Although it has only half or a third the cylinders of other Ferrari racing cars, this four-banger is still expected ... rear axle that replaced the 500 Mondial's rear leaf springs and de Dion ...

racing history and, for the new owner, a shot at a glory all their own. One of only 13 made, this 1954 Ferrari Mondial Spider Series I wasn’t one of Ferrari’s fabled V12 models but an entirely ...

When most people pick up a crumbled heap of metal to hopefully transform it back to working condition, they also don't spend two million dollars just to get it in their garage. A Ferrari 500 ...

Franco Cortese, an Italian race car driver who helped Ferrari achieve its first racing victory, drove the Mondial at the Mille Miglia race in Italy in May 1954, according to RM Sotheby's.

But there was perhaps no sign of greater excess this past week than the purchase of the crashed and burned remnants of a 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider ... It spent time racing for a few years ...

Photo: RM Sotheby's In May 1954, he and Perruchini finished fourth in class and 14th overall at the Mille Miglia in this Ferrari 500 Mondial. Soon after the race, the car was rebodied by Scaglietti.

The next time somebody with a mouth of meal tries to tell you one’s backstory isn’t important, make sure to point them towards the auction result for this Ferrari. Despite its battered ...

The rustbucket shell of a classic Ferrari that crashed and burned in a race has sold for £1.5million. The 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider Series I by Pinin Farina is one of just 13 examples built.

A member of the famed Lampredi engine family, the Tipo 500 four-cylinder engine under the hood features all the hallmarks of a high-performance Ferrari ... car and Formula 2 racing, meaning ...