A V12 for the long way home
A restrained Pininfarina coupé with room for four, a front-mounted V12 and a choice of manual or automatic transmission. The 400 introduced this chapter in 1976; fuel injection brought the 400i, and the enlarged-engined 412 carried it through to 1989.
Overview
The 400 arrived at the 1976 Paris Motor Show, developing the four-seat Pininfarina body first used by the 365 GT4 2+2. Its larger V12 and optional automatic gearbox addressed the requirements of an everyday grand tourer.
Fuel injection arrived with the 400i in 1979. The outline remained recognisable, but mechanical specifications evolved during production. Original documents and build details are more reliable guides than a badge or registration year alone.
The 412 followed in 1985 with an enlarged engine and further revisions, remaining in production until 1989. This family page keeps all three chapters together while preserving their transmission choices and model identities.
Reference
HICON BID
A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Ferrari 400 / 400i / 412 file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.
HICON Bids are a member instrument. Sign in to place one.
The vault
You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.
The variants
Body and powertrain specification define the car. Identify the version before comparing auction results.
1976–1979 · Series production
Carburettor V12 with five-speed manual gearbox.
Open as its own file →The family · cars built
Production figures refer to the stated version. Unresolved totals remain unquoted; no price premium is inferred from rarity alone.
The cars
Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.
00 documented · public records
No public examples of the Ferrari 400 GT on file yet — documented cars are being added to the registry.
The hands
The people whose work shaped the Ferrari 400 / 400i / 412.
Body design
Designed the production body, balancing the proportions of a Ferrari with the demands of its road-going brief.
