2014 Ferrari F60 America

The Ferrari F60 America marked sixty years of the marque’s presence in the United States with a separate open-body special series.

History and purpose

The Ferrari F60 America marked sixty years of the marque’s presence in the United States with a separate open-body special series. Ferrari’s later 812 GTS announcement explicitly states that ten F60 America cars were built for the 2014 celebration. This supports a completed, whole-model tally rather than a regional slice of a wider identical road-car programme. The company’s public filing places the F60 among its fuoriserie creations. Its importance lies in the decision to give a commemorative occasion a distinct physical design, turning an anniversary into a narrowly defined vehicle subject.

Design and engineering

The credited museum photograph shows the blue open car with a pale stripe running along its long bonnet. Bright wheel details and a prominent grille give the front a clear grand touring identity. Behind the windscreen, the exposed seats and rear fairings establish the open configuration. Blue and pale graphics help organise the body’s length, while the absence of a normal fixed cabin roof gives the car a different balance from a closed F12. The photo can be read as a study of how a front-V12 package is made visually lighter without losing its substantial engine-compartment proportions.

Identifying the original configuration

F60 America is a road-car name that must be separated from Ferrari’s F60 Formula 1 machine. The supplied photograph’s original file title and visible open front-V12 body match the anniversary road car. The ten-car total covers that complete body programme; it should not be recast as ten American deliveries of an otherwise worldwide identical production model. The F12 platform is named as the technical reference rather than used to transfer every donor specification unquestioned. This distinction is especially useful when searching an archive where racing cars, special commissions and road editions share short numerical names.

Collector context and preservation

A collector file can connect the F60 America’s original specification with the broader anniversary story, but the car should remain the central object. Period presentation material, body photographs and chassis records explain more than a commemorative badge alone. The open rear structure and its finish deserve detailed documentation because they contribute directly to the model’s identity. Comparison with the Superamerica and later roofless Ferrari V12s shows how different open-body solutions can be built around a front engine. The F60’s completed ten-car series adds rarity to that design story while leaving each individual car’s history distinct.

Reading the evidence for this profile

The original source links below identify the programme and the historical statements used in this article. The photograph has its own creator and licence record, separate from the manufacturer’s vehicle history. Keep both when transferring this profile into a collection catalogue. A manufacturing tally describes how many cars belong to a defined original programme; it does not measure how many survive, how many are publicly visible, or how many retain all their original components. Those individual questions require dated chassis and restoration evidence. The reference year likewise describes the programme’s introduction or named historic configuration, while the supplied caption states the photographed setting and any established individual identity. This lets future research expand the car’s history without blurring the scope of the record already assembled here.

Specifications and verified rarity

Frequently asked questions

What is the F60 America?

A distinct ten-car open Ferrari road series marking sixty years in the United States. It is separate from the F60 Formula 1 car.

What engine and transmission does it use?

F12-platform front-mounted naturally aspirated V12. F12 seven-speed dual-clutch platform. These entries describe the documented vehicle or explicitly named donor architecture. They should be read alongside the body and programme scope, rather than transferred to every Ferrari carrying a similar badge.

Why is 2014 the reference year?

The title follows the documented introduction, public presentation or custodial model-year record explained in the history section. An individual delivery can occur later. Original workbook titles remain identity aliases when research corrects their year.

How should an individual example be identified?

Start with its chassis record and original configuration, then compare dated photographs, factory or commission paperwork and the service history. Model-level specifications explain the design, while the individual file establishes the identity and condition of the particular car.

What rarity or archive scope is verified?

Complete original F60 America body programme: ten manufactured cars. A distinct series celebrating the United States relationship, not a ten-car allocation from a larger identical model.

Who took the supplied photograph?

Rahil Rupawala via Wikimedia Commons, under CC BY 2.0. The original file and licence links accompany the image. Retain that credit when the photograph is uploaded, exported or reused.

Related Ferrari profiles

• 2005 Ferrari 575 Superamerica
• 2014 Ferrari SP America

Sources and photo credits

• Original manufacturer, commission or custodial record
• Ferrari: documented platform architecture
• Ferrari original filing: fuoriserie programme

Photograph: Rahil Rupawala via Wikimedia Commons original file, CC BY 2.0. Source-provided photograph supplied without local cropping, retouching or text removal. A source thumbnail is used where available. Blue Ferrari F60 America photographed in a named Ferrari museum display; the open cabin and rear fairings distinguish the road-series body.