August 6, 2002

Story and photos by Marcel Massini

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Switzerland, with only 7 million citizens, is a small country, but nevertheless, many Ferraris can be found here. There are several major Swiss Ferrari collections but the average Swiss Ferrari owner has one or two products from Maranello in his garage. Apart from two large Swiss Ferrari Clubs, there is also a Dino Owner’s Club, plus a number of smaller groups, both in the French and in the German speaking parts of the country. Additionally, many of the ten official Ferrari dealers organise their own meetings for customers. Since motor racing is still almost completely banned in Switzerland (after the Le Mans disaster in 1955) some of the Ferrari agents invite their clients to race tracks in Italy, Germany or other neighbouring countries. A few years ago, the official Ferrari / Maserati dealer for the canton of Berne, Garage Nemeth, began a Ferrari meeting in the beautiful historic village of Aarberg, 15 miles west of Berne. This year, the Nemeth meeting took place on Sunday, 4 August 2002.

Unfortunately the one-day Ferrari show was marred by constant heavy rain or rather a deluge. Weather was the key factor all day and there was rarely an hour with clear skies. No doubt this was the reason for the smaller crowd as compared to previous years. But the weather didn’t stop hundreds of hardy fans and enthusiasts who made their way to the historic village with its beautiful old houses and the intact city center. Only Ferraris were allowed to park on the cobble-stoned area in front of the historic, Bernese character buildings.

One hundred and eleven Ferraris were observed throughout the day. Naturally there were many newer ones but surprisingly a few old ones also showed up in Aarberg. An unrestored red 250 GT Coupé Pinin Farina was the oldest car at the meeting. With their sexy and sensuous lines, two red Dino 246 GTs caught the attention of many people. A well-known Ferrari at Swiss meetings is the shortnosed 275 GTB with S/N 06949. It has belonged to the same industrialist for many years. This car was also shown at the Castle Schwetzingen Concours d'Elégance in 2001. Painted in an unusual non-metallic dark grey, a 365 GT 2+2 was also among the older Ferraris. These cars are sometimes nicknamed "Queen Mary" because they are quite huge. A black 330 GTC and a very nicely maintained dark blue 365 GTC completed the picture. But the author also observed a red Daytona Berlinetta, three Berlinetta Boxers and a rare fiberglass-bodied 308 GTB at the event.

Chassis numbers of the current Ferrari production are now in the 129XXX range and one brand new 575 F1 Maranello with such a high serial number appeared at the Aarberg event. Due to the heavy rain, the owner of an F40 decided to leave the meeting quite early. Of note was also a 348 Challenge which had a huge rear wing. It was parked close to a 308 GTB whose owner had decided to modify the body of his car along the lines of a 288 GTO.

Despite the poor weather, everyone was in fine spirits and there was plenty of time to meet friends and talk Ferrari. Organiser Nemeth and his enthusiastic crew will certainly produce another big Ferrari meeting in the charming city of Aarberg in August 2003. Let's just hope that there will be less rain next year.

TYPE	VIN	PLATES	OWNER	EXT COLOR	INTERIOR
250 GT Coupé Pinin Far.		BE 3059		Red	Tan
246 Dino GT		BE 1423-U	Kurt Egli	Red	Black
246 Dino GT	3306	BE 71118	Peter Gerber	Red	Black
275 GTB shortnose	6949	AG 41	Hans Notter	Red	Black
365 GT 2+2		BL 17140	Gerd Tschopp	Darkgrey	Black
330 GTC	(?) 11079	ZH 32083-U	Alfred Meier	Black	Black
365 GTC	12737	AG 110230	Adrian Michel	Darkblue	Tan
308 Dino GT4	14062	AG 128412	Mario Pulice	Silvergreymet	Black
308 Dino GT4	14670	BE 267666	Carole Gasser	Red	Tan
365 GTB/4 Daytona	15751	LU 91940-U	Othmar Bossart	Red	Black
308 GTB Vetroresina	19503	ZH 308302		Red	Tan
512 BB	21667	BE 288796	Hans Künzler	Silver-Black	Red
308 GTS	23629	ZG 68328		Darkblue	Tan
308 GTS	27003	SZ 20459		Red	Black
400 Automatic	27075	BE 24316	Kurt Holzner	Silvergreymet	Black
328 GTB	32043	AG 3522	Jakob Omlin	Red	Black
512 BB	32683	SO 1317	Ferdinand Krauchthaler	Red	Black
308 GTBi		KA-LM 7 (D)		Red	Black
308 GTBi	ZFFHA01B000036243	SO 87831	Erich Hirschi	Red	Black
Mondial 8	ZFFHD08B000039819	SO 91187	Hugo Flückiger	Darkred	Tan
308 GTS Quattrovalvole	43719	SO 12221		Red	Black
512 BB	ZFFJA09B000044669	BE 59373	Theo Nydegger	Red	Tan
308 GTB (288 GTO REPL)	ZFFLA12S000045119	ZH 136933	Oronzo Cocciolo	Red	Tan
308 GTB Quattrovalvole	ZFFLA12S000056449	BE 310351	Günter Sievers	Red	White
Mondial Quattrovalvole	ZFFLD14S000058123	BE 1264-U	Chulli Central-Garage	Red	Tan
Mondial Quattrovalvole	ZFFLD14S000059109	SO 361-U	Erich Hirschi	Red	Tan
Testarossa	ZFFTA17S000059629	BE 80408		Red	Tan
328 GTS	ZFFWA20S000063919	AG 9728-U	Franco Vecchio	Red	Black
328 GTB	ZFFWA19S000064149	BE 109328		Red	Tan
328 GTB	ZFFWA19S000064791	AG 251444	Martin Zimmermann	Red	Black
Mondial 3.2	ZFFWD21S000064863	BE 1959-U	Hadorn	Red	Tan
Testarossa	ZFFTA17S000064983	BE 1710		Red	Tan
328 GTS	ZFFWA20S000065481	VS 37591	Adrienne Oreiller	Red	Tan
328 GTS	ZFFWA20B000065991	BE 76260	Peter Künzler	Red	White
512 TR	ZFFTA17S000066069	BE 3790		Red	Tan
412	ZFFDD25S000070649	FR 76402	Nicolas Delabays	Black	Black
328 GTS	ZFFCA20S000072449	AG 348121		Red	Tan
328 GTS	ZFFCA20S000074183	LU 91920-U	Othmar Bossart	Red	Tan
Mondial 3.2	ZFFCD21S000076193	AG 244855		Red	Tan
Mondial 3.2	ZFFCD21S000076503	BE 45916	Peter Staudenmann	Red	Tan
Testarossa	ZFFSA17S000076507	SO 504-U	Guido Elsener	Red	Tan
Testarossa	ZFFSA17S000076523	BE 263331	Adrian Von Lerber	Black	Red
Mondial 3.2	ZFFCD21S000076636	BE 465131	Fabio Herzig	Darkblue	Tan
328 GTS	ZFFXA20A7J0077354	BE 3737	Friedrich Dubach	Red	Tan
Testarossa	ZFFSA17S000077657	AG 39603		Red	Tan
328 GTB	ZFFCA19S000079557	BS 460660		Red	Tan
Testarossa	ZFFSA17S000080114	BE 10-U	Rolf Grünig	Red	Tan
328 GTB	ZFFCA19S000080118	BE 30528	Eduard Bürki	Red	Black
Mondial 3.2	ZFFCD21S000080381	SO 15465		Red	Tan
328 GTS	ZFFCA20S000080503	FR 12358	Reto Voegeli	Red	Tan
Testarossa	ZFFSA17S000081858	AG 79779	Josef Rebsamen	Red	White
348 Challenge	ZFFFA35S000085913	BE 1823-U		Red	Red
Testarossa	ZFFSA17S000086898	BE 29731	Jürg Hirschi	Red	Tan
348 TB	ZFFFA35S000087417	FR 17100		Red	Tan
F40 (Assembly #05089)	ZFFGJ34B000087628	LU 91910-U	Othmar Bossart	Red	Red
348 TB	ZFFFA35S000091961	BE 80603	Peter Grossniklaus	Yellow	Black
512 TR	ZFFLA40S000094446	AG 201541	Guy Scheiwiller	Red	Tan
348 TS	ZFFFA36S000094955	TG 57630	Heinz Mühlemann	Yellow	Black
512 TR	ZFFLA40S000095594	BE 107620	Fritz Loretan	Red	Tan
348 GTS	ZFFFA36S000095854	VD 213590		Red	Tan
512 TR	ZFFLA40S000096239	BE 15808	Antonio Muscolino	Red	Tan
348 TB	ZFFFA35S000096543	BE 20699		Red	Brown
348 TS	ZFFFA36S000097020	BL 38991	Greti Wisler	Red	White
348 TS	ZFFFA36S000097025	BE 1345-U	Daniel Rebmann AG	Red	Tan
Mondial	ZFFFD32S000097166	BE 5725	Stefan-Philipp Sartori	Black	Black
Mondial Cabriolet	ZFFFC33S000097421	BE 2970	Madeleine Gempeler	Red	Black
348 Spider	ZFFUA43S000097569	ZH 8676	Alfaring AG	Red	Black
512 TR	ZFFLA40S000097902	FL 16724		Red	Tan
512 TR	ZFFLA40S000098260	VD 249706		Red	Black
348 GTS	ZFFUA36S000099094	AG 52171		Red	Tan
F355 Berlinetta	ZFFPA41S000100845	ZH 31320-U	Brunello Jacoviello	Red	Black
F355 Berlinetta	ZFFPA41S000101210	BE 413108	Patricia De Cola	Red	Tan
456 GT	ZFFSP44S000102512	BE 4624-U		Silvergreymet	Tan
F355 Berlinetta	ZFFPR41S000102734	BE 4650-U	Nemeth Automobile	Red	Black-red
F355 GTB	ZFFXR41B000105628	BE 69038		Red	Tan
F355 GTS	ZFFXR42B000105733	BE 600060		Red	Tan
F355 GTS	ZFFXR42B000106079	BS 334-U		Red	Tan
F355 GTB	ZFFXR41B000106882	ZH 17888		Red	Black
F355 Spider	ZFFXR48B000109509	ZG 12099	Staub	Yellow	Black
F355 Spider	ZFFXR48B000110223	ZH 422899	Maja Bettoni	Red	Black
550 Maranello	ZFFZR49B000110241	ZH 372456	Autokühler AG	Grigio Titanio	Red
F355 F1 GTS	ZFFXR41B000111911	BE 62627	Beat Vögeli	Red	Black
F355 GTS	ZFFXR42B000112322	ZH 701662		Yellow	Black
F355 F1 Berlinetta	ZFFXR41B000112513	FR 45962	Hans Etter	Red	Black
F355 F1 Berlinetta	ZFFXR41B000113740	BE 700500		Yellow	Black
550 Maranello	ZFFZR49B000114071	AG 6676	Wiederkehr AG	Red	Tan
F355 F1 Spider	ZFFXR48B000116482	ZH 67934	Alfred Spillmann	Red	Tan
F355 Spider	ZFFXR48B999116777	BE 383-U	Auto-Center Uettligen	Red	Tan
360 Modena	ZFFYR51B000118152	NW 178	Toni Businger	Yellow	Black
360 Modena	ZFFYR51B000118740	TI 15755	Carrozzeria Touring SA	Red	Black
550 Maranello	ZFFZR49B000119785	BE 100166		Red	Tan
550 Maranello	ZFFZR49B000121376	ZG 1-U	Pierre Sudan	Blu Pozzi	Tan
360 Modena F1	ZFFYR51B000122265	BL 158651		Yellow	Black
360 Modena F1	ZFFYR51B000122628	BL 158515		Red	Black
360 F1 Modena	ZFFYR51B000123710	ZH 46058		Red	Black
360 F1 Spider	ZFFYT53B000123803	BL 3112		Red	Tan
360 Modena	ZFFYR51B000125247	BE 7872	Patrick Emmenegger	Silvergreymet	Black
360 Spider	ZFFYT53B000125596	SO 44526	Karl Hartmann	Red	Black
360 Modena	ZFFYR51B000125738	ZH 179043	Franz Frey	Darkblue	White
360 Modena	ZFFYR51B000125747	TG 75055	Dauti Agim	Silverbluemet	Black
360 Spider	ZFFYT53B000127284	SO 5662	Möbel Thomi AG	Red	Black
360 Modena	ZFFYR51B000127318	BE 68833		Steelbluemet	Tan
360 F1 Modena	ZFFYR51B000127788	AG 176799	Roberto Caccia	Red	Black
575 F1 Maranello	ZFFBT55B000127865	SO 2577		Red	Tan
360 F1 Spider	ZFFYT53B000128150	BE 110078	Rolf Marti	Red	Black
360 F1 Spider	ZFFYT53B000128425	BE 6558	Peter Rufener	Red	Black
360 Modena	ZFFYR51B000128723	BE 62226	Hans-Rudolf Beyeler	Silvergreymet	Darkblue
575 F1 Maranello	ZFFBT55B000129063	BE 8591		Red	Tan