This era marked a pivotal point in automotive history, as the quest for the title of the world’s fastest car intensified ...

One such target was the Ferrari 365 GTS/4, aka the Daytona Spyder. With less than 100 Spyders produced in US form, Daytona coupes sometimes found their way into body shops and miraculously emerged ...

During the first two seasons of “Miami Vice,” it was not uncommon to see Crockett driving Tubbs in a black 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spyder, but there was one small problem — it wasn ...

"I'm getting emotional," said Ferrari designer Andrea Militello ... Spider's look references the 1969 365GTS/4, the famed Daytona Spider styled by Leonardo Fioravanti of Pininfarina.

Easy to forget now, but series production, front-engined Ferrari V12 drop tops endured a seriously long hiatus until quite recently. From Daytona Spider to 812 GTS there wasn’t a single one ...

That changed with the arrival of this, the 812 GTS, Ferrari's first series-production V12 convertible since the 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider. The bloodline continues too, with the 12 Cilindri Spider ...

The world beyond may have changed, but within the barriers of Fiorano, inside this gorgeous powder blue Ferrari Daytona, it’s 1972. Of course it is; the car is immaculate, its wood-rimmed Nardi ...