The name 'Testarossa', literally 'Redhead', became synonymous with Ferrari sports racing cars in the ‘50s and ‘60s and was resurrected at the new model's seminal 1984 launch.

Housing a sweet and free-revving 4.9-litre flat dry-sumped V12 engine producing 390bhp, now cooled by rear-positioned radiators, the car was capable of a respectable 0-60 mph time of 5.2 seconds and a top speed of c180mph.

Produced between 1984 and 1991, some 7,177 Testarossas were made in total.

Once again, time showed Pininfarina's design to be durable, and throughout the 1980s, the distinctive 'strakes' were echoed in other design disciplines from cars to kettles.

However, although the design may have seemed to be 'of the moment', the Testarossa proved itself to be a well-built car, and despite its 'Eiger-rivaling' list price, turned out to be Ferrari's most successful model at the time. Today, the Testarossa is a design icon, symbolic of eighties culture, and is becoming increasingly desirable, not surpris...