Body Designer | Pininfarina |
|---|---|
0-60 mph | 7.5 seconds. |
Top Speed | 130 mph | 209.17 km/h |
Cylinders | 12 |
Displacement | 2953 cc | 180.2 cu in. | 3.0 L. |
Horsepower | 220 BHP (161.92 KW) @ 7000 RPM |
Torque | 195 Ft-Lbs (264 NM) @ 5000 RPM |
HP / Liter | 74.5 BHP / Liter |
Gear | 4 |
250 GT Ellena Production (1956-1958) | 132 |
Initially, Ferrari constructed only racing cars, but by 1950 they began to produce exclusive road-going coupés and convertibles, in part to fund the racing effort. The cars were mostly bodied by Vignale, Ghia of Turin and Touring of Milan. Ferrari believed that the success of the Scuderia on the race circuits of the world would attract a client base for luxury, high-performance cars.
The early Ferrari road cars were produced in very small numbers, but by 1955 a publicity brochure described a new model as “the first series-produced vehicle benefiting from the experiences of the race track”. The new model that this brochure described was the second series of Ferrari 250 GTs, which became known as the 250 GT Boano Coupé and 250 GT Ellena Coupé. The first series was the Ferrari 250 Europa GT and was significant in that for the first time Carrozzeria Pinin Farina was Ferrari’s preferred coachbuilder, producing 48 of the 53 250 Europa GTs built. Unveiled at the 1956 Geneva Salon, the new model, designed again by Pinin Farina, had more graceful proportions, with a slimmer front grille and clean, straight lines stretching the length of the car from the wings to the upright tail lights. Pinin Farina only produced the first few cars; at this time they didn’t have the capacity to put this car into production. Instead, manufacture of the car was given to a new company owned by former Stabilimenti Farina and Ghia employee Mario Felice Boano and his partner Luciano Pollo. The Pinin Farina design was nearly unchanged but it would be the Boano name that would become synonymous with this car.
The early Ferrari road cars were produced in very small numbers, but by 1955 a publicity brochure described a new model as “the first series-produced vehicle benefiting from the experiences of the race track”. The new model that this brochure described was the second series of Ferrari 250 GTs, which became known as the 250 GT Boano Coupé and 250 GT Ellena Coupé. The first series was the Ferrari 250 Europa GT and was significant in that for the first time Carrozzeria Pinin Farina was Ferrari’s preferred coachbuilder, producing 48 of the 53 250 Europa GTs built. Unveiled at the 1956 Geneva Salon, the new model, designed again by Pinin Farina, had more graceful proportions, with a slimmer front grille and clean, straight lines stretching the length of the car from the wings to the upright tail lights. Pinin Farina only produced the first few cars; at this time they didn’t have the capacity to put this car into production. Instead, manufacture of the car was given to a new company owned by former Stabilimenti Farina and Ghia employee Mario Felice Boano and his partner Luciano Pollo. The Pinin Farina design was nearly unchanged but it would be the Boano name that would become synonymous with this car.
Boano built 66 of the Pinin Farina-designed coupés, which was considered a large number in Ferrari’s early days. When Mario Felice Boano was asked to head the design department of FIAT, the Ferrari production was handed over to his son-in-law Ezio Ellena and the company became Carrozzeria Ellena, the third to produce the same design. Although the design was the same, all three coachbuilders had subtle differences. The five Pinin Farina-built cars had a slightly higher wing line. The Boanos had a lower roofline, which prompted the commonly used terms “high roof” for the Ellenas and “low roof” for the Boano-built cars. The Pinin Farina and Boano cars had quarter-lights in the side windows while the Ellenas did not. (The first few cars built by Ellena were identical in appearance to the “low-roof” Boanos, but these differences are evident on the remaining cars.) Ellena had produced 50 cars when Ferrari ended the production run. A new 250 GT model had been designed by Pinin Farina and they would produce it themselves; the names of Boano and Ellena would fade into Ferrari history.
Credited by http://www.histomobile.com/dvd_histomobile/usa/13/1956_Ferrari_250_gt_Boano,Ellena.htm
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| 2009 | 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Ellena Coupe (Ferrari – Leggenda e Passione) | EUR 275000 | 280899 € | |
| 2008 | 1958 Ferrari 250 GT EllenaCoupe (Ferrari – Leggenda e Passione) | EUR 385000 | 406547 € | |
| 2008 | 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Ellena Coupe (Sports & Classics of Monterey) | USD 475000 | 355805 € | |
Credited by http://www.histomobile.com/dvd_histomobile/usa/13/1956_Ferrari_250_gt_Boano,Ellena.htm
Ferrari 250 GTE was Ferrari’s first several seat unit and the thought was effective enough to evolve right into a series of Ferrari 2+2s that used a similar engineering seeing that the activities cars. As they were made meant for grand visiting, the GTE was publicized as a high-class car.
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