Ferrari walks a very fine line with its grand touring models. On the one hand, should they become too soft, there will be talk of the brand being diluted, but make them too hard-edged and they cease to really be a grand tourer and become more of a sports car. During the ’70s and ’80s, Ferrari was sort of doing both of these at the same time. The 2+2 models like the 400 were very soft and more than a little plain to look at, while the two-seat GT cars became mid-engine and much more intimidating just to drive.
So when Ferrari switched back to using a front-engine GT as the flagship model, the 550 was built specifically to be both very fast and very easy to drive. Then in 2002, Ferrari brought out the 575M, an even easier to drive version of the car. But it was still very fast, and the 575M Superamerica was even the fastest convertible in the world at the time. And even if the purists would complain about the available paddle shifter, this is still a front-engine V-12 Ferrari grand tourer, the sort of thing that made the company great in the first place.
Continue reading to learn more about the Ferrari 575M Maranello.
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