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Fast instead of radical - Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona"

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Created on May 17, 2021

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Bruno von Rotz

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Daniel Reinhard

Bruno von Rotz

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - damals der schnellste Sportwagen

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - die Linienführung stammt von Leonardo Fioravanti

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - überzeugt auch noch mehr als 50 Jahre nach seiner Vorstellung

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - 442,5 cm lang

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - gemäss Werksangabe 280 km/h schnell

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - zeitloser Entwurf

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - fühlt sich auf schnellen Landstrassen wohl

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - zieht weite Kurven engen Kehren vor

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - wirkt mit 176 cm Breite heute fast schon schmal

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - 124,5 cm hoch

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - die Eleganz leider nur ein bisschen unter den ausgefahrenen Scheinwerfern

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - die Technik erhält mehr Platz als die Besatzung

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - lange Haube, kurzes Heck

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - eines der teuersten Autos seiner Zeit

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - mit grossen Reifen von Michelin

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - seltene Farbgebung

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - klassisch sind auch die vier Auspuffenden

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - rechts ohne Rückspiegel

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - relativ grosse Kofferraumklappe

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - typische Sechzigerjahre-Granturismo-Proportionen

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - motiviert zum Einsteigen

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - filigraner Rückspiegel

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - strikt zweisitzig

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - ein Holzlenkrad gab es nur bei einigen frühen Exemplaren

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - klassische Ferrari-GT-Architektur

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - klassisches Ferrari-Cockpit

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - alle Instrumente vor dem Fahrer

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - acht Rundinstrumente für die totale Überwachung

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - Heizungsteuerung

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - Kulissenschaltung

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - die klassischen Daytona-Sitze, die es gegen Aufpreis auch beim Dino gab

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - Entlüftungsöffnungen im Sitz

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - gut ausgefüllter Motorraum

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - längs eingebauter V12-Motor

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - Vergaser-"Fabrik"

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - vier obbenliegende Nockenwellen

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - eine Zündkerze pro Zylinder

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - Ferrari-Schriftzug auf dem Zylinderkopf

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - Ferrari-Markenemblem auf dem Bug

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - alle späteren Daytona hatten wegen der amerikanischen Vorschriften Klappscheinwerfer

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - die stilbildende Gestaltung der vorderen Blinker

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - Aluräder und Zentralnaben mit Flügelmuttern

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - filigrane Türöffner, wie sie auch am Dino verbaut wurden

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - hintere Entlüftungsschlitze

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - Entlüftung für das Cockpit hinter den Seitenscheiben

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - Tankdeckel links, einer reicht

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - Lichtspiel auf dem Heck

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - nur die Prototypen hatten drei Rückleuchten pro Seite

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - das Pferdchen wäre gar nicht nötig, um die Marke zu identifizieren

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - doppelte Rückleuchten

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - Ferrari-Schriftzug auf dem Heck

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1973) - das Cavallo Rampante auf dem Heck

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Prototype (1967) - am Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2012 - Kategorie 'G - La Dolce Vita'

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Prototype (1967) Armaturenansicht - am Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2012 - Kategorie 'G - La Dolce Vita'

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Prototype (1968) - am Concours d'Elégance Zoute Grand Prix 2016

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1968) - Präsentation auf dem Pariser Autosalon im Oktober 1968

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1969) - Präsentation am Genfer Autosalon von 1969

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1969) - auf der New York Auto Show 1969

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1969) - der entgiftete Motor auf der New York Auto Show 1969

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1969) - Späteres Modell mit Klappscheinwerfern, Pininfarina-Design

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1969) - kraftvolles Pininfarina-Design, charakteristisch die Trennlinie in der Mitte

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" (1968) - klassisches Granturismo-Coupé von Pininfarina

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Ferrari 365 GTB 4 Berlinetta (1969) - ein Meisterwerk von Pininfarina

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Ferrari 365 GTS 4 Cabriolet (1969) - der offene Daytona als Premiere bei Auto-Becker - Internationale Automobilausstellung (IAA) in Frankfurt 1969

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Ferrari 365 GTB:4 Daytona (1971) - charakteristisches Lampendesign am Daytona

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1973) - an der Grand Basel 2018

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1969) - mit den berühmten Plexi-Scheinwerferabdeckungen, die es nur am Anfang gab - Swiss Classic World Luzern 2019

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1969) - der ultimative Siebzigerjahre-Granturismo bei der Niki Hasler AG - Auto Zürich 2019

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1969) - die berühmte "Plexi"-Ausführung auf dem Stand der Niki Hasler AG - Auto Zürich 2019

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1972) - Traum-Konkurrenten, der Lamborghini Miura war aber stärker - Sonderschau "Rivalen" an der Bremen Classic Motorshow 2020

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1972) - war mit DM 77'935 teurer als der Lamborghini Miura (DM 69'930) - Sonderschau "Rivalen" an der Bremen Classic Motorshow 2020

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1971) - Vorderansicht der späteren Ausführung mit Klappscheinwerfern

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Summary

With the Miura, Lamborghini had presented a modern mid-engined sports car and pissed off Ferrari in the process. However, the Commendatore did not respond with a similar concept, but instead launched the front-engined Ferrari 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" coupé on the market in 1968. The sales figures proved him right. This vehicle report tells the story of the elegant Granturismo and shows it in many current and historical pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

No mid-engined sports car
Conservative but effective technology
Series production from 1969
Convinced press
Commercial success
Timeless beauty
Long life

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

With the Miura, the sports car manufacturer Ferruccio Lamborghini had turned the sports car world on its head and finally introduced the mid-engine. The world eagerly awaited Enzo Ferrari's reaction, but when the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona was presented in Paris in 1968, people were surprised to see that the classic Granturismo design with front engine had been retained in Modena. It was not until 1971, when Ferrari presented the successor to the Daytona with the designation 365 GT/4 BB (Berlinetta Boxer), the series production of which did not begin until 1973, that a series production road sports car with a twelve-cylinder engine in front of the rear axle was also available from Ferrari. And this was probably still too innovative for some buyers, because on August 11, 1975, the factory delivered a ruby red Daytona to the dealer M. Gastone Crepaldi in Milan, around two years after production of the 365 GTB/4 had been discontinued.

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