The Ferrari 166 MM is the car on which Ferrari built its legend. This is chassis 0008M which finished seventh in the Targa Florio and fourth in the Mille Miglia in 1950 driven by Bracco and Maglioli. But who first called it a “barchetta”? Photo by Hugues Vanhoolandt
In Dino Brunori’s article about Le Mitiche a Bassano, Johnny Lurani was credited with first calling the Touring bodied 166 Ferrari a ‘barchetta.’
We were incorrect. But every cloud has its silver lining, however, and in this case it was an email from Karl Ludvigsen who wanted to set the record straight and has further allowed us to publish the below article, which came from his book,
“Ferrari – 60 Years of Technological Innovation.”
by Karl Ludvigsen