{"id":744,"date":"2025-06-17T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.statorgears.com\/?p=744"},"modified":"2025-06-18T14:56:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:56:05","slug":"you-can-buy-jeremy-clarksons-ferrari-f355-gts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.statorgears.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/you-can-buy-jeremy-clarksons-ferrari-f355-gts\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Buy Jeremy Clarkson’s Ferrari F355 GTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During his original stint on\u00a0Top Gear<\/em>, Jeremy Clarkson was smitten by the Ferrari F355. Who could blame him? It was a leap forward for Ferrari, and in time, enthusiasts have rightly deemed a classic. Clarkson bought this F355 GTS in 1996, but found Ferrari ownership wasn’t quite what it was cracked up to be. Now, though, you can try your hand at F355 ownership.<\/p>\n

RM Sotheby’s is auctioning Clarkson’s F355 GTS at its\u00a0Cliveden House 2025 event next month<\/a>. The car has just under 15,000 miles on its odometer, and importantly, it just got a recent major service. That’s huge because F355s are maintenance-intensive cars, and the only thing more expensive than servicing one is fixing one that\u00a0hasn’t\u00a0<\/em>been taken care of. RM Sotheby’s estimates a sale price of between\u00a0$245,000 to $300,000, which is very strong for an F355, but this one has provenance and a couple of rare options.<\/p>\n

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Clarkson owned the F355 for just four years, putting around 6,000 miles on its odometer. He featured the car in his\u00a0Sunday Times\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Top Gear\u00a0<\/em>magazine columns, and in a hilarious segment in his\u00a0Clarkson’s Car Years\u00a0<\/em>special. He admitted that he wished he hadn’t gone for the classic Rosso Corsa red, and for the open-top GTS model either, and that he couldn’t bear the shame of driving it around. As RM Sotheby’s notes, Clarkson gave away the car in a\u00a0Sunday Times\u00a0<\/em>giveaway in 2000.<\/p>\n

The contest winner kept it for a few years before selling it to the third owner. The current owner bought it in 2013, and apparently took excellent care of the car.<\/p>\n

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Beyond its famous first owner, this F355 is notable for being a manual-transmission targa, a pretty rare combination. Once Ferrari introduced the soft-top Spider in 1995, GTS sales plummeted. The arrival of the paddle-shift “F1” transmission in 1997 had a similar effect on the standard manual, too. Clarkson also ordered the car with cream and red sports seats, which you almost never see on F355s of any stripe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you’re an American reading this, you can import this car, as it’s well over 25 years old. Obviously, you’ll have to deal with it being right-hand drive, but that might not be such an issue for getting one of the most famous examples of a beloved Ferrari.<\/p>\n

Funnily enough, Clarkson never owned another Ferrari. His former\u00a0Top Gear <\/em>and\u00a0Grand Tour\u00a0<\/em>co-hosts have, though. Richard Hammond owned a 550 Maranello and the 308 GT4 from a\u00a0Top Gear\u00a0<\/em>cheap-car challenge, and James May owned a 308 GTB, a F430, and currently owns a 458 Speciale.<\/p>\n

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