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The racing movie seat - Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 in the (historic) test

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Created on November 1, 1968

Reading time 14min

Written by:

Karl Ludvigsen (Übersetzung: Paul Krüger)

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – Farbfoto aus "Sports Car Graphic"

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – dezentes Silbermetallic statt aufdringliches Rennrot

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – Luigi "Coco" Chinetti Jr. posiert neben dem SCG-Testwagen

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – Das Aufmacherbild des SCG-Testberichts

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – Front mit Ähnlichkeit zum 400 Superamerica

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – ront mit Ähnlichkeit zum 400 Superamerica

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – elegantes Heck mit langem Überhang

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – runde Front, kantiges Heck

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – runde Front, kantiges Heck

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – elegante Seitenansicht mit vielleicht etwas zu kurzem Radstand

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – Testwagen von "Sports Car Graphic", gefahren von Luigi Chinetti Jr.

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – Entlüftungskiemen und Tankdeckel

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – 4,4-Liter-Zwölfzylinder mit Motorsport-Abstammung

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – Kompressor für die Klimaanlage rechts vorne im Motorraum

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – niedriger, aber breiter und tiefer Kofferraum

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – vollwertiges Ersatzrad unter dem Kofferraumboden

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – sportlich-luxuriöses, überraschend geräumiges Cockpit

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – Armaturenbrett mit acht Instrumenten

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – durch die Radkästen eingeengte, aber trotzdem brauchbare Rücksitzbank

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – Luigi Chinetti Jr. am Steuer des SCG-Testwagens

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – vor einem Herrenhaus in Connecticut

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1968) – Testergebnisse aus "Sports Car Graphic" 11/1968

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Summary

This is a very special driving report. Our author Karl Ludvigsen wrote it back in 1968 for the US magazine "Sports Car Graphic". It now appears here for the first time in German and explains in detail what made the Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 one of the best luxury cars of its time. It was not only powerful-sounding and fast, as befitted a V12 from Maranello, but also spacious, comfortable and excellently finished.

This article contains the following chapters

Frame and chassis
A tamed racing engine
Perfect form
Interior and equipment
Speed instead of torque
Strong brakes, weak steering

Estimated reading time: 14min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Have you ever seen a good racing movie, like Grand Prix or Bruce Kessler's The Sound of Speed, where the camera is mounted on the front of the car? The road races towards you, twisting and turning past your movie seat. You are completely relaxed, and yet you have an enormous sense of speed - not because of your own movement, but because the world is rushing past your fixed position. And the noise level on the screen, the background music and all that doesn't prevent you from chatting easily and quietly with the person next to you in the cinema. It's the same inside the Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 Coupé. With the air conditioning and the Blaupunkt radio, you can create your own atmosphere that is not disturbed by wind noise and is accompanied just right by the musical murmur of the V12 engine. All-round visibility is excellent, but from the front seat it's fantastic - unbelievably good, seemingly all the way to the tarmac under the nose of the car. In front of this high, curved screen, you can relax and enjoy the spectacle of the roads, trees, houses, hills and bridges without feeling uncomfortable - just like in a movie theater seat.

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