Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 - Mamma mia!
Summary
If you didn't look or listen properly once, disaster took its course. Because of a stupid misunderstanding, a magnificent car was insulted for decades as an awkward battleship. Our driving report therefore clears up some prejudices and explains why the Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 should not be called the "Queen Mary".
This article contains the following chapters
- Putting the cart before the horse
- A racing engine in a touring car
- Let big cars be around me
Estimated reading time: 7min
Preview (beginning of the article)
Weighing almost 1.8 tons, almost five meters long and an ocean-giant turning circle of 13.5 meters - the editors of Road & Track nicknamed the Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 "Queen Mary" because of its sprawling opulence in all dimensions. You can read about it in the November 1969 issue on pages 39 to 43 - everyone knows that. Or at least everyone thinks they do. Because anyone who takes the trouble to leaf through the above-mentioned section of the magazine will realize that: There is no mention of Queen Mary in the entire test report, neither as a passenger ship nor as the wife of King George V. On the four pages (the fifth is reserved for technical data and measurements) there is not even a single word of derision about the allegedly so often cited unmaneuverable overweight. On the contrary: the American test drivers were downright enthusiastic about the maneuverability and cornering ability of the big Ferrari. Not to mention the luxurious equipment with air conditioning as standard. What did they reverently call it instead? "The Queen Mother of Ferraris" - the head of the British (or in this case Italian) aristocratic family.
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