Born in 1947, the Ferrari V12 is one of the all-time great engines. The core architecture of the first generation — called the Colombo, after Italian engineer Gioacchino Colombo — wasn't fully ...

The Ferrari 250 GTO could be the ultimate collectible with auction prices at the high end of the spectrum. But why is it such ...

Either way, that's a pretty low displacement for a 12-cylinder engine. The Ferrari Colombo V12 is arguably the most famous small-displacement engine on this list. Ferrari eventually built larger ...

The 250 GTO racing car and 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso made cool by The King of Cool are two models that feature the Colombo 250 engine. Oh, and by the way, the most expensive Ferrari ever is 250 GTO ...

correctly identifies the Ferrari engine as a V12. Ferrari's original Colombo V12, designed by Gioacchino Colombo, debuted in 1947 in the 125 S with a total displacement of 1.5 liters, the smallest ...

RM currently estimates that the engine dyno will cross the block between $125,000 and $175,000. Considering Ferrari’s cheapest model currently retails for around $225,000, getting a Colombo in ...

It takes quite a thing to outshine the Ferrari 250 GT SWB, and that thing is the Colombo V-12 stationed under its long hood. This engine’s importance to Ferrari is difficult to overstate ...

Engine block coffee tables are one ... It didn’t look like any Ferrari V12 I’ve seen, with the Colombo V12 being the closest match in vintage. Most Colombo’s have downdraft carburetors ...

Designed by Aurelio Lampredi in the early 1950s, the Lampredi engine family went ... and following the Big America V12, Ferrari then shifted its focus on the Colombo V12 and subsequent flat ...

Eighty years ago, Il Commendatore and Gioacchino Colombo conceived the first Ferrari V-12 engine and in 1947 put the 125 Spyder Corsa on the road. Today, the 2025 12Cilindri Spider harks back to ...