{"title":"Gaetano Derosa","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"ferrari-f40-book-gaetano-derosa-9788879118651","title":"Ferrari F40","description":"A must, an exaggerated Ferrari, a remarkably impressive car still today, more than 30 years on from its launch. The Ferrari F40 caused a sensation when it first saw the light of day in 1987 thanks to its uncompromising lines and a formidable mechanical specification, most of which left in plain sight and promising unrivalled performance. The car emanated immense appeal from every side. The last of the Prancing Horses GT cars approved by Enzo Ferrari is the protagonist of this book by Gaetano Derosa, a book that starts from a long way out, analysing the forebears of the F40: from the 250 LM of 1963 to the 308 Millechiodi of 1978, to the 288 GTO of 1984 and the GTO Evoluzione of 1986. The technical and stylistic evolution of the F40 is also recounted by the figures responsible for this thoroughbred Ferrari: from Leonardo Fioravanti, in his dual role as designer and at the time vice-chairman of the Maranello firm to Nicola Materazzi who defined the monstrous eight-cylinder engine that powered the car and through to Piero Ferrari himself one of the great supporters of the F40 Le Mans project. In the book, among other things, there is one of the latest interviews released by engineer Materazzi, who passed away shortly before the publication of the volume.The work concludes with an exhaustive chapter dedicated to the F40 in racing, from the GT and single-marque championships to the return to the Le Mans 24 Hours.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49742708015377,"sku":"NGR9788879118651","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/887911865X.jpg?v=1766138497"},{"product_id":"ferrari-288-gto-book-gaetano-derosa-9788879119375","title":"Ferrari 288 GTO","description":"While 1984 was hardly an easy year for the Maranello marque in Formula 1, the same could not be said for the production side of the business, with the compelling return of two of the most iconic and evocative names in the history of the Prancing Horse: Testarossa and GTO, Ferrari's new grand tourer, the latest evolution of the long-lived and glorious family of eight-cylinder cars, which appeared at the Geneva Motor Show that year. The 288 GTO to give the new model its full name was the legitimate offspring of the 308 GTB Speciale prototype prepared by Pininfarina in 1977, in other words, a pumped 308 with an even more muscular body and powered by a 2.8-litre V8 capable of producing around 400 hp for a top speed of just over 300 kph. Following the F40 and the Testarossa, another of the Prancing Horses supercars enters has been portrayed in a monograph that traces its technical and stylistic genesis with the collaboration of several of those responsible for the models creation.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49754463731985,"sku":"NGR9788879119375","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51065200181521,"sku":"NIN9788879119375","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/8879119370.jpg?v=1751129251"},{"product_id":"ferrari-testarossa-book-gaetano-derosa-9788879119221","title":"Ferrari Testarossa","description":"The Testarossa, one of the most “provocative” Ferraris of all time, caused a sensation from its “preview” at the Paris Lido in 1984. It boasted extreme styling, with a rear track significantly wider than the front and conspicuous air intake strakes on the flanks, while mechanically it sported a mighty V12 engine displacing almost five. The Supercars series could hardly fail to include a title devoted to this sensational car and recounting its technical and stylistic genesis.   The book covers both the Testarossa's “ancestors” – the 365 GTB\/4 'Daytona' and the 512 BB – and its “descendants” – the 512 TR and the F512 M, not to forget the Spider version commissioned by Avvocato Gianni Agnelli and the sensational Mythos, the prototype designed by Pininfarina in 1989 and based on the rolling chassis of this car. The book is completed by the road tests that featured the car in the magazine Quattroruote.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49932224397585,"sku":"NGR9788879119221","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/8879119222.jpg?v=1766138546"},{"product_id":"ferrari-308-208-328-book-gaetano-derosa-9788879119726","title":"Ferrari 308-208-328","description":"While it is true that the V12 engine has always been seen as the most iconic power unit for the road cars  not to mention to the racing models  that have left the factory in Maranello, it is equally true that in the mid-Seventies it was an eight-cylinder car that definitively projected Ferrari towards an industrial dimension.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51631132147985,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51631132311825,"sku":"NGR9788879119726","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53018320732433,"sku":"NIN9788879119726","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/8879119729.jpg?v=1769687076"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-gaetano-derosa.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}