Ferrari really isn’t known for four-cylinder engines; in fact, the company is so interminably linked to V8s and V12s that it spun off an entirely new brand when it wanted to market a cheaper, V6-powered model in the 1960s to preserve the egos of its brand loyalists – a problem today’s 296 GTB doesn’t seem to have. Nevertheless, the Prancing Horse has built a number of four-cylinders that were immensely successful in Formula 1, Formula 2, and sports car racing, among them a 1957 500 TRC crossing the auction block May 27–29. Although it has only half or a third the cylinders of other Ferrari racing cars, this four-banger is still expected to pull between $7 million and $9 million by the time bidding ends.
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