It was from 1960 that Ferrari, a mainly competition car orientated manufacturer, became a significant producer of road cars. Such was the demand that by 1965 road car production exceeded one per day! In 1980, the Ferrari GT4 received a makeover and became the Mondial 8 with Pininfarina-designed and manufactured body with a longer wheelbase. This was actually the Modena manufacturer's first attempt at producing a 'world car' - for to meet increasingly green emission controls, the 3-litre V8 was fed by more efficient fuel injection. Meeting export market exhaust regs, however, resulted in a reduction in power and torque. To counter this, the engineers in the Maranello factory came up with a Quattrovalvoli (4-valves per cylinder) motor option for the Mondial from 1982. A cabriolet version was launched in 1983, the first rag-top Ferrari had offered their clients since the Daytona convertible.
