{"id":241590,"date":"2025-07-24T16:42:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/?p=241590"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:43:36","slug":"1956-ferrari-250-europa-gt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/1956-ferrari-250-europa-gt\/","title":{"rendered":"1956 Ferrari 250 Europa GT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"500\" data-end=\"661\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">The very last Ferrari 250 Europa GT, produced in 1956, encapsulates all the improvements made throughout its lineage. It is powered by the legendary 2,953\u202fcc Colombo V12 engine producing 220 horsepower, a shorter-wheelbase chassis, redesigned suspension, and four\u2011wheel Alfin hydraulic drum brakes.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Its sleek coachwork by Pinin Farina debuted at the 1956 Brussels Motor Show and shortly thereafter competed at Spa\u2011Francorchamps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"783\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">The car underwent a meticulous restoration by top Ferrari specialists, retaining its matching\u2011numbers engine and body, and received Ferrari Classiche certification<\/span>. <span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">This authenticity renders it eligible for elite international concours, rally, and vintage driving events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"785\" data-end=\"1021\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">The Europa GT series, produced from 1954 to 1956, marked Ferrari\u2019s first true Gran Turismo model and paved the way for the famed 250 GT lineage<\/span>. With fewer than 40 units built\u2014all bodied by Pinin Farina\u2014this example stands as an outstanding representation of the first generation of these iconic GTs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"785\" data-end=\"1021\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241587 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Final-1956-Ferrari-250-Europa-00002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Final-1956-Ferrari-250-Europa-00002.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Final-1956-Ferrari-250-Europa-00002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The-Final-1956-Ferrari-250-Europa-00002-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241583 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KENTRIKH-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KENTRIKH-22.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KENTRIKH-22-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/KENTRIKH-22-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-241581 img-responsive img-center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1956-ferrari-250-europa-gt-1-thumb-960xauto-184261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1956-ferrari-250-europa-gt-1-thumb-960xauto-184261.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1956-ferrari-250-europa-gt-1-thumb-960xauto-184261-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1956-ferrari-250-europa-gt-1-thumb-960xauto-184261-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"785\" data-end=\"1021\"><em><strong>Photos Courtesy of Bonhams<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The very last Ferrari 250 Europa GT, produced in 1956, encapsulates all the improvements made throughout its lineage. It is powered by the legendary 2,953\u202fcc Colombo V12 engine producing 220 horsepower, a shorter-wheelbase chassis, redesigned suspension, and four\u2011wheel Alfin hydraulic drum brakes.\u00a0Its sleek coachwork by Pinin Farina debuted at the 1956 Brussels Motor Show and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":241585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18501,18503,18513,18542,18563],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-sins-en","category-cars-en","category-about-men-en","category-style-en","category-women-we-love-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241590"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241802,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241590\/revisions\/241802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}