Ferrari testa rossa ferrari 250 1957 ferrari. The first 250 testa rossa built an exceedingly rare scuderia ferrari team car eight year international racing history at premier venues driven by the greatest names in motor sport known continuous ownership history from new multiple award winning restoration by dennison international first in class at the 2006 pebble beach concours delegance. It was introduced at the end of the 1957 racing season in response to rule changes that enforced a maximum engine displacement of 3 liters for the 24 hours of le mans and world sports car championship races. An unrestored ex works ferrari 250 testa rossa was recently sold by classic driver dealer tom hartley for a sum rumoured to be around 40m which would make it the most valuable car ever to be sold in the public domain. This 1957 ferrari 250 testa rossa became the most expensive car ever sold at auction this past weekend fetching even more than the record setting 1961 california spyder that sold at ferraris.
Completed just last year with a subsequent 61k service performed here in the us the car was built to replicate modena chassis 0710. When ferrari started developing the 250 testa rossa in 1957 jaguar was the king of le mans and in 1957 the mighty d type would take another overall win. The ferrari 250 testa rossa or 250 tr is a racing sports car built by ferrari from 1957 to 1961. The 250 testa rossa was designed to offer customers already racing with the 500 trc a much more powerful engine on a similar chassis to help retain the former models great handling.