Production numbers

Production numbers

The Testarossas were made at three different locations: the bodies (of aluminum and zincrox) and chassis were built by ITCA in Turin; Pininfarina painted and trimmed them; and at Maranello all the major mechanical parts were made and assembled to complete the cars.

Total production per year :

Year	Number	USA Model Year serialnumbers
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991	110 568 819 1008 1072 1126 1308 1166	(not used as USA Model Year) 55xxx - 59xxx 59xxx - 67xxx 67xxx - 74xxx 74xxx - 791xx 791xx - 829xx 829xx - 872xx 863xx - 919xx

Note: all numbers and serialnumbers mentioned in the table shown above are not official! Please also note the overlap in serialnumbers between model year 1990 and 1991.

The figure below shows how many Testarossas were made daily.

Information from GB Progetti #10

Some short facts :

• The normal production of the Testarossa started in July 1984 and ended in late 1991. 
• The total production is 7177. Numbers found in other sources are 7249 and 7183. Progetti #10 mentions that 7589 cars were made until December 12th 1991, but this may include a number of 512 TRs.
• The first known Testarossa is s/n 53081, the last known is s/n 91923. There is a Testarossa in California claiming s/n 52979, but this number has not been verified yet.
• It took until mid-1985 before the first Testarossas arrived in the USA.
• Due to high prices, a total of 150 to 200 Testarossas were imported in the USA as "gray market" cars.
• The delivery time was often between 2 or 3 years!

To give you some idea of the original price of the Testarossa :

USA	1985	US$ 87,000
Germany	1984	DM 222,300
Germany	1989	DM 241,900
Germany	1990	DM 268,000
Italy	1985	Lire 120,000,000

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