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Created on October 5, 2021

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - klassische Silhouette

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - andere hätten sich für den Neupreis damals vielleicht eine Eigentumswohnung gekauft ...

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - die Luftauslässe waren sozusagen das Gegenstück zu den Einlässen der Mittelmotorautos

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - für heutige Begriffe niedrige Gürtellinie und dementsprechend gute Übersichtlichkeit

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - schlichte Formgebung

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - alles wie aus einem Guss

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - immerhin 1,92 Meter breit

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - wurde gerne in unauffälligen Lackierungen bestellt

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - 4,76 Meter kurz

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - Grau- und Blautöne wurden gerne gewählt, gelbe 456 dagegen sind ziemlich selten

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - wirkt deutlich dezenter als seine Mittelmotor-Brüder

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - geschmackvolles zweifarbiges Interieur

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - hier kann man sich wohlfühlen

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - ergonomischer Fahrerarbeitsplatz

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - klar gezeichnete Instrumente mit Chromumrandung

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - Tacho bis 340 km/h, vielleicht doch etwas optimistisch

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - gut ablesbare Hauptinstrumente

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - Lüftungsöffnungen und Instrumente im Gleichschritt

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - Kulissenschaltung als Markencharakteristik

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - der Retourgang ist links vorne, die sechs Vorwärtsgänge sind in einem "H" mit Ergänzungsgasse untergebracht

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - Blick unter die Motorhaube

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - guter Zugang zum Motor

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - weit hinten montierter V12-Motor

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - alles schön symmetrisch unter der Motorhaube

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - schön gestalteter Leichtmetall-V12

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - das "M" findet sich auch unter der Motorhaube

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - auch der Motor wirkt fast wie eine Skulptur

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - Ferrari-Teilenummern überall

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - Chassisnummer und interne Modellbezeichnung F116C L

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - Typenschild

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - das Ferrari-Zeichen darf auf dem Bug natürlich nicht fehlen

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - die Klappscheinwerfer ragen nur dezent in die Höhe

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - zweiteilige Scheinwerfer unter den Klappen

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - auch auf dem Kühlergrill gibt's ein sich aufbäumendes Pferd

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - Fünfsternfelgen

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - Ferrari-Schriftzüge und Pferdchen auch an den Rädern

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - hat etwas von einer Skulptur

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - aerodynamisch optimierte Türgriffe

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - darunter verbirgt sich ein schöner Tankdeckel

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - Ferrari-Pferdchen auch auf den Scheiben

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - die Karosserien der M-Versionen wurden bei Ferrari gebaut, daher reduzierte sich der Pininfarina-Beitrag auf das Design

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - das "cavallo rampante" auf dem Heck

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - zitieren die getrennten Daytona-Rückleuchten, sind aber in einem Gehäuse untergebracht

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - ... und noch mehr Pferdchen

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Ferrari 456 M GT (2000) - verchromter Ferrari-Schriftzug am Heck

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Ferrari 250 GT 2+2 (1961) - Platz für 4

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Ferrari 330 GT Coupé 2+2 (1965) - einmal mehr ein Pininfarina-Entwurf, aus der Hand von Tom Tjaarda

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Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 (1971) - eleganter Vierplätzer

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Ferrari 400 (1977) - elegantes Pininfarina-Design

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Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Berlinetta (1968) - kraftvolle Heckansicht des Pininfarina-Coupés

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Ferrari 456 GT (1993) - elegant und schnell

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Ferrari 456 GT (1993) - die Rückleuchten und die Form der hinteren Scheiben zitierten den Ferrari Daytona

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Summary

The Ferrari 456 GT was one of the most powerful sports cars of its time. With a top speed of over 300 km/h, it was just as impressive in the car quartet as it was on the road. It was more at home on fast highway stages than on the race track, but it is said to have outperformed the Testarossa in Fiorano. In terms of price, it was comparable to a condominium back then, but today it is worth the equivalent of two new VW Golfs. A bargain then? This driving report describes the history of the nineties GT and shows it in many pictures. There is also a sound sample.

This article contains the following chapters

Continuing a long tradition
Completely new
Nostalgic styling
A true Granturismo
From A to M
Surprisingly inexpensive today
Hand-tamed

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

There can hardly be another Ferrari with a better ratio of euros or francs to engine power these days. Yet the Ferrari 456 was once the most expensive way to take a seat in a sports car from Maranello. Enzo Ferrari had a 2+2 GT on offer early on, and the 250 GT 2+2 was produced in series from 1960. It was followed by the 330 GT, the 365 GT 2+2 and finally the 365 GT/4 together with its relatives 400/400i/412. Production was then discontinued in 1989 and there was no successor (for the time being). The fact that it took until October 1992 before the Ferrari 456 could be presented to the public at the Paris Motor Show was also due to the fact that the first variant (internally F116A) was discarded in order to switch to a transaxle design with F116B. In fact, the entire coupé was completely new, even the engine was freshly developed. It had a displacement of 5474 cm3, from which the type designation was derived by dividing by 12 (number of cylinders), as was customary at Ferrari at the time.

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