Ferrari 612 Scaglietti manual: PH Carpool - Pistonheads.com
Car: 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti with manual gearbox. Owned since: "I have owned the car a little over a year. Previously owned: "Audi RS4, Audi RS6, Porsche 997, TVR Griffith, Mercedes C63, Lotus Elise, Lotus 2-Eleven. For me, and for many, Ferrari is the pinnacle. I was lucky enough to test drive a Ferrari FF for the weekend, a generous offer by a friendly independent Ferrari specialist in the hope I would be hooked, and would endeavour to strangle myself with finance. "But it wasn't for me. Although I loved the looks, it was just too polished and refined, it took care of everything, the four-wheel drive traction was immense and the gearchange smooth to the point of being characterless. I needed something more analogue, something that would involve me in the process of driving. This left me with virtually no option, the 456 was a great car in its day but was just too old and potentially unreliable. And the only other four-seat stallion in Ferrari's stable was the 612 Scaglietti. But this digression did bear fruit however, you COULD order a Panamera with a manual gearbox. Just imagine a Ferrari 612 with a manual box, did they make any. I remembered reading about a Ferrari 599 that was specced with manual, so in theory it would have been possible, so the search began. Source: www.pistonheads.com
