Ferrari 166 (1950)

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This car can be offered with a guaranteed entry to the 100th Anniversary Edition of the Mille Miglia, the most prestigious and sought-after edition ever held, taking place from May 22 to May 29, 2027. As a Main Sponsor of the event, we still have a limited number of guaranteed entries available. 1950 FERRARI 166 INTER COUPÉ BY CARROZZERIA TOURING Subscribed for the 1951 Mille Miglia Restored by the absolute top Ferrari specialists in Italy, engine at Michelotto and bodywork by Cognolato One of the very first Ferrari cars to be made by Enzo Ferrari as daily driver and not race car (the 14th example) One of just 38 Ferrari 166’s built Owned by the film director Carlo Ponti, husband of Sophia Loren Fitted with 2.0 liter V12 engine Participant in 4 recent Mille Miglia editions A stylish early Ferrari with known history to this present day With Swiss marque authority Marcel Massini detailed report dated the 14th December 2020 Mille Miglia Eligible Impressive history file Enzo Ferrari had a keen interest in his new Inter. Said his son Piero in a 2001 interview, “You must remember that my father was then 50 years old. Whilst his name would become famous with our sports cars, he had a very strong affinity to the 2+2 because of their comfort and room”. When most of us think of Ferrari, we imagine the powerful sports cars they make today. But they also have a long history of impressive grand tourers, and the Ferrari 166 Inter was really the first of the breed, a road version of their 166 MM racing cars. In November 1948, at the Turin Show, Ferrari unveiled the first Ferrari at show in the company’s history. On the stand were both the 166MM and 166 Inter, a pair of racing and road variations, respectively. Between 1948 and 1951, Ferrari sold some 38 Inters, plus around 46 examples of the 166MM, in various body styles created by various coach builders. This not only put money into Ferrari’s racing coffers, but also demonstrated his ability to juggle both racing and selling. The 166MM and 166 Inter on display at the Turin Show were dressed in coachwork by Touring of Milan. Ferrari turned to the best design houses in Italy to style the 166. Touring of Milan was an immediate choice since they did spectacular work on the Alfa Romeo’s that Enzo Ferrari raced under his Scuderia Ferrari team in the prewar period. Touring used its patented Superleggera coach building system for the body’s construction. Using the same basic mechanical setup as the 166MM, the Inter was a more civilized package, intended for the road rather than racing. The Superleggera weighed about 800 Kg. Most of the Inter, of which 37 examples were produced, were coach – builders, the excellence of the genre at that time. The “Inter” moniker was in tribute to the high-profile racing victories earned by Scuderia Inter for Ferrari at the Targa Florio in 1948 (Troubetzkoy/Biondetti) and repeated for 1949 (Biondetti/Benedetti). While the “Inter” name was also given to some Ferrari racing cars during this era, it most often is applied to the 2.0-litre, 166 Inter road-car series. Nonetheless, several 166 Inters were indeed used in competition. ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC EXAMPLE According to the report of Swiss marque authority Marcel Massini, this Ferrari 166 Inter Coupé, was completed in November 1949. In keeping with tradition it was built with right-hand drive – it being deemed safer to sit on the right when driving across the Alps, which at that time were cursed with poor roads lacking in safety barriers. At the 8th of May 1950 the Ferrari was sold to its first owner, Mr. Francesco Saveri of Rome, Italy. The 31st of May 1950 Mr. Severi sold the Ferrari to ATA, a company owned by film director Carlo Ponti, husband of Sophia Loren. Later that year, in August, ATA sold the car via the dealer Mambretti Sonzongi to the third owner, amateur racing driver Augusto Caraceni in Rome.