Introduced in 1962 at the Paris Auto Show, the new 250 GT/L—"L" for
Lusso, Luxury—was designed by Pininfarina with construction to be
executed by Scaglietti. Many consider it to be a landmark design, and
it has often been named one of the most beautiful cars ever built—no
small feat when considering the decades-long tradition of stunning
Pininfarina creations, both before and after the Lusso. A precursor to
the 330 GTC, it was Ferrari's top of the line production street car
but, unlike the SWB Berlinetta or the California Spyder, was not
conceived by the factory as a dual-purpose road/race car.
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