It’s been slightly more than a month now since the last write-up and it’s already the New Year. I would like to wish a Happy New Year 2016 to all YOUR DREAM AUTO followers and readers. One of the things that I hope to do is to have more articles this year compared to the last which was a year that was full of adventures and I must say it ended pretty well. To kick off this year, we have a reasonably rare Ferrari F355 Spider which has been gaining some momentum in it’s value and collectability recently.
The Ferrari
F355 was the predecessor to my favourite Ferrari of all time, the Ferrari 360. The
Ferrari F355 was produced between 1994 and 1999 of which slightly more than
11,000 units were built. There were 3 different body styles available mainly
the Berlinetta which was the hard top coupe, the targa top also known as the
GTS and the Spider convertible. The particular model this write-up is about is
the Spider Convertible where there were only less than 4,000 units built.
The F355
came with a 3.5 litre V8 engine. With the base of the engine derived from the
earlier Ferrari 348, the F355 had a slight displacement increase and a new 5
valve per cylinder head. This car also came with high-end Connolly Leather for
it’s interior (as you can see from the photos). As for the gearbox, there were
2 types available. Mostly were fitted with the 6 speed manual (this car has the
6 speed manual gearbox) and there were a few later models fitted with the F1
transmission which was also carried forward to the later Ferrari 360.
All in all,
the F355 was a 90’s Ferrari which was curvy but still has it’s sharp ends which
I love. Below are some shots of an F355 Spider that I came along sometime last
year and I must say it was breathtaking. Though I must warn you, the F355
Spider like most Ferraris and super cars is certainly a tight squeeze to get
into for ‘slightly’ larger people if you know what I mean. Well, sit back and enjoy
the RED fiesta photos as well as a detailed video of a similar car attached below.
The video:
