Fortunately, Touring Superleggera decided against using a 911 for its latest project, and has gone down a more intriguing ...

Italian coachbuilder Touring Superleggera has given the Ferrari 550 Maranello a complete makeover. The coupe, which was built from 1996 to 2002, essentially returns to the new-car market as the ...

What Ratel and his investors really wanted, though, was a Ferrari towards the front of the grid, and the firm’s flagship of the time, the 550 Maranello, fitted the big GT car template perfectly.

Larger bonnet intake, reshaped front spoiler, xenon headlights and new five-spoke alloys – it took a real Ferrari fanatic to spot the visual changes when 550 Maranello morphed into 575M in 2002.