Ferrari 550 Barchetta is a rare find in Australia - Northern Star
THIS beautiful grand tourer that I am featuring today is the 2001 Ferrari 550 Barchetta, the convertible version of the 550 Maranello. It is equipped with a front-mounted 5. 5-litre, 48 valve V12 engine which can produce up to 357 kilowatts (485 horsepower) at 7000rpm and 568 Newton metres of torque (419 pound-feet of torque) at 5000rpm, and the redline is at 7700rpm. This allows for a 0-100kmh launch time of 4. 2 seconds, and it will keep accelerating until it reaches its top speed of 299kmh (186 miles per hour). Ferrari initially planned to produce 444 550 Barchettas, but increased the total production to 448 for the Japanese market. The original 550 Maranello was launched to the press at the Nurburgring circuit in 1996 to replace the outdated Ferrari F512M. Then, in 2000 at the Paris Auto Show, they introduced the 550 Barchetta to the world as an open-top version of the... Ferrari did supply a soft-top with the Barchetta but it was only intended for temporary use only and not above speeds exceeding 113kmh (70 miles per hour). Then, in 2002, Ferrari replaced the 550 with the 575M Maranello. Source: www.northernstar.com.au
