250 Ferrari Tyres

Ferrari first started production of the beautiful 250 series in 1952, production of the Ferrari 250 line continued until the 1960's.

The first of Ferraris wonderful creations was the 250s introduced in 1952 with a ground breaking 3 litre engine that created around 230hp. In 1953 at the Paris motor show Ferrari introduced another classic, the fabulous Ferrari 250 Europa and also the Ferrari 250 Export. These two cars were powered by the V12 Lampredi engine that had also been used in formula 1 Ferraris. The 250 Export was the shorter of the two Ferraris making it slightly more nimble but it did not have the luxuries of the 250 Europa. The Europa, being slightly larger, was able to offer more interior room,whilst still having the almighty power of the V12. Sadly the production of these did not last all that long and only 18 examples were made.

Shortly after, in 1954, Ferrari built four racing 250 Monza Ferraris. These were similar to the well known classic 750 Monza Ferrari but were powered by the impressive 3 litre Colombo engine.

Three years later, at the 1957 Geneva Motor Show, Ferrari released their latest model, the 250 GT cabriolet. The Ferrari 250 Cabriolet was a very pretty looking car featuring coachwork by Pininfarina.Only 36 cars had been made when, in 1959, a revised edition of the Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet series was introduced.

In 1957 Ferrari introduced the 250 GT Berlinetta Tour De France (TDF). The Ferrari was called this as it was built to take part in the ten day race of the same name. The Ferrari would have produced in the region of 240 horsepower but it was later modified to produce a huge 260 horse power making the Ferrari very competitive. Also during 1957 Ferrari produced the 250 GT California Spyder, this car was designed to be as light as possible so aluminium was used throughout most of the car. Ferrari only produced 45 examples as the SWB version was to replace it in 1960.

Altogether Ferrari produced 250 of the 250 GT Berlinetta SWB. The production of this brilliant Ferrari started in 1959 using a short, sporty wheelbase. Some of these cars were built for racing teams and others were for the daily school run. Horsepower played a big part in this Ferrari with outputs ranging from 240 to 280hp, you also had the choice of steel or aluminium bodies. The steel body was more suited for the road going Ferrari, this car was also known as the lusso. The racing vehicles (not for taking the kids to school in) had no luxuries and featured racing trim. This Ferrari was more powerful and a lot lighter than the Lusso. The Ferrari 250 SWB was very competitive and was regarded by many people as one of the most important GT racers of its time. In 1961 the SWB Berlinetta Ferrari captured the GT class of constructors championship. Meanwhile in 1960 Ferrari introduced the 250 GT California Spyder SWB, this Ferrari was shown at Geneva motor show, and replaced the LWB and was based on the Ferrari 250 GT SWB there were only around 55 of these models made.

In amongst all of this Ferrari had produced the 250 TR, standing for TestaRossa (or red head due to the red finish of the cam covers) between 1957 and 1958, there were only 19 250 TR Ferraris produced. This Ferrari had a "pontoon" body designed by Scaglietti and was fitted with a Colombo V12 engine mounted with a 60 degree angle and six Webber 38 DCN carburettors. This magnificent engine powered the rear wheels through a four speed manual gear box and produced an almighty 300 horse power giving the 250 TR Ferrari a top speed of 168mph. From 1958 to 1961 the 250 TR was entered in 19 championship races were Ferrari became victors of ten of those races.

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