Ferrari Testa Rossa vs. Aston Martin DBR1, Official Simeone Automotive Museum Video
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- On September 26th, 2009, over 300 spectators were treated to a recreation of the 1958 endurance racing season with an Aston-Martin DBR1 and Ferrari TR250 "Testa Rossa" at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia.
Both of these cars are very special. The Ferrari is one of only 19 TR 250 "pontoon" fendered cars built. This car, #0710, was the very first "customer" car and was used at the press introduction and in the sales catalog. It was sold to John von Nuemann, the West Coast Ferrari distributor, and was raced at Sebring in 1958 by von Neumann and Ritchie Ginther. Later it was raced extensively on the West Coast by several drivers, including von Neumann's step daughter, Josie.
The Aston-Martin has an equally interesting history. It is serial number DBR1/3, one of four ever built. It won the 1958 Nurburgring 1000 km at the hands of Stirling Moss and Jack Brabham. Moss drove it at other races in the 1958-59 season and then it was sold to the Scottish racing team, Border Reivers. The car raced at Le Mans in both 1960 and 1961, driven by racing great Jim Clark.
Please enjoy this video and come visit the Simeone Museum in Philadelphia for one of our Demonstration Days. There are few, if any, other places in the world you can see cars like these run on a regular basis.
Two of (in my opinion) the most beautiful cars EVER built. Simply a treat to see they're being kept alive and DRIVEN.
Two of the most gorgeous cars ever made! The DBR1 is just incredible!
Both cars are classics and lookers, but for me the DBR1 has an edge on beauty.
Have just been at the museum. It is a MUST if you are into classic cars, i cant recommend it enough !! One of the mechanics gave me (and my girlfriend) a small guided tour on some of the car in the exhibition and in the workshop(Ferrari, Bizzarrini Auburn, Mercedes, Lancia, Triumph 250, Talbot, Bugatti type 35) . A-mazing, enthusiast to enthusiast. My greatest thanks to Dr. Simeone !! Greetings from denmark
It's something special.
Remarkable cars. I own an aston (MK III, '58), and have always felt that ferrari mostly had it all when it came to building the best sports cars, but this is one of the rare moments when a british car outdoes them in styling, engineering, and SOUND! The DBR1 is one of the few automobiles i dream to own, like a lambo muira, ford GT40, shelby mustang, bizzarini GT, ferrari GTO, facel vega II, E type jag series 1 or D type, and an aston martin DB MK III...so i guess one out of ten ain't so bad :)
I saw the 250 race at Laguna Seca in 1962. No other car on the track could match the insanely beautiful sound of that v-12 redlining in every gear. Every other ride on the track sounded like a motorboat or dump truck compared the melodious whine of the 250! Ignore this sickly putt around the parking lot. At full race you could watch this car with your eyes closed and not miss anything important. The exhaust pipes did a full narration!
If I had had a choice of getting one of the two, I have no idea which one I would choose. I love the style of the 250 TR but the sound of the aston is maybe the best i've ever heard. That aston is AMAZING.
Beauty and speed in a fantastic combination.
Nice video at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum! I also posted one you might like: ua-cam.com/video/aV0MXEqt10k/v-deo.html -Joseph
That sure is some BIG DOLLARS running around there!
that dbr1 is gorgeous
Its sad that people today will never see these beautiful cars in their true state. Flying at top speed in places like Le Mans or Nurburgring. Cars today don't have that true beauty or amazing lines of the body. Not to metion that classic smell of leather and gas through multiple carburetors. I was born in the worng end of this century. Most of us missed the golden years of cars and racing of these amazing machines with character and soul. If you lived in that era i envy you.
1959 Testarossa is just the most beautiful car ever made.
Agree Completely. That for race cars. Miura for Cars. Those fenders are just.... Ahhhh.
I know, that as a car nut, I'm contractually obliged to adore the Ferrari V12 sound, and I do... But that straight six in the Aston... It just piques it, for me.
Simeone appears to be having a great time! I've only seen the pre-war cars run there - like WW1. The Stutz and Bentlys are great to see, but these late 50's cars are FAST. Taruffi complained that he had too much wheelspin in the Ferrari at 125mph. Tires have come a long way since then.
Add a Jaguar D-Type and you have the sexiest trio of race cars ever made.
Give me that DBR1!
Oh! The sound! what a sound?
Gorgeous cars both of them!
@gumby1008 That is the beauty of these kinds of cars. They aren't supposed to smell like roses in comparo to today's exotics.
@gumby1008 I believe you can chuck whatever motor into any replica, it's your car. sure it's not gonna make Ferrari music but it will be just as fast and look just as good.
Yep, I would take the DBR1 over that TR250. Looks like the Ferrari had more body roll due to its higher ride height than the Aston.
God these cars sound fantastic.
I would take either car, both are amazing and priceless works of art. Well maybe not priceless lol Just a LOT of money.
I thought the DBR1 was 1 of 5 built, wasn't there a DBR1/5?
- DT
The Aston information is not quite correct. There were Five DBR1s built, not Four, and all of them remain in existence. Numbers; 1, 2, 4 and 5 are still actively campaigned at major events in the UK, particularly Goodwood and Silverstone Classic. DBR1/2 won Le Mans outright in 1959 (Salvadori/Shelby) and the year culminated with Aston Martin beating Ferrari and Porsche to win the Sportscar World Championship. This car, DBR1/3, also led the 1959 Le Mans race, driven by the great Sir Stirling Moss
Wonderful Demo, vintage cars need regular exercise too otherwise automobile museums will become mortuary for cars.
Deux superbes voitures. Merci pour cette vidéo !
@gumby1008 No satnav, cd player, usb-ipod intergration, cassette player, ac, no modern anything makes cars like these pure and genuine. The era that the auto companies focused on driving and cared not for creature comforts. The 250 TR shown is a reproduction as they can't afford the $12.5 Mil to buy one!
@him89 that would sound terrible, if you ever get close to these sorts of cars you will realise what i mean, its both the choppy sound and the smell. You are only permitted to chuck a crate motor in a gt40 replica, cobra replica or something similar.
@saxyman22 Do you know how valuable these cars are? They are not toys, they are historic machines.
Music to my ears!
Beautiful cars!! Nice video!!
Also these are two car's I would love to see replicas of.
@irideayz125aye Yep I agree the DBR1 is definitely the better looking car,
actually they would both look better with some wide rubber.
sorry, but that's chassis #710. the first 250TR customer car. Richie Ginther raced her for awhile in the U.S.. She's real and she's spectacular...
@d14d good someone who understands, when you have smelt a rare old car it just wouldn't seem right any different
this is one of those rare cases that Ferrari actually loses in the noise department, gimme the aston
ofcourse the beautiful FERRARI 250 TR.....
Bien plus belles que tout ce que l'on fait actuellement !
porsche spyder 550 looks very similair to these cars too
Too fast for the road!~
This car is so baddass it was raced by a late friend of mine Josie von Neumann, mentioned here (an early female race car driver) Her family's business sold James Dean his infamous Spyder, they warned him about it's speed.
***** I know huh XD!! I love speed, I mean literally, speed like as in lightning I would have been no different. Pedal to the metal.
I have a photo of (it?) at Santa Barbara SCCA road races, taken Memorial Day Weekend 1964. I raced there with the AFM, motorcycle racers. SCCA would race morning and afternoon, and we would race in between maybe around noontime.
os 2 são incríveis mas tenho um leve opinião que o Aston é mais estável por ser mais baixo, mais a visão da frente tem que ter um cuidado redobrado por ter um capô muito grande e alto, a Testarrossa já é o contrário tem uma visão melhor na frente por ter um assento e suspensão mais alto mas parece que perde um pouco mais na traseira..... by brazilian....
I like the aston a lot more.
@gumby1008 I wouldn't even bother getting an engine made for a replica, I'd just go for a crate motor.
Those beauties are itching for an open road.
Dying while driving one of these would be the best way to die, but also the worst, since you would destroy one of the most beautiful things in the world.
Driving it in a parking lot! That like putting a thourghbred on a leash for kiddie rides
That ferrari is most likely worth more than I will ever make
That DBR1 sounds so much better, the Ferrari pops and farts in comparison.....
me too !!!!
Pontoons. To cool the brakes, which Ferrari were having trouble with at the time.
os carros de antes tinha d.n.a do seu pais ...by brazilian
I have and I did...
@him89 if you make a replica you get rid of that smell and sound, you would need to get a engine made badly
I think I'd do more than that.
omg, i believe u
I'm pretty sure that Ferrari doesn't run with all cylinders...listen, it rattles!
*last century
Come on ! That car winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans shouls be driven for long drive and not like a toy on show for riches people !
La Ferrari mi piace molto, ma La Aston Martin non mi piace