GT5 Transcripts/Ferrari 512BB '76

Ferrari launched its first mid-engine sports car, the 365 GT4 BB, at the Turin Motor Show in 1971 as an answer to Lamborghini's now legendary MiuraMisspelt as "Muira" in the game. model. The letters "BB" in the car's title stood for "Berlinetta Boxer", as a reference to the car's coupe body style and its horizontally-opposed "boxer" engine; the pistons of each cylinder bank were positioned exactly opposite each other on a flat plane.
The 365 GT4 BB started delivery in 1973, but was not so well-received in the supercar market. So, just three years later, Ferrari produced an evolved version of the car called the 512 BB.
The major change was an engine that was enlarged by 600 cc, giving it 5.0 liters in displacement (the name 512 refers to the engine, a 5.0-liter, 12-cylinder). It pumped out 355 HP, which was actually 20 HP less than the 365 GT4 BB's power plant, while torque was 28.9 lb-ft higher at 332.7 lb-ft.
The 512 BB featured a steel tube space frame; the body was composed of steel, aluminum, and reinforced fiberglass. The car's svelte shape was penned by both Pininfarina and Scaglietti. Ferrari claimed both the 365 and 512 had an official top speed of , a response to the top speed of the Lamborghini Countach.
There was a major supercar boom in Japan at the time, and popularity was split roughly 50/50 between the 512 BB and the Countach; making them fierce rivals in the Japanese market as well as the world stage.
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