The Rare V8 Design That Only Ever Made It Into 2 Cars

True story: the Ferrari F355 ruined my mom’s VCR. When I was a teenager in 1998, I rewound a specific segment of Motor Trend TV so many times that the idler assembly in the old Magnavox turned into confetti. The scene in question involved the then-new Ferrari 355 F1, complete with a fascinating five-valve-per-cylinder V8 that revved to the moon. Competitors including the latest 911, Viper and Lotus Esprit were also on hand for this top-speed test.