Friday's Ferrari

Here is another of the Ferraris that was on display at the Footman James Classic Car Show at EventCity, Manchester in September 2017.

It's a 3½ litre V8 1999 Ferrari F355 Spider, a car that was produced from 1995 to 1999 when it was superseded by the F360. It was the first Ferrari to take it's model number from the engine capacity in litres (3.5) and the number of valves per cylinder (5) - hence 355. The general numbering system at this time was the capacity in litres plus number of cylinders - as in the 3.4 litre V8 Ferrari 348 that preceded the F355. In the 1950s and 60s the usual numbering convention was the cubic centimetre capacity of one cylinder - so all the V12 3 litre cars were 250, as in 250 GTO, and the 4 cylinder 3 litre cars were 750, as in 750 Monza.