Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Tour de France
The long-wheelbase Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta earned the Tour de France name in competition. Compare its louvre designs and the 1959 Interim Berlinetta.
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Use period photographs to corroborate louvre count, body shape, and competition specification. Ask which panels are original and which reproduce a period configuration.
On a claimed 14-louvre car, compare the sail panels with photographs from its early life and trace when any replacement panels were fitted.
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Factory specification and chronology
- Production
- To 1959
- Factory purpose
- Competition
- Body styles
- Berlinetta
- Wheelbase
- 2,600 mm
- Displacement
- 2,953 cc
Some registers include 1955 builds. The Tour de France name follows the 1956 win. The earliest model boundary depends on the treatment of the 1955 prototype group.
Name origin
The long-wheelbase 250 GT Berlinetta earned the name Tour de France, or TdF, after chassis 0557 GT won the 1956 Tour de France Automobile rally.
Also recorded as Ferrari 250 GT TdF.
Documented variants
| Variant | Production | Body style | Coachbuilder | Wheelbase | Factory specification | Documented examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Tour de France no-louvre | — | Berlinetta | Scaglietti | 2,600 mm | Competition · no-louvre | |
| Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Tour de France 14-louvre | — | Berlinetta | Scaglietti | 2,600 mm | Competition · 14-louvre | |
| Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Tour de France three-louvre | — | Berlinetta | Scaglietti | 2,600 mm | Competition · three-louvre | |
| Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Tour de France single-louvre | — | Berlinetta | Scaglietti | 2,600 mm | Competition · single-louvre | |
| Ferrari 250 GT LWB Interim Berlinetta | 1959 | Berlinetta | — | 2,600 mm | Competition |
Sources
- RM Sotheby's, 1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta Tour de France
- Mitorosso, 250 GT LWB Berlinetta Tour de France
- 1956 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta 'Tour de France' by Scaglietti | Paris 2026 | RM Sotheby's
- RM Sotheby’s, 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Tour de France Berlinetta
- RM Sotheby’s, four series of the Ferrari 250 GT LWB Tour de France Berlinetta
- Ultimatecarpage, Ferrari 250 GT LWB Interim Berlinetta