(11) 1950: Ferrari 195 Inter

The notoriety that came from the Giannino Marzotto / Marco Crosara victory in the 1950 Mille Miglia driving a 195 S led Ferrari to promote a less powerful version of the sports saloon in the classy grand touring market. So on 5 October at the Paris Motor Show, the Prancing Horse unveiled the 195 Inter. Built on a 2500 mm wheelbase rolling chassis by Carrozzeria Vignale, who had already created the 166 Inter, Giovanni Michelotti gave the new coupé clean and essential lines. Shown in an elegant black livery, the 195 Inter went on to diversify into a series of individual examples, some with dual-tone paintwork, built on request. In line with its use predominately as a tourer, the fuel feed to the car's 2341.02 cc V12 power unit was modified by the adoption of a single Weber 36DCF carburettor in place of the three fitted to the S version: that made power generation smoother and more progressive. Performance was also diminished to return a top speed of 180 km/ h. Carrozzeria Ghia unveiled its interpretation of a car on a 195 rolling chassis at the 1951 Geneva Motor Show. Their effort was shown in white at the Turin show and had with a generous radiator grill, underscored by a large chrome bumper bar. At the same show Touring, a long-time Maranello partner, displayed a dual-tone 195 Inter; but the Milan body stylist was showing signs of a creative crisis. It was unable to come up with anything really new and limited itself to going over the old stylistic ground already covered by the 166 sports saloons. In 1951, Salvatore Ammendola had Motto build a 195 S coupé, in which he came 15th overall in that year's Mille Miglia.