Ferrari 330P3/4
The most beautiful racing car of all time? Quite possibly. Few, if any, more svelte, more curvaceous, more tantilizing racing cars have ever taken to a circuit. Every time we manage to see any of the P cars at Goodwood it’s a treat, and while the 275P and LM are lovely, and the 330P2s are stunning, it is the 1966 P3 and its follow-up the P4 that grab the headlines.
Sadly the existence of both 330P3 and P4 coincided with Ford getting its act together with the GT40, so neither would claim victory at Le Mans, but the both cars won the Monza 1,000km and the P4 dominated the Daytona 24 in 1967.
The 330P4 is meatier than the 312P that followed it. But it is those curves over the front and rear wheels, as well as the bubble-like cockpit, which blends flawlessly into the engine cover, that make it near perfect. The double headlight units are also stunning. In fact, it’s harder to find fault with the 330P3 and 4 than discover elements that make it beautiful.
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