1995 Ferrari 456 GT Manual

Highlights

Well kept car in desirable colour scheme
Extensive service history
Only 63,575 miles from new
Fresh MOT to January 2025
Very rare 6-speed manual 430bhp V12
One of only 33 RHD GT's believed built!

The Appeal

The 456 rejuvenated Ferrari’s front-engined, V12 offering by channeling the style and rarefied air of the Daytona. These were very expensive GTs for a select few.

Today the 456 offers buyers the practicality and usability not often associated with Ferrari. At launch it was the most powerful roadgoing Ferrari this side of the F40. Just 1,548 GTs were built and very few of them featured the highly desirable manual gearbox of this car. It’s an option that opens up the agility and engagement promised by that potent V12 and the tubular steel spaceframe chassis.

Finished in unmarked Blue Le Mans over beige leather, this 1995 456GT has clearly been very well cared for. A thick history file supports that impression, as does a long MOT to January 2025. This is a very appealing - and very rare - example of one of Ferrari’s greatest 2+2 GTs.

The History and Paperwork

One of only 1,548 built, 141 of which as right-hand drive manual examples
First registered in the UK on 25th October 1995
10 registered keepers with seller acquiring car on 4th October 2018
Correspondence from Maranello Concessionaires verifies the factory specification
Factory built in July 1995 and retains the exact build specification
Originally a demonstrator for a Ferrari dealer in Edinburgh
Original sales invoice confirms specification and shows £134,450 purchase price
Optional immobiliser fitted on original purchase
Carefully filed history folder containing extensive invoices from specialists
MOT to 17th January 2025 with no advisories except to note underseal on underside
Very good MOT history with few advisories to 2006
Factory service book and manual, complete and in very good condition
Of the 141 RHD 456s built, only 33 are believed to be 456GTs like this car

Service history:

600/1000 mile service 29-11-1995
6,250 mile service 23-03-1999 // 4,223 miles including cam belts and clutch
Annual Service 04-08-00 // 8,644 miles
25,000 mile service 31-01-02 // 26,321 miles
31,250 mile service 19-08-02 // 30,417 miles
37,500 mile service 17-12-04 // 36,726 miles
Major service 05-08-13 // 37,161 miles including valve clearances and cam belts
Annual service 20-08-14 // 48,135 miles
Annual Service 01/07/16 // 53,408 miles including cam belts and clutch
Annual service 22-09-17 // 59,341 miles

MOT history:

17-01-24 63,569 miles
19-09-19 63,555 miles
17-09-18 63,417 miles
20-09-17 59,341 miles
29-06-16 53,408 miles
27-05-15 52,525 miles
20-05-14 44,766 miles
13-05-13 36,993 miles
30-09-08 36,909 miles
17-12-04 26,726 miles

The Condition

Factory Blu Le Mans (516/c) paintwork over Beige (4208) leather interior
Very well kept car with few signs of use or age
Five spoke factory alloys with only light marks visible
Quality Pirelli tyres in good order
Practical 2+2 interior in timewarp condition
Dark blue (3282) leather dash top unmarked
Biondo carpets (8214) in good order through cabin and boot
Factory original specification including Ferrari CD stereo unit
Electric front seats

The appeal of the 456GT lies in its very Ferrari-esque mix of potency and luxury, finished with detail flair across the exterior and interior. The Pininfarina styling echoes the Daytona and looks particularly good in muted colours such as the Blu Le Mans of this car. The contrasting beige leather interior provides an appropriately sumptuous accompaniment.

The car is in excellent order with few signs of use or age across the various surfaces. Even the factory alloys are virtually unmarked. It is also pleasingly factory original, right down to the Ferrari sound system.

The Mechanics

430bhp 4 cam 5,474cc hand built V12 engine
Rare 6spd manual gearbox
Rear transaxle
Extensive service history detailed above
Regular cambelt changes noted above
Reported by the vendor to be an absolute pleasure to drive

Thanks to the hand-built 5.5litre V12 under the neat clamshell bonnet, the 456GT was the most powerful roadgoing Ferrari of its era - only the special order F40 trumped it. With 430bhp accessed via the very rare 6spd manual gearbox, it is easy to understand why the vendor describes this car as an absolute pleasure to drive.

An extensive service history - documented above - attests to the care of its owners and usefully includes several cambelt changes as well as a complete new clutch around 10,000 miles ago. A long MOT to January 2025 provides further reassurance to the buyer.

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