Ferrari’s highly regarded 550 Maranello was updated to become the 575M Maranello in 2002, with styling updates inside and out, as well as technical revisions.

These included a 274 cc displacement increase to 5,748 cc, resulting in an approximate 25 hp gain, and larger brakes, along with improved suspension and aerodynamics.

The 575M Maranello also marked the introduction of the F1 automated gearbox for the first time in a front-engine Ferrari.

Drawing on the technology pioneered in Formula 1 race cars, the new gearbox soon accounted for the majority of 575M Maranello sales.


Ferrari’s Superamerica moniker disappeared in the mid-1960s, following the end of 400 Superamerica production, but it returned in 2005 on the open variant of the 575M Maranello, the 575 Superamerica.

This rectified the lack of any open 12-cylinder Ferraris during the Boxer and Testarossa eras that spanned 25 years after the discontinuation of the 365 GTB/4 Daytona Spider, excluding the F50 and limited-producti...