2003 Ferrari 575M Maranello

Lot details
Registration No: YE03XBP
Chassis No: ZFFBT55C000129715
Mot Expiry: June 2019

- 1 of 179 RHD examples

- 74,000 miles from new

- Extensive service history with original books and tools


Further info:

This decidedly handsome 575M is one of only 179 RHD F1-gearboxed cars to come out of Maranello. It was ordered new by Leeds Ferrari agent JCT600 and served as the company's demonstrator from May 8, 2003. As befits a demo car, it is very well appointed and the factory-fitted extras include Scuderia shields, and coloured dashboard, stitchings, steering wheel and parcel shelf. It has been serviced every year without fail and comes with fully stamped and annotated service book that confirms the indicated mileage of 74,000. The Prancing Horse is finished in Grigio Titanio (Grey) and trimmed in Sabbia hide (Sand) and is considered by the vendor to be `excellent' in every major department. `YE03 XBP' is now available for sale complete with suspension and steering HGTC ECUs, all its original books and tools, MOT'd into June 2019 and even its factory-supplied torch.

The 575M's forerunner, the 550 Maranello, was introduced as a replacement for the F512 M in 1996 and found much acclaim during its five years of production. It featured a 484bhp front-mounted naturally-aspirated 5.5-litre V12 engine driving the rear wheels through a transaxle - the six speed manual gearbox being located at the rear for optimum weight distribution. Suspension was by double wishbone, coil springs and anti-roll bars all-round and the braking by ventilated discs front and rear. The Pininfarina designed all-alloy body was mounted on a tubular steel chassis. The major updates that resulted in the 575M included a larger more powerful engine (5.7-litre/508bhp), bigger brake discs, adaptive suspension, superior weight distribution, refined aerodynamics, refreshed interior and, last but not last, the choice of two six-speed transmissions. That is to say - a conventional manual one and, for the first time on a V12 Ferrari, Magneti Marelli's semi-automatic F1 system. A total of 2,056 new 575Ms passed through the gates of the Ferrari factory between 2002 and 2006.