365 GT4 2+2, 1972 (Elite)
The 365 GT4 2+2 was styled by Leonardo Fioravanti of Pininfarina, the same man who had designed the Daytona, and there are a lot of similarities in the two designs. The 365 GTC/4 that the GT4 replaced was even more similar, but there was some downside to adding a back seat to a design that was clearly never meant to have one. The seats weren’t very big and the slope of the fastback roof meant that headroom was a sort of cruel joke.
The GT4 was built using the same chassis, but the wheelbase was stretched by 7.9 inches (and overall length by 10.3 inches) to allow more room for the back seat. The roof was redesigned as well, obviously for the sake of headroom. The resulting “three box” design was surprisingly understated, and opinions on it tend to be divided.
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