So when he forwarded an invite from Ferrari to drive a 308 GTB and a 365 GTB/4 Daytona around the fabled test track, he knew I’d snap it up. Plans were cancelled, the diary was cleared – I had ...

The Daytona was the fastest production car of its day, and not by a little but by a lot. Some tests put its top speed as high as 176mph and its 0-100mph time as low as 12.4sec. It had it all ...

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