www.QV500.com - Ferrari 348 Part 3: 348 GT & GTS
 
Debuted at the Frankfurt Salon in October 1993, Ferrari's GT and GTS 348's were introduced to replace the outgoing tb and ts variants that had been around since 1989. After steadily losing ground to newer European and Japanese rivals, the second series 348's were launched with a number of enhancements, some of which had already been seen on the limited edition Serie Speciale and Ferrari's gorgeous Spider. The most obvious changes were body colour-coded sills that brought GT and GTS 348's into line with the Spider and 512 TR. However, many tb and ts cars have also now been colour-coded.
   
Another distinguishing feature of second series 348's were chromed Cavallino Rampante's mounted between the rear light clusters, this decorative item having always been finished in matt black on first series cars. More importantly, however, the GTB and GTS 348's brought with them improved Tipo F119 H engines that delivered 320bhp (twenty horses more than the outgoing berlinetta's and targa's) this gain coming thanks to a revised electronic management system. Production continued for less than a year, Ferrari's sublime F355 replacing both from spring 1994. Just 440 were completed, 222 of which were GTB's and the remaining 218 GTS's.