An Example of the Testarossa Spider Ferrari Didn’t Want to Build Shows Up in Montreal

Well, for one thing, Maranello refused to satisfy customer’s requests of building an official open-air version of the Testarossa. This is how we ended up with third-party top-chopping jobs such as the one we have here.

This White incarnation of the Prancing Horse was recently spotted in Montreal, this is believed to be one of the only 25 Testarossa Spider examples around the world. The conversions were handled by specialised companies in Italy back in the 80s and even Pininfarina, who came up with the original design, took part in this.

The only problem is that the vehicle only comes with a removable hardtop, which means you can end up in situations such as the rug-infused one from this video.

As for the tech side of the machine, the engine is identical to the fixed roof mode, which means the Ferrari is motivated by a 4.9-liter flat-twelve delivering 390 hp (396 PS).

The story of the only official Testarossa Spider

The time has come to discuss the only example of the open-top Testarossa that received Ferrari’s blessing. The Italian carmaker commissioned Pininfarina to remove the top of the Testarossa, with the machine being envisioned as a birthday gift for the late Gianni Agnelli, who was leading Fiat at the time.

The vehicle was painted Silver, while the Ferrari logo on the hood ditched its usual form, being sculpted into solid silver. The silver pattern had to do with the Ag periodic table abbreviation of the precious metal, with this matching the first two letters of the Agnelli name.

Sure, Ferrari might have its reputation, but you can't defy the clientelle and expect nothing will happen. And here we are, talking about one of the unofficial conversions.