If asked to close your eyes and conjure the image of an 1980s Maranello model, your neocortex will likely produce a visage of side-straked majesty in the form of a Ferrari Testarossa.

It’s a model intrinsically wedded to the decade of its construction.

Everyone from teenagers lusting over bedroom wall posters, to captains of industry catching a glimpse of their reflection in glass-fronted offices, none could help fawning over this most Ferrari of Ferraris.

The marketing power of its 1980s dream machine hadn’t diminished just because the decade rolled over either.

The old design simply needed a few minor nips and tucks to keep it cutting edge.

The Testarossa’s sharp edges were duly softened for its 1991 replacement, the 512 TR’s styling revisions overseen by Lorenzo Ramaciotti, who had taken over (in 1988 from Leonardo Fioravanti) as head of design at Pininfarina.

The most recognisable 512 TR addition was its front bumper, which more closely aligned the big flat-12 GT with its sma...