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FERRARI 328 GTS (1989) - EX-NIGEL MANSELL
Owned by a Gentleman, storing this amazing car by The Vault Europe.
Key facts (period-correct):
• Model year: 1989 (final year of production)
• Body: GTS (targa) by Pininfarina
• Engine: 3,185 cc V8, Bosch K-Jetronic, Marelli ignition
• Power: 199 kW (270 hp) @ 7,000 rpm
• Gearbox: 5-speed manual
• Top speed: 263 km/h
• Notable provenance: Delivered new to Nigel Mansell; later in Chris Evans collection.
Built in the final year of 328 production, this right-hand-drive GTS carries one of the model’s most compelling provenances.
Delivered new to Formula One legend Nigel Mansell while he was driving for Scuderia Ferrari, it bears a period plaque in the engine bay noting “owned and driven by Nigel Mansell whilst driving for Ferrari,”.
Later, it joined broadcaster Chris Evans’s celebrated Ferrari collection before being sold at Bonhams’ Goodwood Revival sale to the current owner and founder of The Vault Europe Ltd.
Provenance of this calibre - from Maranello to a World Champion and on to a noted collector - elevates an already significant model to a genuine conversation piece.
Introduced in 1985 as the final evolution of the 308 lineage, the 328 refined Leonardo Fioravanti’s Pininfarina design with cleaner surfaces and subtle aero detailing, while retaining the pure wedge silhouette and removable targa panel that define the era’s V8 Ferraris.
Under the engine cover sits the transversely mounted 3.2-litre V8 (Tipo F105), developing 199 kW (270 hp) at 7,000 rpm, driving through Ferrari’s signature open-gate five-speed manual. Period factory figures quote 263 km/h (163 mph) and a wonderfully mechanical, unfiltered driving experience.
The car you see here is a late-production 1989 example, benefitting from the model’s final-year updates and representing the closing chapter before the 348 arrived that autumn. In total, Ferrari built 7,412 328s (with GTS outnumbering GTB by roughly five to one), but only a handful enjoy credible F1-driver provenance - and fewer still present to this standard.
Beautifully presented in concours order, this 328 GTS distils everything enthusiasts prize about the series: timeless Pininfarina lines, the metallic snick of the dog-leg gate, and the rev-happy, naturally aspirated V8 that defined a generation.
Paired with its documented Mansell connection and period registration, it stands as a rare bridge between Ferrari’s road-car excellence and its Grand Prix heritage.