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Founding Era · 1956

290 MM

Engine
V12
Displacement
3.490 L
Power
320 hp
Gearbox / layout
5MT / FR
Weight
880 kg
Top speed
280 km/h

Profile & significance

3.49-liter Jano-influenced V12, approximately 320 hp, designed around Ferrari’s Mille Miglia program. Chassis 0626, constructed for Juan Manuel Fangio, finished fourth in the 1956 Mille Miglia and sold for $28.05 million in 2015; Ferrari itself commemorates the blue-and-yellow Fangio livery. No ordinary private-sale range exists; surviving top cars are $20–30+ million assets.

Talking points

  • 3.49-liter Jano-influenced V12, approximately 320 hp, designed around Ferrari’s Mille Miglia program.
  • Chassis 0626, constructed for Juan Manuel Fangio, finished fourth in the 1956 Mille Miglia and sold for $28.05 million in 2015; Ferrari itself commemorates the blue-and-yellow Fangio livery.
  • No ordinary private-sale range exists; surviving top cars are $20–30+ million assets.

Raw archive entry

290 MM 3.490L V12 ≈320 4/5MT / FR ≈880 ≈280 4