This remarkable Testarossa was owned by a major west coast collector and kept as part of his private collection of “super cars”. It was ordered new in black metallic with cream leather interior. The car is equipped with the factory special-made luggage that fits behind the seats and in the front trunk. The car was upgraded with GTO wheels fitted on custom knock off hubs. A Borla exhaust system was also added. The original wheels and exhaust system come with the car. Even though the car was rarely driven it still received all its factory service. This car is in BRAND NEW condition.
Testarossa History
The Pininfarina designed Testarossa was debuted at the Paris Auto Show in September 1984 as a replacement for the 512 BB. This was not the first Testa Rossa in Ferrari's history. In the late 1950's the Test Rossa name was used for one of its vehicles because of red cam covers. Testa Rossa means 'redhead'. The Testarossa was built for the US market and made its way into those showrooms during 1985. The vehicle was designed to comply with the US emissions, regulations, and safety restrictions.
The Ferrari Testarossa leaped to center stage of the automotive world in 1984 and remained there for 11 years as the world's fastest regular production car. It was the definition of “supercar” in its era, the innovative benchmark against which all contemporary sports cars were measured.
The engine is a modified version of the 512 BB. It had four-valves per cylinder, Marelli electronic ignition, Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection, and capable of producing 390 bhp from the 4943 cc horizontally opposed 12 cylinder. The zero-to-sixty time was about 5.3 seconds and top speed was above 180 mph.
The Testarossa is recognizable by its large cold-air inlets located on the side of the car. This was necessary because of the new location of the twin radiators in the rear. By doing this, it allowed space up front for luggage.
The Testarossa chassis consisted of square section steel tubes arranged in a strong matrix, like a racing car. This was Ferrari's normal practice in chassis construction until the late 1990's. The Testarossa had a full tube-steel chassis with a removable rear sub-frame containing the low-mounted drivetrain and rear suspension. This gave the heavy rear of the car a double layer of support and simplified mechanical service. Vertical bulkheads at either end of the passenger cabin were of strengthened galvanized steel. The floorpan and front luggage bin were semi-monocoques bolted to the tubular chassis. The result was a passenger cabin with unsurpassed safety and an extremely rigid platform for a car with superlative performance. The car uses a double wishbone suspension with coil-over units at the rear. The body is aluminum with steel doors and roof.
The Testarossa's longitudinally mounted flat 12 was a 4942cc all alloy unit with four valves per cylinder actuated by dual overhead cams, and dry-sump lubricated. On North American cars, the engine's compression ratio was 8.7:1. The engine produces 380.00 HP @ 5750.00 RPM
