Ferrari does not build many cars like the Ferrari 125 S with 1.5 , built from 1947 in a decade split by war, when civilian production stopped and restarted. Its designer of record is Gioacchino Colombo.
The story
The Ferrari 125 S (commonly 125 or 125 Sport) is a 1.5 litre sports car built in 1947 by automaker Ferrari in Modena, Italy. It was the company's first vehicle, of which only two were made.
Although preceded by Enzo Ferrari's Auto Avio Costruzioni 815 of 1940, the 125 S was the first vehicle to bear the Ferrari name when it debuted on 11 May 1947 at the Piacenza racing circuit. Like the 815, but unlike its inline-8 predecessor, partly developed from Fiat engine components, the 125 S featured a Ferrari designed and built engine; the Colombo V12 (the "125"), a trait it shared with most Ferrari cars of the following decades. The 125 S was replaced by the 159 S later in 1947.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 1.5 . Kerb weight is 650 kg. The gearbox is a 5-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2420 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in Ferrari's history is not in doubt: the Auto Avio Costruzioni 815 came before it; the Ferrari 159 S followed it; it was built at Ferrari Maranello. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Porsche 356, the Citroën 2CV, the Chevrolet Bel Air. Nearby in the Ferrari catalogue sit the 250 GTE and the 328 GTS.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Ferrari 125 S has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.