This is a beautiful example of one of Ferrari's most popular models. It is a 2002 Ferrari 360 Spider F1, UK RHD, Finished in Rosso Corsa with Beige Leather Interior. Our car was optioned with Brake Calipers in Red, Scuderia Wing Shields, Battery Charger and Spare Wheel Kit. She has a Full and Comprehensive Service History and has covered 44k Miles in the hands of its 4 owners, she had a Full £3.5k Main Dealer Belt Service at the end of last year so is ready to go!
Ferrari's most successful model since the 308, the F355 was always going to be a hard act to follow; indeed, there were many that questioned the need to replace a model just five years old and still selling well. Clearly, in order to surpass the outstanding F355, its successor would have to break new ground rather than offer mere incremental improvements. By starting with a clean sheet of paper in designing the 360 Modena, Ferrari and its partner Pininfarina succeeded in doing just that, the new car attracting superlatives that put even its illustrious predecessor in the shade. Launched at the Geneva Show in March 1999, the 360 Modena, not unsurprisingly, swelled Ferrari's order books and within weeks there was a two-year waiting list. Just about the only item carried over from the F355 was its glorious V8 engine, enlarged from 3.5 to 3.6 litres for the 360. Equipped with four overhead camshafts and five valves per cylinder - an arrangement borrowed from Ferrari's F1 engine - this remarkable unit produced 400bhp at 8,500rpm, with 275lb/ft of torque available at 4,750 revs. Unlike the F355's transverse unit, the 360's six-speed gearbox was mounted longitudinally behind the similarly disposed engine and could be ordered with an improved version of the F1-inspired paddle-operated gearchange pioneered on the F355.
While its power train represented a degree of continuity with the past, in every other respect the 360 was entirely new, the most striking break with Ferrari tradition being the body's frontal treatment: gone was the omnipresent oval grille, replaced by two separate intakes set low into the front fenders à la McLaren F1. A larger car than the F355, the 360 owed its radical new shape to the quest for increased downforce, generating four times as much as the F355, yet achieving the impressively low Cd of just 0.33. There was further innovation beneath the skin, a lighter, stiffer aluminium spaceframe/monocoque replacing the old arrangement of steel frame, tubular steel sub-frames and part steel, part aluminium body. This extensive use of aluminium meant that, despite its increased size, the 360 weighed around 220lbs less than the F355. Although it was also more powerful (by 20bhp) than its predecessor, the only straight-line performance increase claimed was a marginal reduction in the 0-60mph time to 4.5 seconds, top speed being unchanged at 183mph. Nevertheless, the 360's on-the-road dynamics constituted a significant advance, its best time around Ferrari's Fiorano test track being some three seconds faster than the F355's.
Our car was supplied new by MHT of Gloucestershire to a Mr. Holloway of Euro Equipment in Wales. It was perfectly specified and has a full service history with 14 service stamps in the book. The car was purchased in 2015 from JCT600, a Ferrari main dealer with 38k on the clock, so you can imagine the car is nearly perfect in every respect. In addition to the Full service history a belt service has just been completed at Ferrari main dealership in Colchester along with new ignition & keys. The car has also recently undergone a full professional repaint, including all new clear body guards, black door window trim sections repainted, internal lower door cards repainted, all the underneath refreshed & repainted, wheels refurbished including caps, engine detailed & door handle cables replaced new etc. We supplied this car to its previous owner 5 years ago and he has given the car anything it needed, it is genuinely pristine. 360's are the sweet spot in Ferrari ownership at the moment with boith 355's and 430's considerably more expensive. This is the nicest one we have ever seen.
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