Ferrari 250 GT TOUR DE FRANCE - /CHRIS HARRIS ON CARS

Chris Harris drives the a Ferrari 250TDF, one of nine ever produced.

[@FBFerran]

i love drive videos, it's a shame i can't see them anymore :(

[@tonylockhart1963]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful...... Achingly beautiful. Thanks, everyone involved in showing us this car.

[@wingwalker7380]

The brakes are fed with a single Lockheed master cylinder . Some of the wheel cylinders are made with two different metals..know this, as the owner of 0969gt is a retired analytical chemist...who used a gas chromatograph to determine why they were seating up...dislike metals tend to corrode/oxidize. May be main reason why he doesn't have a responsive brake pedal. I drove his as the mechanic/transporter at FCA 2015 and found this same condition. 18 inch drum brakes, when they work, reported as good as a 60's corvette. Somes drums have six/eight fins that are there for cooling. Beautiful car!

[@robertoautore9252]

So gorgeous a piece of art, the Ferrari 250 GT, beauty, design, prestige, iconic, masterpiece, Scuderia Ferrari.

[@SmallBlogV8]

Thanks for throwing us a bone on the free channel with 8 minutes of this. This is just gorgeous.

[@cobra1010]

These 250 Ferraris are just the most beautiful and elegant and dynamic cars ever made!

[@Javierm0n0]

a beautiful piece of functioning art. Thank you for corralling the opportunity to share such a thing with us.

[@1997TL1000]

This car is simply stunning. It is actually the first car that I have ever seen that I would say is worth every single cent paid for it. Will it go 0-60 in 2 seconds? No Will it top 269 MPH? No Will it pull 1 G in the corners? No Will it bring a tear to your eye, every time you look at it in the garage, and a put woody in your pants, every time you drive it? Yessir, and the world is better for it.

[@wingwalker7380]

+1997TL1000 A quote from a TDF owner in the know. " Early in the video Chris Harris introduces Max Giardo from RM Auctions in Europe (www.rmsothebys.com/specialists/specialist.cfm?specialist_id=55) Max is a typical car salesman. He spews facts mixed with a generous amount of pure crap (but I know that he speaks fluent Italian). The car in the video is 0563GT. It was 5th in the 1957 TdF as car #171 (The TdF plate is placed on the trunk in the video but not mounted). It is the 19th car of 93 listed in John Starkey's second book (including 6 "interim" berlinettas). Max says "only 9 were produced". I don't know what he is counting. There were 11 without louvres plus the first 14-louver produced just in 1956. Max also says "Imagine driving 165 miles per hour on dirt roads." The top speed for a 3 liter TdF with the tallest gears is 158 mph. The TdF included 7 hill climbs (where most, if not all, of the dirt roads were) so most competitors used lower rear end ratios. At about 5:50 in the video, Chris Harris who is relatively short) is driving slowly on a one-way road through a small town in England. He says to Max "The brake pedal, I'm pushing it quite hard now, there's not much happening ....The brake pedal is remarkable for its lack of cooperation but you can't really get to it because this beautiful wood steering wheel kind of fouls your knees." When I was driving my car on a regular basis, it stopped as well as my 1960 Corvette with competition drum brakes. I am determined to get it back to that state." f

[@1997TL1000]

+wing walker Isn't that the thing about cars though? The mystery of a car and the history, mostly a bit foggy a few lies thrown in, "Oh yeah she'll do a thousand miles an hour in a pinch, but only on the third Sunday of the leap year of every other millennia." But my word, this thing is a think of beauty that just kinda, warps your sense of reality to the point where, piss poor mechanical engineering is simply forgiven. Just simply because of the aching beauty, and amount of wood it produces in your tingly bits.

[@wingwalker7380]

+1997TL1000 Yes, an apt description of the effect of the Ferrari name itself. At FCA 2015 at Laguna, the 0969gt was in garage 2. A lady of about 45 vintage was dressed plainly, standing about 6 feet from the right door, for about 45 minutes without moving from the spot...I finally took a moment from the preparations and asked her if she would like to sit in the car...she came unglazed for a moment...said it would detract from the experience and declined the offer... without being rude, I would say i had just witnessed a Ferrari-gasm. When we were given access to garage two, I had been rushed to transport the car to Laguna, it had been setting hidden for 47 years. The owner provided his own loading ramps, a poor second to the ones he has now. The very finely dressed lady in garage 3 was laughing at our attempts to safely unload the car with these old ramps...until she saw the TDF safely on the tarmac...very quiet after that. Many different emotions espoused st the meet.

[@TheMrCrumble]

awesome as always, thank you for not putting it out on drive+, everyone should be able to watch a video of such a masterpiece

[@lewisyang91]

I do quite like these classic car segments, and still think the mille miglia, goodwood revival, and pirelli tire launches were the best videos you guys did. Do sincerely hope more of that stuff comes up.

[@lejink]

A free video? Shocking... Actually I've stopped clicking on /Drive uploads, but this one was 8 minutes so I figured I'd give it a shot.

[@sidewayssam]

What a lovely sonorous sound...beautiful...and it stll must be quick with that power to weight ratio.

[@dpresuto]

Wow, wow, wow... thanks for the experience!

[@TheAussieRod]

Thank you Chris Harris

[@TsvetanVR]

Saw this car at the Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace. :)

[@manfromnantucket9544]

A Ferrari sporting French colours. I love it!

[@hitman4567]

What a job! So awesome

[@steveobarnes]

I'm obsessed with Azzurro Ferraris.

[@ToroLaszlo]

wonderful car, great garage, no drive+... nice job :)

[@89Trashmaster]

The clips has too much contrast and because of that it's a bit to dark in some parts. I thought the quality should get better since Drive+ ?

[@adam1othman]

beautiful

[@wingwalker7380]

Need to clean up the wheel cylinders..and most important...Drive the car! Things freeze up when not used!

[@Chamelion187]

Why cant i dream of a fucking Fiat Punto, my dreams are way to expensive

[@locohombre79]

Thank you.

[@YakoffShmirnoff]

You guys need to work on your sound editing. I'm constantly adjusting volume throughout the video.

[@biturboism]

I saw this car along with many others in-depth on EVO. If you enjoy stories like this, check it out!

[@1258-Eckhart]

Chris Harris is a National Treasure. In the 18th Cent., he would have been given a country seat and a title.

[@flappyism]

Do more classics like this :)

[@darrenchin_]

i'd pay up but there just isnt enough videos in it now, gonna let it accumulate first lol.

[@FakeSTi555]

Congrats for putting the full vid for free instead of the shitty drive+ thing. I'm usually a adlbock user just because i don't want to get ads from every single video i watch. But for you, i've disable my adblock for your channel and watch the entire ad. I think every one should do it too, so there will be no need to pursuive the drive + thing, because, let's be honest, Drive + nearly killed your channel ..

[@Zanpaa]

Did it kill their channel? Seems to me like it's allowing them to survive.

[@anthonyacey-davis4275]

Zanpa there's a lot that killed the channel. Go listen to hooniverse podcast 70. farah explains it all. ad blocking and youtube deciding not to pay people are the main reasons.

[@Zanpaa]

Anthony Acey-Davis But Drive+ certainly isn't one of them.

[@FakeSTi555]

What i mean by " killed their channel" is their reputation. They are the only channel of automotive show ( i think ? ) that you have to pay for watching the full video. Come on, it's youtube, it's meant to be free ( imo ) Theirs last video were full of red thumbs, etc ... Of course i understand it allows them to survive but it's not the right way i think. If some people like me realize that they need the money from ads and disable adblock for theirs vids, it would make a huge difference and that stupid Drive + thing will go away.

[@ryancrow2876]

Zanpa notice how they all made good money before drive+ and now they're all absolutely loaded? thats like saying the billions of dollars the walmart heirs makes allows them to survive.

[@sumotherdude]

amazing.

[@yipzone]

Bellisimo

[@SILENTIMACT74]

Thanks for not putting this on Drive+

[@Zwikster]

Well Fuck Me Sideways and Call Me Nancy! That is one STUNNING car!!!

[@TheGetawayer]

In the name of all germans: Thanks for letting us have a proper Harrismonkey video again ! Makes waiting for Drive+ availability abit more bearable...Utterly beautiful machine...

[@freddydaimler]

Drive+ will probably not happen for Germany at all. At least that's what I heard, something to do with licensing.

[@TheGetawayer]

QuertrGTRR : Deinen Dialekt versteh ich nicht...

[@freddydaimler]

***** Dann zahlt man keine 4$ für Drive+, sondern eben auch noch einen Betrag für einen Server im Ausland. Und schon kostet der Kanal deutlich mehr, das Preis/Leistungsverhältnis sackt ab und man muss sich fragen wie viel einem die paar Videos die man wirklich anschauen möchte Wert sind. Dazu habe ich gerade mal ZenMate ausprobiert, immernoch die gleiche Meldung beim Drive+ Kanal.

[@kagolko]

Dear Getawayer, your videos are pretty good too man. And to be honest Harris fucked up by asking money for hos videos - have u seen how many dislikes these teaser get? I've been watching your videos for a while now, they're high quality too, but u wouldn't ask for money.. In my opinion, thats the way to go on youtube... And sorry for my bad English..

[@ChuckDude61]

Same here for Australia mate!!

[@mojostevo]

Chris Harris, in a super rare Ferrari, in an over 8 minute video, with HD quality, and people still thumb it down. Go figure....

[@Eatinbritches]

Well, that dude he talks to is kind of annoying, particularly when he tries to lay down the superlatives. He jumps in too much and ruins the video slightly.

[@hitachicordoba]

+mojostevo they've got their thumbs up their arses.

[@wafflesnfalafel1]

must be Lambo fans... :)

[@Valdismith]

Because they are haters, or they were looking for a different video, couldn't find it, ended up here, and got pissed off, so they gave it a dislike. If you are here for what the video is about, you cannot dislike, especially Chris being a great care reviewer for a number of reasons.

[@BuckNasty9475]

Prius drivers, perhaps?

[@Munkenba]

There is no longer version on Drive+ for those of you who'll ask, this is the full video

[@stevil1300x]

That isn't a car. It's a legend, dream and fantasy on 4 wheels.

[@Str8representing]

I guess the video is longer for marketing purposes, as the car is on sale at an auction.

[@adelrule]

Cleverly thought

[@RoshanTorcy]

Well constructed theory, my good Sir. Because clearly the demographic that usually buys these multi-million dollar beauties are the keyboard warriors that lament over 4$ sub fees. You most certainly gave me a reason to reach out for the trusty old tin foil hat as it has been gathering a bit of dust I must say.

[@tomcurtis7602]

Yeah, because the kind of person who would buy this finds potential purchases on KZbin....

[@TSMSQ]

You advertise a Toyota, a Ford, a Hyundai, you don't advertise a Ferrari. Especially a 60 year old one!

[@Zanpaa]

Roshan Torcy I know what you mean, and I agree. However, if I was in the place where I could own a car like this, I would want everyone to know about the car and how wonderful it is. Those kind of videos, even if they're not directed towards the potential buyers of the cars, do add some value to them, I think.

[@QuattroRMT]

Holy sh*t, Chris is back with his marvelous videos? :O

[@AdamC3046]

Driving around my area of the country :) I know some of those roads.

[@1drinky]

Tilford!

[@m_02sierra]

It’s Adam ha fun to see you here too

[@lorenzoserafica]

I'm just happy that I get to watch a new Chris Harris video that's longer than 3 mins.

[@lawrencejames]

Wow, I genuinely think that this is the most beautiful Ferrari I have ever seen. I know the 250 GTO's and 250 testa Rosa's go for more money but this Tour de France is just so elegant and I totally agree with Chris and Max- that light blue is the perfect colour for that car. Ferrari should show this car to all of their current design team.

[@TamiyaRunner]

Why isnt this on /Drive+? I paid to sub to /Drive+ and apparently I didn't have to.....high quality videos are still being uploaded for free here.

[@stevebrown4169]

Not just me thinking this then!

[@roykonvalinka9867]

this car is going up for auction in 4 days. this video needs to be seen by as many people as possible to achieve its goal

[@spadgm]

Roy Konvalinka Judging by most of the comments here moaning about a $4 a month fee, I dont think there are too many potential buyers on You Tube for this $5 million dollar car lol!

[@roykonvalinka9867]

spadgm i mean it will get the bidders ready to spend a little bit more. this video isnt for any of us.

[@richardhurr31]

spadgm £5m. So more like 9m dollars (no dollar symbol on my keypad)

[@fikes73]

Car porn at its finest. Oh this is pure art, humanity at its greatest. Oh to be a race car driver from the late 40s through the 60s

[@EBBluey]

As long as Chris has full length videos, you have a happy and grateful viewer. Thanks!

[@thomast8539]

Manufacturers should take cues from this design for new vehicles and they will fly off the shelves. Need not be an exact replica, but similar in lines and modest features.

[@joevanseeters2873]

That is without a doubt one of the most beautiful "classic" Ferrari's ever made. Even though a 1956 car, it looks absolutely incredible, even by today's standards. And yes, that classic "French racing blue" paint job is stunning to say the least. One of my favorite Ferrari's of all time.

[@philipdalton2144]

I was very fortunate to ride in a original 1958 TDF several years ago. Was the first Ferrari I ever went in and it was quite an event! What a noise :D The last I knew, the owner was still competing in his car and driving it across Europe to it's races :D

[@ricomichel]

Omg it's so damned clean. The Holy Grail

[@Munkenba]

holy shit I don't believe you guys got one of these. Hats off

[@Jackisaboss1208]

After watching Chris drive this on Top Gear I had to come back and watch this video. Wow I love that car.

[@DJlobo702]

Why aren't cars built like this anymore? Just as enthusiast cars? Damn, it's so beautiful.

[@lawrencejames]

It doesn't make financial sense to. It's a sad fact but us car enthusiasts are the minority nowadays. Just look at modern car advertising. You never see an advert talk about horse power or suspension technology etc. it's all just about fuel economy, how you can sync your iPhone and of corse... 'lifestyle'.

[@stonetrouble5053]

Because my Honda Fit will outperform it in 99.9% of all driving situations. My Fit would destroy this car in the 1957 Tour de France. This is an over powered, under braked, dangerous piece of death. Now it is just a ornament of wealth, traded between speculators, all hoping to get the better of the next buyer.

[@PaulZink]

Your Fit "outperforming" the Ferrari is totally beside the point, and to chortle about "destroying" it in the 1957 Tour de France shows that you have little appreciation for craftsmanship and sheer style (if any at all). Bet you simply adore your iPhone.

[@Atombender]

Except he is right. This car was built to win races, now it's been relegated to a bunch of fucking beauty pageants because it's not a race car anymore. It's a speculation tool.

[@EchoM3]

Go check out EVO checking out these cars, they are all on auction :)

[@tyrionlannister6769]

The Ferrari which used the same clutch as a tractor & inspired Feruccio Lamborghini to engineer & make his OWN Lamborghini car...! Lamborghini thought Ferrari's cars were good, but too noisy and rough to be proper road cars. He categorized them as repurposed track cars with poorly built interiors.

[@danl6]

Pure class. F12 for weekdays and that for Sunday's/weekends

[@DtRockstar1]

Immaculate!! They just don't make them like this anymore.

[@TheJoeMB]

True, that goes for the video and the car.

[@Laguber]

TheJoeMB I see what you did there, clever ;)

[@shamwow70]

TheJoeMB Too good of a joke to pass up I`ll Admit. But let give them cred for at least giving us pions a great video for free.

[@meridian7143]

Stunningly beautiful old car.

[@kasztan2008]

I love the shot where it drives close to Peugeot 206 :) Such a different car in every way

[@fetusofetuso2122]

they look more or less the same size too dont they?

[@cdbtheclaw]

The 250 GT California Spider is the most beautiful car I have ever seen. If I am able to become a multimillionaire, I will definetley get one.

[@maanbk]

evo's one much better

[@DethThrasher1]

the evo one is great but they dont actually drive it

[@maanbk]

yes

[@mtgcars]

lam neth But provide much more content and harry knows every car inside out watching evo's clip yesterday was like beeing in heaven.... chris seems to know how to push the right peddle and that's it...

[@DethThrasher1]

Max Gafa i like both for different reasons, chris manages to convey how joyous driving these machines really is, while as you said harrys vast knowledge and delivery are infectious. i definitely miss the hell out of his evo diaries

[@mtgcars]

Yes i agree. I used to like chris alot but now for some reason im finding him over hyped either because of this drive channel bollocks or because every review is him drifting around a corner.... anyways both good content in a different way. I also miss harry diaries don't know why they stopped, harry is by far the best they had on evo.... I think he sold the company or what ?

[@KUBR30]

Yes, more than 3 Minutes for everyone :)

[@TheSchmiddy]

I saw this magnificent Ferrari 250 TdF in Evo TV's video with Harry Metcalfe and I immediately fell in love with it. I'm glad Drive put this video of Chris Harris reviewing and even driving this beauty up for everybody because it deserves it. The car deserves it! Oh and by the way, finally a video of one of the best car reviewer out there that's longer than 3 minutes! Thank you for that.

[@mta01ajd]

Stunning, and filmed just down the road around Tilford and south Farnham!

[@jakespeed63]

Cars are meant for driving Screw the value “It’s a glorious piece of kit”

[@DavidPerel]

Wow what a beautiful car!

[@theredgiraffe]

156 bitter Hyundai fanboys

[@NeedMoarRage]

Good god, it is really beautiful and I can't say that for much cars. I don't know why so many people rave about the Jaguar E-Type, this is another level beauty!

[@robertgawlas413]

What a job. Man, I messed up 35 years ago. Should have goal back then.

[@NeilMagill]

Fantastic video! It just grasps with both hands what driving an older car is all about.

[@cupdrums]

Watching this again...I don't think there was a moment Chris or Max lost a smile when driving the car. So beautiful.

[@nautn]

You are a lucky man Chris Harris.

[@HROM1908]

An upshift blip of the throttle ? Why do people do that ? It serves no purpose. Please explain.

[@MrGaryGG48]

In a car of that era, there was usually no syncro on first gear and the syncro on the top three gears (4sp boxes back then) wasn't what you expect today. The shift tended to be slow and deliberate or they got "noisy." If you wanted to hustle it along, a little extra blip on the throttle helped to keep the revs matched enough for a smoother shift. On the downshift you didn't have much choice; heel/toe/blip to get in quietly otherwise, another embarrassing grating of the gears. Modern cars have spoiled the driving public to the point that few are really skilled with the older gear boxes. I drove a friend's 1979 308GTB a while back. Older (late 40s through mid-80s) Ferrari gearboxes didn't like to shift quickly when they were cold, especially in and out of 2nd gear. I drove it gently, double-clutched carefully, and had no problems. He was really surprised that it didn't grind at all and asked just how did I get it to drive that smoothly right from the start-up. I took some time that afternoon showing him how to double-clutch a Ferrari gearbox. He's now pretty good at it and drives that car often.

[@mej6519]

"1956 no body was doing disc brakes"? may need to have a chat with a certain British big cat about that one buddy.

[@juanvalentinduenasmaroto119]

Only in the Racing D-Type

[@tyrionlannister6769]

Don't bother the British Big Cat...the French Goddess [Citroën DS] had disc brakes in 1955...!

[@tyrionlannister6769]

@@juanvalentinduenasmaroto119 Nope..the French Goddess [Citroën DS] had disc brakes in 1955...!

[@thesoultwins72]

@@tyrionlannister6769 ………... The gorgeous Austin-Healey 100S [introduced in 1955] was equipped with Dunlop disc brakes all round. It was the world's first production car to feature them both front and rear.

[@tyrionlannister6769]

@@thesoultwins72 Not nitpicking but...You might be surprised to discover, in the mix are also - Triumph's TR3 & the 1902 Lanchester...See Richard Lentinello's article "The first car with disc brakes really was" . . .www.hemmings.com/stories/article/the-first-car-with-disc-brakes-really-was

[@BartTech]

Chris Harris video, but no drifts. That SUCKS! :)

[@stephengobbi7993]

Is Drive officially greater than Evo? Evo put out a video yesterday showing all of these cars going up for auction but never drove any. Well done Drive.

[@DaydreamNative]

A full Chris Harris vid? I wasn't one of the ones calling you all the names and whatnot, but I'll loudly and gladly register my pleasure at seeing this in my sub box.

[@adam1othman]

When Chris asked "how would they drive it in period?" The answer is this. Flat out on any road all the time because they could. They also didn't complain about not having no assistance in braking (not that Chris does) they were just more instinctive than that back then... A car was a car and a man was a man and a mans car was a mans car and this is the perfect example. Although in the braking question I think it was a mix of pushing the brake pedal hard and engine braking. Cars like this drive 100% differently than modern design and the simply organic nature of the car makes it better in every way regardless of slow speeds by modern standards. I'd rather have this car or any ferrari of this period (1948-1964) over any car period.

[@wingwalker7380]

+Adam Othman This car does not have a hydraulic vacuum brake boosted system nor electric pump. This is old school! A Lockheed( or similiar,much like an old VW ) master brake cylinder with a single brake line splitting at the rear and one single brake line splitting at the front, this system plumbed to all four wheels. So you have a large 18 inch brake drum and a hard pedal...but if this car were driven more than stored as a museum piece..the brakes would respond in a smooth,gripping manner as they should.

[@cedriccacamara]

I don't understand why their videos have been receiving so many negative views. First, you people have to understand that this was inevitable. Let me repeat this because you guys still wont understand. INEVITABLE. NOT THEIR FAULT. They give us amazing videos, and if you want to continue watching them, you have to pay one dollar a week. I guarantee you that at least 80% of you can afford one dollar a week. If you can't? Don't get angry at them for not giving you free service, IT WAS'NT THEIR CHOICE. Why give them dislikes? Would you rather have Drive+ or nothing at all?

[@jeokagem8002]

I HATE CHRIS HARRIS!!! The man is sooo lucky/blessed to be able to drive marvelous works of art and absolute historical masterpieces! - something most of us can't even dream of; let alone have the opportunity to EVER experience!? I really don't hate him folks ...although I AM extremely jealous! ;-)) At least we get to watch and "live" his experiences through his videos - I am VERY, VERY grateful for that. Thank you Chris!

[@michaelbonade4667]

I don’t know that Lamborghini engines have that metallic ring in their exhausts....Chris seems to express that about the TDF he’s driving....and I can recall one evening walking home from a friends house in Brooklyn.....a black, low shadow of a car moving slowly but steadily up the street, it was dark and the object seemed to be half the height of any AVERAGE automobile you would see ...and moving quick enough that I couldn’t identify it exactly at the moment I saw it.....I was however distracted prior to having it in my field of vision by it’s engine note......it sounded like metal disks sliding around against each other....like metal saw blades spinning up to cutting speed....and it was jet black and Soo very low .....it as a Ferrari 348 Spider....and I want one to this very day....the rear proportions of that car and the subsequent 355 are so beautiful....that Ferrari V8 is a very different proposition to the American V8.....I guess that’s why I love the idea of a 305 Chevy small block being raced in Can Am by Mark Donohue.....as opposed to a 500 cid monster with a blower on it

[@Disrupptive]

Beautiful car. Its amazing that a car that was made for driving can fetch a $8.2 million dollar price tag. You see the La Ferrari and all the new era super car where technology drives the price up. Here is a classic driver, driven thousands and thousands of miles over roads that would be consider third world to us in this era. You wouldn't dare drive a new super car like this Ferrari 250 GT.

[@dragonforce28000]

I'm pretty sure EVO posted a video from this very same place featuring that very same car. And it's 30 minutes long.

[@Valdismith]

Beautiful car, and thinking about it, V12 with 3ltr sounds huge, as V12 is a huge engine in any era, specially back then. However, 3ltr was considered a big engine back then, but now it doesn't make sense to put 12 cylinders only on a 3ltr displacement. There is simply too much shafts, and crankshaft, and cylinders, and heavy metal components to spin up fast, and rev out quickly. You can have a straight 6 with 3ltr, and single cam shaft with well balanced valves at the time, and the engine should be coming to live faster. Really strange from today's perspective a 3ltr V12, but at the time it must have been insane, and the looks, and the suspension...awesome Ferrari.

[@jeffreysegal2065]

Am I the only one wishing they'd ditch, or rather, park, the car and Chris would take Max for a brisk ride??? Now THAT would be a great video! Max is such a doll. So's Chris. As for the car, I'm more of a Lusso man.

[@MrGaryGG48]

Only in one man's opinion... if you can settle yourself mentally into an old car, period correct drum brakes, "power nothing in the car," period correct horsepower, you don't expect to stand on the throttle to the last possible moment before braking or seeing how far sideways you can get it before everything turns brown & sticky. I have a 16 year old BMW with a healthy 3 liter straight six, 5-speed and all wheel drive. It's probably the most responsive car I've driven in many a year but it's far from the fastest. There's a difference between "oh my god I'm gonna die" acceleration and ripping down a narrow back road in a responsive, quick, tight handling small car that just makes you smile. The car that Chris showed us, while being worth a hundred times the value of my old Bimmer, is similar in that it doesn't try to throw your glasses into the back seat when you stand on it, it rewards your measured inputs with a great deal of satisfaction if you can appreciate that. Thank you Chris... I really enjoy your presentations.

[@guillaumesandmayer7053]

Enzo himself, the very man was a massive Francophile - He loved cycling and French cheese in equal measure aside from creating V12's from the Italian gods.

[@aldobega2649]

The car is amazing! The info about it is very complete too! But the video is not well done, imho. And the sound is terrible. Voice is too low in the beginning, then gets a little louder but still the noise of the engine is very low, and then voices are too loud! I think I am very disappointed because of the quality of Petrolicious videos. Maybe are my expectations too big. Although this video is from 2014, so not same technology available either. Aniway the car is wow!!!

[@strandwolf]

there had to be more than 9. a guy had one in the early 1960s in Palo Alto, Calif. I'd ride by his driveway and drool. Twice twice pipes, rich red paint.

[@ceke]

/DRIVE. What the fuck happened. I just returned from a lengthy trip to this bullshit, why is it so short? What the fuck is drive+? Please, somebody answer!

[@LaGantoise]

I was going to add this beautiful machine to my "Cars I want if I was rich-list" but £5million is crazy a lot of money. I'll look for a 1:18 version :)

[@Arthurzeiro]

If you just go to 4:13 it looks like Chris is going for a ride with his brother, maybe and older brother.

[@jjmuni]

Those Colombo V12 with six Weber carburetors packed in whatever lightweight fashion is the pinnacle of pre electronic machinery.

[@ZenithRadio]

You "...know nothing about this car..." How is that possible? Driving cars is your gig and you don't know the Ferrari 250 series or about their mechanicals? I take from that statement that you are not a true car person. Please step aside and let a passionate car lover host.

[@justinbrown4450]

I unsubscribed because I objected to paying for drive content, you dont have to pay for motortrend. But I just watched five shorter drive videos back to back and have re sub'd as their material, content etc.. are so good im just not going to deprive myself. Go drive.

[@Mbree]

I am now convinced Chris Harris has sold his soul....mate, you are soooo lucky! Share the love and bring back the longer videos....for free!

[@Kookanoodles]

This 1956 Ferrari didn't have disc brakes, the 1955 Citroën DS had them all-round. Puts things in perspective.

[@RobOwen1987]

Maybe the reason they're allowed to drive it is because the new owner is JF?! Y'know, now that /Drive are "cashing in"... ;)

[@hkSix]

We should really donate to Drive. I mean this video alone was spectacular to say the least.Yes, I know they have a subscription now but that is because they do not have a budget like Top gear but they can produce Top gear like material. If we all donated a little bit the could get rid of the subscriptions and increase their budget.

[@jimholmes4224]

I can't imagine any good reason that only nine were built. Seems a perfect car to pull the plans out, add disk brakes, and produce a goodly number to satisfy a hungry market. Could develop an engine a bit more economical to maintain for today's market.