2001 FERRARI 360 SPIDER Registration Number: YN51 USG      ...

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£53,000

2001 FERRARI 360 SPIDER

Registration Number: YN51 USG      
Chassis Number: ZFFYT53C00126865
Recorded Mileage: c.46,900 miles

- Desirable manual gearbox
- Well maintained by leading specialists 
- £13,000+ in maintenance during current ownership

Ferrari’s most successful model since the 308, the F355 was always going to be a tough act to follow. Its successor needed to be ground breaking and revolutionary; two words which, without doubt the 360 lived up to. Starting with a clean sheet of paper in designing the 360 Modena, the new car attracted superlatives that put even its illustrious predecessor in the shade.

Just about the only item carried over from the F355 was its glorious V8 engine, enlarged from 3.5 to 3.6 litres for the 360, producing 400bhp. In every other respect the 360 was entirely new, the most striking break with Ferrari tradition being the body’s frontal treatment; gone was the omnipresent oval grille, replaced by two separate intakes set low into the front wings. A larger car than the F355, the 360 owed its radical new shape to the quest for increased downforce, generating four times as much as its predecessor yet achieving the impressively low Cd of 0.33.

There was further innovation beneath the skin: a lighter, stiffer aluminium spaceframe monocoque replacing the old tubular steel arrangement, resulting in a dry weight around 220lbs less than that of the F355. The 360’s on-the-road dynamics constituted a significant advance, its best time around Ferrari’s Fiorano test track being some three seconds faster than the F355’s.

This well maintained 360 Spider, specified with the desirable six-speed manual gearbox, has been in current ownership since 2019. The Ferrari has been maintained and improved by leading specialists Bob Houghton near Cheltenham  and A.V. Engineering in Kent. The engine note has been improved with a Capristo Stage 1 exhaust (the original item is still available if preferred), new front tyres were fitted in 2020, rears in 2022, the brakes are said to be in excellent condition with very little wear, The 360 was serviced by Bob Houghton in 2020, and by A.V. Engineering in 2021 (including cambelts) and again in 2022 (including a front suspension overhaul). A total of 18 service stamps can be found in the car’s maintenance book, alongside other other owner's books and factory toolkit.

Finished in the Nero with a matching Nero leather interior, and driving through the far more desirable manual gearbox, this a fine example of one of Ferrari’s most accomplished modern models.