Ferrari 330 GT Shooting Brake - more practical, but also more beautiful?
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The 330 GT Shooting Brake, presented to the public at the 50th Turin Motor Show in 1968, probably went down in history as the last Ferrari to be coachbuilt by Alfredo Vignale. It caught the eye there, but not everyone liked it. And 50 years later, the American design is still causing a stir. This vehicle report tells the story of the Ferrari 330 GT Shooting Brake, which was designed by Luigi Chinetti Jr. together with Bob Peak and built by Vignale, illustrated with photos from the long life of the unique Ferrari station wagon.
This article contains the following chapters
- A fast sports car
- Hollywood design
- Italian craftsmanship
- Shown at the 50th Turin Motor Show
- Spectacular
- Initially for personal use
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 4min
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In the second half of the sixties, the age of special bodies had long since come to an end. Only a few wealthy customers were still willing to have specialists create individual bodies/conversions for them, and self-supporting bodies had also taken their toll on the industry. While Pininfarina and Bertone plunged into series production, other coachbuilders simply closed their doors or mutated into pure design and prototype construction companies. Nevertheless, individual vehicles continued to be created, often based on existing complete vehicles. One of these one-offs was the Ferrari 330 GT Shooting Brake from 1967/1968. As the name suggests, the Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 provided the technical basis.
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