Let Me Sell You a Ferrari: A Dealer’’s Memoir

The moment in 1958 when a sports car-crazed youth in Massachusetts saw his first Ferrari changed his life. The black 250 GT coupe’s seductive lines, purposeful air and already hallowed name seized Robert E. Guarino’s imagination; just a few years later, he would be selling such cars. And in 1967, with two partners and an investment of just ＄6,000 apiece, he would open a Ferrari-Porsche-Datsun dealership. This memoir follows his lifelong journey with Ferraris and other remarkable automobiles, as an enthusiast and dealer. Highlights include a nonstop drive from Chicago to Boston in a 308 GTB; rides with important figures like Piero Ferrari at Fiorano and Dario Benuzzi at Mugello; visits to the Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini factories; the horror of watching a delivery truck crash onto a row of new cars; and time at the wheel of such icons as the 365 GTB/4 ＂＂Daytona,＂＂ 250 GTO, 288 GTO and F40.

Robert E. Guarino has been involved with all the excitement of Ferrari automobiles since his role as salesman at Auto Engineering in Lexington, Massachusetts and then as co-owner of his own dealership Autohaus, of Cohasset, Massachusetts. Both were Ferrari dealers from 1967 until 1993. He lives in Bennington, Vermont.