It’s possibly the most unorthodox head-to-head any of us could think of. In the red corner, we have the Ferrari 348 ts, featuring a removable roof panel. A model that, with its ultra-low-profile nose and Testarossa-like side strakes, is among the most distinctive, if perhaps not the prettiest, Prancing Horses of the early 1990s. It was the final, V8-powered road car developed during Enzo Ferrari’s lifetime, and it packed a sonorous wail from the powerplant. One might even argue, given its analog styling and the more structurally rigid longitudinal rather than traverse engine layout, that the 348 bridged the gap from Ferrari’s classic era to Maranello’s more modern, technically astute approach to sports car development we know today.
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