Chassis No.

ZFFEW58A160147999


Engine No.

105998



The F1 paddle-shifted transmission Ferrari first introduced on the 355 F1 in 1997 grew more refined with the 360 Modena, and by the time the F430 launched for 2004, the electrohydraulic gearbox had matured into a rapid and usable system.

Customers responded in kind; the F1 option came to dominate F430 order books to such a degree that the model would be the last mid-engine Ferrari offered with the open-gated six-speed manual alongside it.



A small fraction of buyers held out.

Those who still preferred to row their own gears specified the manual transmission, and while Ferrari has never published a definitive U.S.-market figure for six-speed manual F430 production, contemporary enthusiast research suggests these cars number only in the low hundreds out of roughly 5,500 F430s delivered to the United States.

Examples fitted with the gated six-speed-particularly in the more rigid berlinetta chassis-have since become the driver's ...