The 60’s A-list sportscar of choice

This beautiful 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB was originally owned by film director Roger Vadim Plemiannikov and Hollywood starlet Jane Fonda. The pair had met while filming La Ronde in 1963, officially becoming a couple later that year. Married in Las Vegas in August of 1965, the pair lived a glamorous trans-Atlantic lifestyle between Vadim’s native France and Southern California. Attractive, wealthy, talented, and eager for more success, the pair seemingly lived an idyllic lifestyle that anyone would have been envious of, and that included what they drove.

After having sold his Ferrari 250 California SWB Spider, Vadim purchased the 275 GTB in June 1966. Finished in Azzuro over a Nero interior, the car was built to left-hand drive specifications for use in France.

The pair kept their 275 GTB for about two and a half years and during this time, they were photographed with the car frequently, as one would expect for a pair of A-list celebrities. In August of 1966, the pair were photographed emerging from the car in Saint-Tropez, Vadim sporting swimming trunks and attracting a crowd of onlookers, clearly starstuck by their celebrity sighting, and perhaps the 275 GTB as well.

In period, the 275 GTB was a favourite of many of the Hollywood jet set and in addition to Fonda and Vadim, 275 GTBs found their way into the garages of other celebrities, including Steve McQueen and Miles Davis who had a 275 GTB/4.

This very special 1966 Ferrari 275 GTB recently sold at RM Sotheby’s Milan auction for just over €2.25m. Photos: © Rémi Dargegen © RM Sothebys