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Written by Jason Barlow
There are no hard and fast rules on this, and much depends on when you were born and what shaped your world during your formative years. But TG.com isn"t exactly sticking its neck out here if we nominate the five years that straddle the fag end of the 1960s and early "70s as the greatest era in sports car racing. Quite simply, this was a time when the coolest drivers competed in the coolest cars, in an era for the sport when the big players rule-makers and manufacturers alike were really starting to get their shizzle together.Which brings us to this week"s entry, a car whose cool" is out of all proportion to its achievements on the track. Not that this matters. Ferrari"s 512 S has at least three vital things going for it. Firstly, it"s a Ferrari. Secondly, it looks exactly like a long-haul competition Ferrari that arrived in 1970 should look a semi-scientific, semi-improvised balance between beauty, function and madness. And, best of all, it was powered by a 5.0-litre V12, a screaming banshee of a thing that produced 550bhp at 8500rpm. Images copyright Ferrari SpA
Date written: 9 May 2016
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ID: 3349
There are no hard and fast rules on this, and much depends on when you were born and what shaped your world during your formative years. But TG.com isn"t exactly sticking its neck out here if we nominate the five years that straddle the fag end of the 1960s and early "70s as the greatest era in sports car racing. Quite simply, this was a time when the coolest drivers competed in the coolest cars, in an era for the sport when the big players rule-makers and manufacturers alike were really starting to get their shizzle together.Which brings us to this week"s entry, a car whose cool" is out of all proportion to its achievements on the track. Not that this matters. Ferrari"s 512 S has at least three vital things going for it. Firstly, it"s a Ferrari. Secondly, it looks exactly like a long-haul competition Ferrari that arrived in 1970 should look a semi-scientific, semi-improvised balance between beauty, function and madness. And, best of all, it was powered by a 5.0-litre V12, a screaming banshee of a thing that produced 550bhp at 8500rpm. Images copyright Ferrari SpA
Date written: 9 May 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3349
