The 308 was something special indeed –we will come back on this next month when the 308 celebrates its 40th anniversary-; it was the first 8 cyl. production car that followed the Dino what has been a brand of its own with only the 308 Dino from Series II (#12888) to Series III being honoured to call themselves “Ferrari”. The 308 is the progenitor of Ferrari’s modern 8. cyl. production and the 328 was something like the first step to become established.
The 328 produced 270 hp out of a 3.2 litres engine and the MSRP was around €57,000, this would be -inflation-adjusted- slightly above 100,000€ today, a value, many 328s are traded for today.
The Factory produced 1,344 Coupés (GTB) and 4,979 units of the favoured GTS. Beside the 3,2 litres engines, Ferrari provided the Italian market with “tax- optimised” turbo-powered models that should have been named “208” what did not really look like improvement compared to its predecessor. Those cars have been named GTS Turbo (828 units) and GTB Turbo (308 units) – real rarities as you may notice, but the most rare car of the 328 production is an official Cabriolet study, built in 1985, but fitted with a very early Serial Number, 49543, that falls into the year of 1983. The car was even fitted with a model digit, “29”, in the VIN as well!
Other “Specials”? Not Factory-wise. A few cars –mostly used for Club races- have been competition converted, but not as that wild as the 308s and, except of German designer Michalak, who made a 328 on his own out of ZFFWA20B000080962, calling it “Conciso”, the 328 lived a life within reasonable bounds…