275 GTB/4

275 GTB/4 (Tipo 226) records one precise Ferrari performance-car identity from 1966–1968. The 275 GTB/4 introduced a four-cam V12 to Ferrari’s series-production road cars while retaining independent suspension and rear-transaxle balance.

The mechanical centre is a naturally aspirated 3,286 cc 60-degree V12 identified as Tipo 226. The reviewed sources support 221 kW (300 PS). Four overhead camshafts, dry-sump lubrication and a torque-tube-connected rear transaxle developed the 275 road-car architecture. Figures from a neighbouring road, racing or later derivative are not substituted when they sound plausible.

Power reaches the rear wheels through a 5-speed manual transaxle. Engine position, firing order, induction, driveline placement and gearing all shape what a recorder can capture. A useful submission therefore identifies the exact car, operating state and recording chain rather than offering an anonymous V12 or four-cylinder clip whose badge cannot be verified.

In this published sequence it follows the 250 GTO (3.0) and precedes the 365 GTB/4 (Daytona). Those neighbours explain the direction of development, but neither is interchangeable with this exact mechanical identity. Ferrari repeatedly evolved its front-engine berlinettas through chassis, valve gear, displacement and competition purpose. Keeping those changes separate preserves both historical meaning and the usefulness of future sound comparisons.

The listening cues four-cam, front-engine V12, dry-sump, transaxle are orientation rather than evidence. A cold start may reveal cranking, carburetion or injection behaviour and settling idle; acceleration can capture induction, combustion and gear changes under load; a fly-by moves emphasis toward exhaust, tyres and the acoustic environment. Each view documents a different part of the same factory configuration.

This is the four-cam 275 GTB/4 berlinetta. It excludes two-cam 275 GTBs, Competizione and Speciale cars, NART Spiders, replicas and later 365 GTB/4s. Survivors may also carry replacement engines, exhausts, carburettor changes, revised gearing or period competition modifications.

This page consequently starts silent instead of borrowing a famous video or a weakly identified recording.

The documentary photograph follows the same rule. The image illustrates the model but does not prove the chassis, original mechanical state or specification of every surviving example.

Full enrichment means leaving uncertainty visible. Manufacturer material establishes the primary identity and technical baseline, while independent exact-model reporting supplies a check on production and configuration language. Claim dispositions keep those roles distinct, so later evidence can refine one statement without rewriting the entire passport or weakening the contribution trail. That structure also gives future contributors a clear indication of which assertion still needs stronger primary evidence.