Founding Era · 1948–1950

166 Inter

Engine

V12

Displacement

1.995 L

Power

90 hp

Gearbox / layout

5MT / FR

Weight

850 kg

Profile & significance

Ferrari’s first sustained road-going GT line used the Colombo 1,995-cc V12, normally in a softer ≈90–110-hp tune, tubular frame, five-speed transmission, independent front suspension and live rear axle. Touring, Ghia, Stabilimenti Farina and particularly Vignale supplied bodies, making “166 Inter” a chassis/mechanical family rather than one homogeneous shape. Roughly three dozen were produced. The importance is commercial: it begins the Ferrari pattern of selling refined GTs to finance racing. Current ordinary examples trade roughly in the high-six/low-seven-figure range, but unique coachwork changes values drastically. Authenticity, wood/aluminum body framing, corrosion, carburetion, cooling and matching-number evidence are the key ownership issues.

Talking points

Ferrari’s first sustained road-going GT line used the Colombo 1,995-cc V12, normally in a softer ≈90–110-hp tune, tubular frame, five-speed transmission, independent front suspension and live rear axle.
Touring, Ghia, Stabilimenti Farina and particularly Vignale supplied bodies, making “166 Inter” a chassis/mechanical family rather than one homogeneous shape.
Roughly three dozen were produced.
The importance is commercial: it begins the Ferrari pattern of selling refined GTs to finance racing.
Current ordinary examples trade roughly in the high-six/low-seven-figure range, but unique coachwork changes values drastically.
Authenticity, wood/aluminum body framing, corrosion, carburetion, cooling and matching-number evidence are the key ownership issues.

Raw archive entry

166 Inter 1.995L V12 ≈90–110 5MT / FR ≈850–