Ferrari Aurea arose up from the ground with the support of Ferrari engineers. The Aurea Project was born from the desire to place the F1 DNA on a normal car. With the teamwork of Ferrari’s Product Engineers, the project saw a good deal of modification to become a sports car heir to the 360 Modena.

From about 1968 to 1973 people’s most favorite street car in Ferrari’s line was the elegant, front-engined 365GTB/4 and -GTS/4, commonly known as the Daytona. The introduction of Lamborghini’s mid-engined Miura changed all that, putting an unusual pressure on a car that had been alone until then. So in 1974 Ferrari matched Lamborghini’s Miura with their own mid-engined car, the Pininfarina-designed 365GT4/BB only to find that the Miura had been replaced with the even more outrageous Countach.

The 575 M Maranello is the latest model created by Ferrari and is a successor to the 550 Maranello. It’s new number, 575, refers to its upgrade in engine capacity from 5500 to around 5750 cc, which has resulted in increased power and torque.

The letter “M” stands for “Modified,” showing the fact that every area of the model’s performance has been worked on. The most obvious change is the introduction of an F1 type gear change; the first time this has been used on a road going 12 cylinder Ferrari.