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Lamborghini 400 GT versus Ferrari 330 GTC and Porsche 911 S - a (historical) comparison

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Created on December 1, 1966

Reading time 23min

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Paul Frère

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Frontscheinwerfer im Vergleich - Ferrari 330 GTC, Lamborghini 400 GT und Porsche 911 S im Jahr 1966

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Ferrari 330 GTC, Lamborghini 400 GT und Porsche 911 S im Jahr 1966

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Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2 (1966) - Formenevolution vom 350 GT bis hierher

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Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2 (1967) - die Form überdauerte die Zeit unbeschadet

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Lamborghini 400 GT (1966) - der elegante GT

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Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2 (1966) – Vollblut, nun mit vier Litern Hubraum – Genfer Autosalon 1966

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Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2 (1966) - Lenkrad und Armaturenbrett

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Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2 (1966) - Interieur

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Lamborghini 350 GT (1966) - Der 400 GT 2+2 links im Vergleich mit dem 350 GT rechts

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Ferrari 330 GTC Coupé 2 Posti (1966) - schlichte Linien, grosse Eleganz bei diesem Entwurf von Pininfarina

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Ferrari 330 GTC (1966) - optisch mit dem 330 GT 2+2 vergleichbar, aber gestreckter

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Ferrari 330 GTC (1966) - 300 PS aus vier Litern Hubraum und mit demselben Radstand wie der 275 GTB - Genfer Autosalon 1966

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Ferrari 330 GTC (1966) - Eleganz, gezeichnet von Pininfarina - Genfer Autosalon 1966

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Ferrari-Werbung für 275 GTB, 330 GTS und 330 GTC im Jahr 1967

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Porsche 911 S (1966) - eine Form für Jahrzehnte

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Porsche 911 S (1967) - von Anfang an ein Erfolg

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Porsche 911 S (1966) - bei Testfahrten

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Porsche 911 S (1966) - Lenkrad und Amaturenbrett

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Porsche 911 S (1966) - der luftgekühlte Sechszylinder-Boxermotor

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Porsche 911 S (1967) - mit Literleistung von 80 DIN-PS pro Liter, 160 DIN-PS als Leistungsspitze - Genfer Autosalon 1967

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Porsche 911 S (1966) - Heckansicht des stärksten Modelles

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Summary

Paul Frère's comparative test, in which the Belgian racing driver and journalist compared the Lamborghini 400 GT with its rivals, the Ferrari 330 GTC and Porsche 911 S, in 1966, comprises almost 30,000 letters. The author was well aware that the Porsche was actually in a different league, but found that the much cheaper car from Zuffenhausen could keep up surprisingly well with the two hot hatches from Italy. This article reproduces the original wording of the Motor-Revue test and is illustrated with historical pictures of the three vehicles.

This article contains the following chapters

Driving performance
Driving comfort and road holding
Workmanship and equipment

Estimated reading time: 23min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The Ferrari 330 GTC and the Lamborghini 400 GT are undoubtedly at the top of today's very fast luxury sports cars - those that are by no means intended for sporting competitions, but merely as very fast, comfortable Gran Turismo cars. We are not suggesting that they are the fastest of all. You can probably get even better measurements with a 7 liter Chevrolet Corvette (of which we recently drove a stunning short geared example) or a 7 liter AC Cobra with suitable gearing. But neither these nor other very fast cars such as the Aston-Martin DB 6, the Iso Grifo, the Bizzarini 5300 GT, the Maserati 4000 or even the Jaguar E, can compete in terms of mechanical workmanship and technical perfection with the two 12-cylinder cars from Emilia, for whose manufacturers externally sourced units such as gearbox, rear axle and suspension parts are simply not good enough. Their power units are the absolute pinnacle of modern engine construction, even if the basic design of the Ferrari engine is twenty years old.

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