owner, getting the newly purchased Ferrari into Argentina was not so straightforward, due to the confiscatorily high duties, taxes, and tariffs imposed on new cars imported into the country. Even Perón could not avoid them. So, as he would periodically do to help an important customer, Enzo Ferrari agreed to change the serial number of Perón’s Ferrari coupe so that it could be imported into Argentina less expensively as a used vehicle. Thus, after the Paris Salon, the 212 was returned to the factory and its original serial number, 0233 EU, was swapped with the one, 0191 EL, originally assigned to a previously sold and licensed 212 Ghia Cabriolet. That little maneuver immediately turned Perón’s Ferrari into an older, used vehicle that could easily be imported into Buenos Aires. When Perón was forced to leave his country, he left the 212 behind. After several more owners and a couple of poorly executed restorations, in 2019 it entered its current American collection and its new owner changed its fate, returning the car, with attention to the very last detail, to its original configuration. These efforts resulted in a Best of Show at the 2024 Palm Beach Cavallino Classic and a second in class at Pebble Beach (with a score of 100 points!), and, of course, a Cavallino cover….
All about the car that paid tribute to the great Sergio: the 2008 612 Scaglietti s/n 146842
Before the FF and the GTC/4, sitting at the top of the Ferrari mainstream production tree was the 612, a car that prioritized curves, discretion, and subtlety. It entered the market with a tough task: quite apart from the fact that its predecessor, the 456, was well loved, it needed to be not only fast, but useable too.
It was given the name Scaglietti as a tribute to Sergio Scaglietti and his importance in Ferrari history, both as a coachbuilder and as a personal friend of Enzo. It was styled by Pininfarina, under the direction of Lorenzo Ramaciotti, by Ken Okuyama, who was inspired by the 375 MM that Roberto Rossellini had commissioned for his wife, Ingrid Bergman. In 2011 Ferrari called time on the 612 Scaglietti, having built a total of 3,025 specimens.
Never before has Cavallino examined in such detail the story of this model, to many the last of the pure-shaped, elegant, V12 front-engined GTs.
The deep passion and refined taste of Lorenzo Ramaciotti
Link to the main feature: is dedicated to the man behind the style of the 612 Scaglietti, and also of many other Ferraris: Lorenzo Ramaciotti. This Modena-born engineer joined Pininfarina straight from university, and led the design team for the following 30+ years. It is clear from reading his story, and learning about his passion for cars and love of Ferrari, that his has been a very inspirational journey.
Collectors. Let’s get to know them. Anne Brockinton Lee’s gracefully feminine passion for automobiles
The Collector: This new feature will not be a one-off in Cavallino as we have already convinced several Ferrari collectors to tell us about themselves, their vision, and the cars they love the most. We begin the series with Anne Brockinton Lee, at the helm of one of the world’s most important classic car collections, which includes numerous Ferraris, mostly one-offs, and a good number of specimens bought new in period by her late husband Bob Lee. Having been interested in cars since forever, Ms. Lee has not only continued to run the collection and the team of technicians taking care of the cars, but also goes all over the world showing them at events, where she is usually to be seen in one of her distinctive hats. And today, she still likes to add a nice piece to the collection every once in a while. A must read…
There’s so much more to discover in Cavallino 263. Read it, enjoy it and then add it to your treasured collection
Drive them: Forget trailer queens, here we talk about Ferraris that spend more time on the road than in garages. If you are interested, or simply curious, to discover how well Ferraris cope with miles, a lot of them, then these are the pages for you. In this issue, we cover a 15,000-mile journey around Scandinavia undertaken by a 2012 458 Spider (a lot of it on gravel roads), and also look at a 2021 812 Superfast that, used on a daily basis in the USA, clocked up 77,000 miles in just four years. The link between the two? The fun they are giving their owners…
Corsa focuses on races 10 to 16 in the 2024 F1 season, including Charles Leclerc’s victory in Monza, and the São Paolo WEC race.
Eventi focuses on Monterey Car Week, and offers an insider look at the Pebble Beach Concours of Elegance and Tour, and The Quail Gathering , and provides all the Ferrari results and chassis numbers. We focus in particular on the Casa Ferrari display at Pebble Beach, a celebration of the 70th anniversary of Ferrari in North America. From the other side of the pond, we have the Goodwood Festival of Speed report.
Finally, as always, Cavallino brings you the voices of several editorialists, discussing a variety of topics, as well as a full and updated list of Ferrari market values (also of the latest models) compiled by specialists analyzing the values and market trends of different Ferrari cars.