The Ferrari 166 S is a Berlinetta / Spider from Ferrari, built from 1948 to 1953, in a decade split by war, when civilian production stopped and restarted. Under the bonnet: 2.0 . Federico Formenti at Touring / Allemano drew it.
How it came about
The Ferrari 166 S is a sports car built by Ferrari between 1948 and 1953, as a evolution of its Colombo V12-powered 125 S racer. It was adapted into a sports car for the street in the form of the 166 Inter. Only 12 Ferrari 166 S were produced, nine of them with cycle-fenders as the Spyder Corsa.
It was soon followed by the updated and highly successful Ferrari 166 MM (Mille Miglia), of which 47 were made from 1948 to 1953. Its early victories in the Targa Florio and Mille Miglia and others in international competition made the manufacturer a serious competitor in the racing industry. Both were later replaced by the 2.3 L 195 S.
The hardware
Power comes from 2.0 . It weighs 800 kg. It shifts through 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 / 2200 mm (MM). These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Ferrari 159 S; its successor was the Ferrari 195 S. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Citroën 2CV, the Porsche 356, the Chevrolet Bel Air — show what else the money bought that year. Its Ferrari stablemates include the 250 GTE and the 328 GTS.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Ferrari 166 S — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.