UK Classic & Sports car presents Ultimate Buyer's Guide 1970s & '80s - Special Collectors' Edition - issue 35 May 2026

Just back from holiday leave and I find this article about the Ferrari 400 series in my inbox. 
Now available in the download folder.

For Sale : Ferrari 400i Automatic - August 1979

Apparently this one is the first 400 with injection engine delivered back in Augustus 1979. So adding it here just for the records. VINF101CL26653

https://www.classic-trader.com/de/autdomobile/inserat/ferrari/400/400-gt/1979/458462

Ferrari 400/412i (1976-1989) review and buying guide by Keith Adams

The article does not mention when it was published and I couldn´t find it on my blog either. It popped up on my radar today. So just for the records:

https://www.classiccarreviews.co.uk/review/ferrari/400-412i/saloon-1976-1989/

Book : Piero Ferrari - Mio Padra Enzo - 2+2 Automatic

This book got published in 2014. It's an interview story with Piero Ferrari about his father Enzo.

It's only available in the Italian language. In a small section they touchbase about Enzo's preferred Ferrari roadcar choice. According to Piero he loved to drive the 2+2's but to build and sell it were the GTs.

And also Piero states clearly it was Enzo who pushed for an automatic version.

See also these 2 blogposts regarding the automatic version used first for production on the 400 series:

https://erwin400.blogspot.com/2014/12/enzo-ferrari-dino-taggliazucchi-chic.html

https://erwin400.blogspot.com/2015/02/ferrari-automatic-transmission-part-ii.html

Translated scanned page via Google. Gro is translated wrong somehow, it's Gto. and GRs is clearly GTs as per original scan hereunder:

Original pages with the Italian content regarding Enzo's preferred choices according to Piero:

Ferrari Owners Club / 1984 85 Membership Directory

I was curious regarding the publication of this directory. So I bought it, it did contain the following 400 owners back then and their details. And it does mention the VIN of the car as well. 

The last one I did recognize, I had a blogpost about it:

https://erwin400.blogspot.com/2017/10/ferrari-400i-automatic-junichiro.html

The Monstrous V12 Sedan Enzo Ferrari Wanted Was Buried By Fiat’s Lackluster Accountants

https://www.hotcars.com/the-1980-v12-sedan-enzo-ferrari-wanted-but-fiats-accountants-buried/

Ferrari 400i phase 2 in Tirana

Spotted in the outskirts of Tirana (Albania) with the engine out. Adding it here just for the records. Curious to see if it will pop up later again.