Description
1 of 16 delivered in Rosso Rubino (Illustrated with the help of AI)
35 years with the previous owner
Just 30, 239 km
1 of 204 “Short Nose”
Matching numbers
Swiss market delivery
The Ferrari 275 GTB was unveiled together with the GTS in October 1964 at the Paris Motor Show. Series production began shortly thereafter. As with many Ferrari road cars of the period, the bodywork of the GTB was built by the independent coachbuilder Scaglietti in Modena.
The road-going 275 GTB was designed to fill the gap between the slower 330 models and the exclusive 500 Superfast, which from 1964 was produced in very limited numbers. At the same time, the 275 GTB represented Ferrari’s response to the Lamborghini 350 GT, introduced a year earlier with a comparable performance profile.
Key technical innovations included independent suspension on all four wheels and a transaxle layout, in which the manually operated five-speed gearbox was mounted together with the differential at the rear axle. This configuration resulted in improved weight distribution as well as increased interior space and was a first for Ferrari road sports cars.
The top speed of the 275 GTB in the version equipped with three twin-choke carburettors was quoted at 260 km/ h, making it around 20 km/ h faster than the concurrently produced 330 GTC with its 4. 0-liter engine.
For the 1965 Paris Motor Show, several stylistic changes were introduced. In addition to a larger rear window, the cars received a longer front overhang and correspondingly higher-mounted front bumpers. This second series is known as the “Long Nose” version.
Between 1964 and 1966, a total of 450 examples of the 275 GTB were produced. Of these, 204 were “Short Nose” models and 246 were “Long Nose” cars.
Our 275 GTB was delivered at the end of 1965 to its first owner, an entrepreneur from Lausanne.
At delivery, the car was finished in the rare color Rosso Rubino—just 16 examples were originally delivered in this shade.
At the end of 1966, the Ferrari was sold to Germany, where a previous owner had it repainted in Rosso Corsa.
In the 1980s, the car returned to Switzerland and was owned for several years by an architect living on Lake Geneva.
In 1990, a German collector acquired the vehicle due to its low mileage and exceptional original condition.
The 275 GTB remained in this collection for the past 35 years.
Without doubt, this is one of the finest and best-preserved examples of the series.
