The Peter F. Baumberger Collection of Motorcars
* All sold with No Reserve *
20 Aug 2010
Gstaad Palace Hotel
Switzerland
Lot No: 12
One owner and just 1,222km from new
2009 Ferrari California
Coachwork by Pininfarina
Chassis no. ZFFLJ65B000165925
Estimate: CHF220,000 - 250,000
Footnote:
"It's a stretch to see how the qualities of a convertible, a GT and a sports car could be combined better than this". Autocar, 16th October 2008.
The launch of the California was nothing less than a revolution for Ferrari. Indeed, such is the list of firsts it introduced that it could well go down in history as one of the most innovative Ferraris ever conceived. The first with a folding metal roof. The first to use direct fuel injection. The first with a double clutch gearbox. And the first car in Ferrari's 63-year history to site a V8 in front of, rather than behind, the passenger compartment.
And yet, when pictures of it were first published, the feeling was that the Pininfarina bodywork looked unreso