Designed by Pininfarina to celebrate 50 years of collaboration with Ferrari, each model is individually signatured by the famous Italian designer. Only 448 Barchettas will be built, the last one coming off the line in August, less than a year after its unveiling, a record for getting a car designed and into production by Ferrari.

The 550 Barchetta Pininfarina has a traditional barchetta-style cut to the windscreen (around 100 mm lower than the 550 Maranello) with a body-coloured finish to the lower section of the A-pillar. Furthermore it reflects the past as a model aimed exclusively at open-air use, providing just a manual soft-top for emergency use. The 550 Barchetta Pininfarina is a modern recreation of special Ferrari models from the past. It has been intentionally designed to be provocative and more extreme than the rest of the company’s current range. As such only a limited number of cars will be produced in Maranello during 2001, each individually numbered and carrying a plaque inside with the car’s own serial number and Sergio Pininfarina’s signature.