1990 Ferrari Testarossa

• Modern, aerodynamic and efficient body shape, with distinctive side strakes
• 4.9-litre V12 producing 390bhp, capable of 0-60 mph in 4.7 seconds and 196mph
• One of just 438 UK-market, right-hand drive examples
• 22,700 miles from new; appears to be original paint; magazine featured
• Offered with its leather wallet, handbooks, service book, old invoices and MOTs
• Recent service with bills on file for ú4,975 including belts
• At the time, regarded by many as possibly the best car Ferrari had ever built

When Ferrari introduced the Testarossa at the Lido on the Champs-Elysees on the eve of the 1984 Paris Salon de l'Auto, it caused a sensation. The crisp, square-cut almost deliberately functional lines and superior mechanical specification instantly rendered the 512BBi yesterday's car and the new car was now regarded as possibly the best car Ferrari had ever built.

The name 'Testarossa', literally Redhead, became synonymous with Ferrari sports racing cars in the '50s and '60s and was resurrected at that 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 ever.

The final evolution of the model (sometimes called '88.5' models) featured a lot more changes than just the new five-stud wheels. There were modifications to the steering column, suspension, including the dampers, a wider track and new brake discs. From 1989, Testarossas ran the 'B'-spec motor with KE-Jetronic and catalytic converters.

Today, the Testarossa is a design icon, symbolic of eighties culture, and despite a period in the