Ferrari 375 MM

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GT car

The Ferrari 375 MM, was a

The engine was based on its Ferrari 375 F1 counterpart, but with shorter stroke and bigger bore, for the customer cars and unchanged for the factory ones.^[1]

Perhaps the most known 375 MM is the Pininfarina "Bergman Coupé", s/n 0456AM, commissioned in 1954 by director Roberto Rossellini for his wife, actress Ingrid Bergman. Rossellini also owned another 375 MM spyder, s/n 0402AM, which sustained a crash and was rebodied into a coupe by Scaglietti. The Scaglietti coupe was subsequently bought by the Microsoft executive Jon Shirley and restored by Ferrari specialist Butch Dennison. It later became the first postwar Ferrari to win Best of Show at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.^[4][5]

The list of notable examples also includes a coupé created by Carrozzeria Ghia to a Giovanni Michelotti design.^[6] It was the last Ferrari ever to be bodied by this Turinese coachbuilder. The car was presented at the Torino Motor Show and the New York Auto Show, both in 1955.^[7]

Specifications

Engine

The 375 MM was available with two different engines, both of around 4.5 L capacity. One was for customer cars and the other for the factory teams. Factory race drivers received a straight derivative of the

The chassis was of a tipo 102 designation and was derived from its predecessor, the 340 MM, also made out of welded steel tubes. Wheelbase was slightly longer than before, now at 2,600 mm (102.4 in). The suspension setup was also inherited from the 340 MM, but with an addition of the Houdaille-type hydraulic shock absorbers in the front and rear.^[8]

Racing

Although intended for the Mille Miglia, the 375 MM was also raced with limited success in the

In 1954 in Argentina, Giuseppe Farina with Umberto Maglioli won the 1000 km Buenos Aires, that was a championship race.^[15] On 760 km track of Coppa della Toscana, Piero Scotti won in the 375 MM ahead of Gordini.^[16] Later, the 375 MM competed in races in Europe, South and North Americas, winning many of them.^[17] The car did not score any more championship points as it was replaced by a bigger displacement derivative, the 375 Plus.^[18]

Individual cars[1]

model chassis coachbuilder body comment image 375 MM 0286AM Vignale Spider based on 340 MM, Phil Hill drove it to second place in the 1954 Carrera Panamericana 375 MM 0318AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta based on 340 MM, crashed in 1953 Carrera Panamericana where drivers Antonio Stagnoli and Giuseppe Scotuzzi died at 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans 375 MM 0320AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta based on 340 MM (video, video) 375 MM 0322AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta based on 340 MM 375 MM 0358AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta at 1953 Carrera Panamericana 375 MM 0360AM Pinin Farina Spider Winner of 1953 12 Hours of Casablanca and 1954 Coppa della Toscana at 1954 Coppa della Toscana 375 MM 0362AM Pinin Farina Spider Once driven by Dan Gurney. (video) 375 MM 0364AM Pinin Farina Spider Pontoon rear fenders. Sold for US$9 million i 2013.[19] 375 MM 0366AM Pinin Farina Spider Crashed in 1953 at Casablanca. Rebodied by Scaglietti in 1955 375 MM 0368AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta 375 MM 0370AM Pinin Farina Spider (video video) 375 MM 0372AM Pinin Farina Spider (video) 375 MM 0374AM Pinin Farina Spider (video) 375 MM 0376AM Pinin Farina Spider at Maranello, 2017 375 MM 0378AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta 375 MM 0380AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta 375 MM 0382AM Pinin Farina Spider the only[20] unrestored 375 MM, at Pebble Beach 2010. Raced by Bill Spear, owned for over 30 years by physicist J. B. Gunn. (video) 375 MM 0402AM Pinin Farina Spider Initially owned by Roberto Rossellini. Rebodied 1955 by Carrozzeria Scaglietti (video 375 MM 0412AM Pinin Farina Spider (video) 375 MM 0416AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta 375 MM 0450AM Pinin Farina Spider rebodied 375 MM 0456AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta Commissioned by Roberto Rossellini for his wife Ingrid Bergman, in a new color later available for all Ferraris as "Grigio Ingrid."[21] 375 MM 0460AM Pinin Farina Spider 375 MM 0472AM Pinin Farina Berlinetta at Pebble Beach, 2006 375 MM 0476AM Ghia Coupé (video) 375 MM 0490AM Pinin Farina Coupé "Speciale", on display Turin Auto Show 1955

References

Bibliography

• Acerbi, Leonardo (2012). Ferrari: All The Cars. Haynes Publishing.
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• Schlegelmilch, Rainer W. (2004). Ferrari. Könemann.
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