The magnanimous Dr Ross had earlier also sent Sharma to Maranello in Italy for training.Īnother better known ‘Dr Ross Ferrari’ was the spectacular shark-nosed 275GTB that was later bought by another Italian in Mumbai, the late Dr Cesare Rossi, in a single-car auction through the State Trading Corporation (STC). And while Dr Ross was nice enough to show us the car and quite amazed that someone actually recognised it, he eventually had to shoo us away as we continued to gawk at it for hours”.ĭr Ross also gifted another of his Ferraris, the wedge-shaped 365 GTB/4 (better known as the 400i) to its caretaker, workshop owner J K Sharma. “We followed it in my Fiat like enthusiastic children following the pied piper. Singh remembers being stunned seeing the smashing-looking Ferrari outside its natural urban habitat. And Dr Ross really drove the car too - from Delhi to Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh for a bison hunt no less!į355 Spyder is among the most desirable cars in India. In comparison, most cars sold in India at the time struggled to make 35! With power steering and self-levelling rear dampers, the GTC was the equivalent of a four-seater McLaren F1 today. A genuine 150mph (240kph) rocket sled, the large displacement 12-cylinder engine pumped out an amazing 320hp. Not to be confused with the famous wedge-shaped Daytona or a couple of others also designated 365, the big coupe actually shared much of the famous supercar’s running gear. The first of the Ferraris was the extremely alluring Ferrari 365 GTC, among the first true 2+2 Ferraris designed for the sporting gentleman. Obviously an enthusiast as well as extremely wealthy, Dr Ross imported a number of sports car exotica, Ferraris and Alfa Romeos included. While little is known about the import of the red cars from Maranello during the early years, vintage and classic car expert Manvendra Singh tells us that the first documented Ferraris in India belonged to a very high ranking Italian diplomat stationed in Delhi. While patronage of the aforementioned marques was common during the ‘Raj’, with royalty and the gentry making liberal use of their substantial coffers, Ferraris came into India only after 1947. Unlike Rolls-Royce and Bentley, the Ferrari boom never happened. Easy - that’s one is a billion! So it’s no surprise then that the members of Club Ferrari India can be counted on your fingers, almost. And what happens if something goes wrong? You pray, import a mechanic, or try and find the only qualified Ferrari technician in India. India’s pathetic pothole and crater-infested roads are exactly what low-slung sports cars don’t need, to say nothing of the choking traffic.įeed your Ferrari our low octane swill and it will retch and buck as violently as a vintage wine-consuming member of the aristocracy gulping country brew. For starters, there’s the Indian customs and the formidable homologation regulations.Īpply logic to your passion and things get even worse.
Think about driving and/or owning a Ferrari in India and the complexities multiply rapidly. Highly exclusive, extra-ordinarily com-plex machines even by lofty first world standards, their limited production and stratospheric costs make every single Ferrari sold extra special. IPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad iPad, iPad Mini 2, iPad Mini 3, iPad Mini 4, 9.God’s green earth isn’t exactly scattered with Ferraris.
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