
Ferrari 550 Maranello Gold Metallic Braccio & Gotz Bburago 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Ferrari
- Manufacturer
- Bburago
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 3044-G1
- Year
- 1996
- Era
- 1990s
- Body Type
- Coupe
- Vehicle Class
- Grand Tourers
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- —
About the Ferrari 550 Maranello Gold Metallic Braccio & Gotz Bburago 1:18
TL;DR: Bburago's 1:18 diecast Ferrari 550 Maranello in gold metallic reproduces the front-engined V12 grand tourer that revived a classic Ferrari layout largely set aside since the Daytona era. Its long hood and rear-wheel-drive proportions distinguish it sharply from the mid-engined supercars that dominated the marque through the 1980s.
Gold is an unconventional but striking color choice for a Ferrari, and it suits the 550's role as a deliberate throwback to an earlier, more formal era of front-engined grand touring.
A Distinctive Finish on a Layout-Defining Ferrari
The 550's long hood and classically proportioned rear-wheel-drive stance are the whole visual argument for this car's existence, and gold metallic paint gives that shape a formality that a standard red finish wouldn't communicate as clearly. Bburago's diecast build keeps the functional opening doors and hood typical of the line, letting a collector display the cabin and the front-mounted V12 that made this layout newsworthy again after years of mid-engined dominance at Ferrari. The metallic finish catches light well across the car's long, flat hood panel, a genuine test of even paint application that this piece handles competently.
Reviving a Front-Engined Ferrari Tradition
When the 550 Maranello launched, it marked Ferrari's deliberate return to a front-engined, rear-drive V12 formula the brand had mostly abandoned since the Daytona decades earlier, a genuinely significant strategic shift rather than a routine model refresh. For a collector tracking how Ferrari's engineering philosophy evolved across decades, the 550 represents a specific, documented turning point, and displaying it in an unconventional color like gold only reinforces how different this car was meant to feel from its mid-engined contemporaries.















