At least with the introduction of the small series of F355 Spider Fiorano, the Factory opted for the path of playing a swansong to models that would soon be displaced. The Fioranos have been produced in a run of official 100 units. Needless to say that three additional cars have been built for the Italian market and one was destined for South Africa, probably the only RHD-Fiorano ever built.
The swansong-theme was once again played at the 550 Maranello’s dusk and the orchestra played it more professional this time with the introduction of the Pininfarina Barchetta, a complete unique model, that could be discerned from its relative. Containing digit “52” in its VIN as the model identity instead of “49” for the 550 the production summed up to 460 units (448 individually numbered cars with no reference to the VIN plus 12 prototipes). The Challenge Stradale, digit “57”, total production is 1,274 units, marked the final production of the Modena and the SuperAmerica (digit “61”, limited production of 559 units) has been the punch line of the 575 Maranello production. Individual numbering of the cars has been given up after the Barchetta.
The F430’s admonisher of a short production run was the 430 Scuderia that was presented at the IAA in Frankfurt, held from September 13th to 23rd, 2007. (Note that the leading “F” was lost in the car’s official name. F-Register sticks to the “F” for sorting reason) ZFFKZ64B000155218 was only the second serial number used for a Scuderia with 155217 being the other. The show car’s livery was chosen from the Factory 50/60 program and the car really looked good in Avio met. 591, a colour that can be compared with Azzurro California or Azzurro Hyperion. The car was joined by the Factory’s media car, #155220, being presented in Nuovo Rosso Scuderia, the dark red metallic colour scheme of the Formula 1 cars.
The Italian Tricolore in the middle of a big white stripe that was common with the Challenge Stradale was replaced by two “Scuderia Stripes” in Grigio Corsa, the rims did match that colour. Later on various other colours of the stripes have been discovered, obviously offered by the Factory as an option. Fender Shields, Carbon Ceramic brakes and the carbon rear segment (rear Challenge Grill) became standard equipment on the Scuderia. The interior was once again stripped to a minimum and if I remember right, the entertainment unit was an option as well. But who needs music anyway when you can listen to 510 hp roaring in your back? The car lost 100 kg in weight compared to the F430 and was offered with the newly introduced F1 Superfast II transmission. No car with a manual transmission as an option is known. Seats have been upholstered in Alcantara, fabric cloth or leather with Alcantara and cloth being the choice requested most. The majority of the seats had two tone mesh inserts. The dash was covered with Alcantara as well. MSRP was around 310,000 US$.
Production ended in autumn of 2009 somewhere around Serial Number 170000. The last US-Scuderia was indicated as being #169969 but should be more #170213. This is the highest Scuderia Serial Number that F-Register.com is showing currently as well. The official production numbers are yet unknown, F-Register.com currently shows 1,357 units with some entries still to be done. From our experience we can say that a total production of 1,780 to 1,800 cars is very likely.
The Scuderia’s role as the chief character was a little bit sapped when the Factory decided to celebrate the 16th Formula 1 World Championship with a special edition, the 16M Scuderia Spider, but that’s another story to be told here when the time comes.
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