Is The Ferrari F355 Still The Greatest Car In The World.... Ever? 

"2nd is the artist of the gearbox, it's always fashionably late" 🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant!

IMO, this is one of the most iconic cars ever and Ferrari’s most beautiful design.

The music this machine makes is timeless. Still a bucket list car.

I always thought this was a wonderful looking car, especially those rear lights. As a kid I had three large toy Ferrari models, one a 355, one an F40 and also a "Mythos Spider" which I assume was some sort of concept car. The 355 is the one I played with the most though!

The 355 is just the best looking Ferrari ever. It has aged so well over the years and still looks fresh. Having driven one, on a 'drive a Ferrari experience' I was sold! Great sound, looks, appeal and lust. If I could afford one, it would be here in a heartbeat and a Manual all day long! Only the 360 CS could beat it, but the compromise is the F1 box. Great review Jay!

Shirt game has been next level recently

Still get excited every I look at my F355. True classic. Thanks for the video.

The best Ferrari Engine sound The Legend that kept Ferrari in business My Favorite car no doubt

Sadly, sound/noise regulator restrictions from countries made later Ferraris less charmingly sounding that F355. Nowadays, it is solved by exchaust valve opening regulators over an rpm limit.

Jay....ultimately very insightful and well articulated and reasoned! Good job! I've owned 3 550s (red, silver and yellow) and several 355s (Spiders and road legal Challenge and B). I've also owned over 100 other cars and at the end of the day I've concluded the best all around Ferrari sports car (as opposed to GT) and most fun to drive Ferrari...ever....is the F355. Many real world reasons for this. Unlike 348 and 430 the 355 has an actual rod from gear lever to gearbox whereas most all other cars use cables which never are as direct as a solid metal connection. 355 is basically the same size as a 246 Dino yet it makes more than twice the power of the Dino. Yet its chassis is very similar in construction to the Dino and for that matter the 288 GTO so it FEELS like an Enzo era car. Yet it has an engine that will rev to 9,000 rpms ( I know this first hand) and brakes that actually stop the car. Unlike the 360, 430, 458, 488 the 355 has an honest cable from the gas pedal to the 8 downdraft throttle bodies just like old school webers. After the 355 cars are drive by wire, meaning you are not connected to the the throttle as you are in a 355. Its not just children of the 1990s. Phil Hill, the greatest American racer and only American born to ever be a Formula 1 world champion, called the 355 one of the top Ferraris of all time....in a field of multimillion dollar Ferraris and from one of Ferrari's most famous drivers, that's high praise indeed.

Loving that opening shot. He properly bottled it coming over the rise though :)

OMG What a soundtrack! This is the ultimate car, no gadgets, no infotainment, just a pure driving machine.

Hear it & weep! I shudder for the future of car enthusiasts, arguing over which synthesized digital soundtrack on their food blenders sounds better. Jesus

When you said "technical glitch" I thought you drove it into a ditch.

355 is the thinking man's Ferrari.... perfect balance of style and substance... perfect!!!.😎🇬🇧

Great video, loving this week! I’ve owned my 2.7 355 for 12 years and it makes me smile in a way no other car ever has.

Anyone who’s seen the film “ The Rock “ will have instantly fallen for this stunner - lovely engine note . I’d have one in Red with a manual box. One of the greatest looking Ferrari’s ever !

This and the V8 vantage are the best car designs from the last 30 years. Currently I'd say lexus lc500

90’ - 2000 , the best era

Oh a big thank you, the drive by shots really hit the spot. Have a good Christmas and an even better New Year.

I dont know how you manage to upload videos every day but i quite like that especially with ferraris ....

Great vid Jay..always been a favorite of mine. The 355 looks so good in black it's almost a sin ;) With his interior, it would look sweet. Thanks for posting!

I had one of these. F1 GTS. It makes me cry when I watch this. I also had a 348 which I LOVED - but the 355 was something else! Great video!

This example is the perfect reason why I've been watching again and again for so long. Old school topgear vibe but with even more knowledge and just as good story telling. Don't get sucked into the newer flashy stuff (regarding your porsche post) keep it up you'll go very far Jayem!

That's a beautiful 355, my buddy years ago had a blue 355 Spider, looked almost purple, that was just a gorgeous car, I was kind of sad when he sold it.

I remember a race team that used to prep these cars next to where I worked in Didcot back in the 90's, the noises that came out of that place was epic.

Appreciate for the pure sound at the beginning. Spine-tingling even on laptop speakers. Happy Christmas and thanks for some great videos this year.

Fantastic Video Buddy.! That Glorious Sound Of The Heady V8 And That Beautifull Shape Feeds The Senses.

Was too young to appreciate this when it was released, but this has aged so well. I prefer this over the 360 and 430 from a looks perspective

I’ve owned 2 of them. My current is a manual spider. I’ve had it for 4.5 years and it’s been completely reliable.

at "shall we" I closed my eyes and just listened......wonderful. Great job as always. Thank you. Making this covid time bearable.

Its one of my all time favourite cars, and definitely my favourite Ferrari! Incredible car! Thanks for getting it on the channel!

Nice vid Sir 👌. It was my dream car too. They say never meet your hero’s .... but I took the plunge to own one 2 years ago, and agree it never disappoints - absolute unrefined perfection 👌..... (albeit the clutch did go pop in a very inconvenient part of London 😂)

Hi JayEmm. Just wanted to say, long time subscriber. Been watching your channel since your first F355 video, wherein you drove your friend’s car. Very happy for you, the hard work and growth of your channel.

One of your best videos yet Jay - you really gave it some beans - sounded epic - that guy in the black pickup - loved how you just dropped him after two gearchanges!

Yesssss Jayemm! Christmas just came early! Absolutely love these cars and have done since watching Unleashed On Cars at about 3-4 years old!

Such a pretty car.... one of Pininfarina's finest! That motor too, glorious! I lusted after a 348 at the time, but the moment I saw a 355 it was love at first sight! Ratarossa Scott recently showed an "engine in" F355 cam belt service on his channel, and busts a lot of myths about maintaining a Ferrari on a *cough* reasonable budget.

James this is a fantastic series.... having friends with 348, 355, 430, I have often wondered about them... in fact I sold my 458 spider to buy a 550 or 335 or 430 In the end based entirely on my location I decided to buy another 458 spider... I was lucky to find a higher spec lower mileage car in the bottom of the covid market... however I love the older cars and their Ferrari uniqueness... not living near any service it really does not make sense for me to own ... I appreciate your reviews and perspectives especially now that I have time to view and many other have stopped producing/releasing content. Thank you and Merry Christmas 🎄🎁!

Yup, never gets old. Thanks for the Ferrari vids... come back to 355 vid. Classic looks and immense unadulterated v8 goodness. I could just look at it and listen to it, all day long.

I've always loved this car even though I was born only 2 years before it came out. This was an absolute treat to watch. Subscribed!

Beautiful car, so pretty🥰 and definitely on my lotto winning hit list 👍😎

Most excellent Jay, perhaps your best review yet. Thoroughly enjoyed it, the sound of the V8 is just EPIC. Petrol heaven!

Second is the artist of the gearbox, always fashionably late - brilliantly put!

Really enjoyed watching that. The 355 was the car of my dreams when I was a teenager and because of that, I think its always going to be my favorite car.

14:54 If I recall, this was the first production naturally aspirated engine to break the 100-horsepower-per-liter barrier.

It'll always be my favourite, despite it in no quantifiable way 'the best', and despite there being no way I'd want to own one.

Drove one of these at an experience day in 2005 and it was everything I wanted it to be...gorgeous, and what a sound!

Best sound in a JayEmm video to date

Everytime i see a chrome shift knob i think of The Mandalorian #thisistheway

Having owned and loved a perfect E type for many years, I can assure everyone it is not the greatest car in the world ever. Not even close.

Pretty much a perfect review with the shirt as icing on the cake.

That noise....you could never get bored of it.

Very good Review! My verdict after eleven years of owning my beloved F355 GTS (a bosch 2,7 from 1995): looks and sound (10 out of 10), speed (9), power (8), suspension (7), stearing (6), buying costs (5), usability every day (4), consumption (3... my average is 16 liter every 100 km), reliability (2), running costs (1 - my average total per year, maintenance, repair, tax and insurance: 7000 Euro) feeling, when you want to start on an sunday morning but the red diva says: "check engine" - 0 ! feeling, when driving roofless on a sunny evening on b-roads and everything works fine - 12 ! A Dream car? For me, 100 percent...and I never dreamt of a Jag E...

Engine out service: DO NOT DO EVERY THREE YEARS! The dealer/repair shop will laugh at you behind your back! Having lived with...and knowing the top repair / restoration guys in the Ferrari world, I can tell you every 5-7 is more than sufficient. The experts will share stories of cars that went well over ten years and they were fine. Reality? Same belts as used in BMW, Honda, Audi, etc. I personally have seen cars that had belts that were over 20 years old! This I do NOT recommend but only mention this to underscore the point that going 5-7 years for an engine out service is perfectly fine. And when the engine is out upgrade to the Hill Bearings and might as well do the Hill clutch throwout bearing as well. Doing an engine out service at any interval less than five years is wasting your money.

Another great review, in this instance, of my all time dream car. Thoroughly enjoyed watching and listening to that and well done that man who bought it as his first car. You sir, are a legend!

Fantastic summary to a great review. God, I WANT ONE NOW.

I grew up in the same era, lusted after the 355, 456GT and 512TR! The 355 looked and sounded a lot nicer than the 360 in my opinion, that engine sound will never get old! The Testarossa / 512 TR sounded incredible as well!

Had a love / hate relationship with my F355. It is one of the best sounding cars ever and it is quite well made BUT no way is a service £2,700 with cambelts. YES if you have no other work to do but £2.5k is usually a standard service cost with ongoing maintenance added. The belts add around £2k to that. every 3 years. Nice cars, not great, melting interiors, dreadful cold gearbox, awful non oem exhausts, cracking manifolds and buttresses, leaking & creaking targa roofs. Forget the wing mirror just make sure you don't need a new rear curved screen!!! Steering is slow and vague. Brilliant cars to borrow, awful cars to own! It needs to be your dream car and you need to budget £5k pa. average. Much better cars out there but cant dispute probably none that sound better!

One of the best sounding V8s ever.... that whine! thanks for the video Jay

Another very enjoyable video, Thank you. I love the sound of the 355, and the looks aren't bad either.

Haha I’ve literally just watched that Clarkson Unleashed video n RU-vid right before this one 😂

Sees title, runs upstairs, PC on, Switch over to amp and speakers for audio. Turn down phone. I'm ready! The fact i did all this means regardless of what you may say, the 355 is my greatest car in the world. Hope we get to hear the high notes. Edit: 1 minute in and I'm already happy

I can remember these coming out , I absolutely loved it then , can’t wait to watch this video lol

What a car! I was lucky enough to drive one of these back in 2001. Different level. Felt like a very special red go kart. It’s great to see that people still appreciate these wonderful cars many years on. If this is the last video of yours I see this year you’ve certainly signed off on a high! Cheers 🥃🙂

I really DID want to know how much the wing mirror would cost 🤔🙄 lol

Absolutely the best car in the world, EVER. I know this despite the fact I've yet to drive one...

Never seen your videos before. Youre the best presenter Ive seen. Really enjoyed your episode thanks.

Goddamn, still so good looking. No bad angles. Glorious profile. Been my favourite since I was a kid; well, that and the 288 GTO.

Best sound V8 road car ever, that's for sure.

Best ever... not sure. Prettiest mid engine ever... Well, it's a damn strong contender, no doubt.

What a wonderful review. A true vicarious thrill. I’ll presume the owner was following you in the black SUV...impressive how you quickly established more than a bit of distance when you put the 355 through its paces.

7:41 i was caught off guard with that glorious sounds

With a 6 speed, yes. F1 its not even as good as a 348.

Yes but let's face how much notice of what Mr Clarkson says is actually worth listening too??

what a delight to look at this master piece

Brilliant, riveting, review. All the boxes check. Thanks.

"You wonder how many of your children you might have to sell" to repair your Ferrari. Who cares?

simple answer: in looks yes, for reliability: hell no!

Was lucky to go out for a few rides in both the hard top and the cabro as a kid and I will never forget the sound. Incredible incredible machine. Never forget the guy pulling a 60mph drift with the engine screaming. Out of this world.

really liked the video nice job! i own a 96 black & tan berlinetta 6 speed. owned about a year and have driven a lot but it’s been to the shop a lot but still love it. it’s a special car when your in it and you forget quickly about the problems ahead when driving something unique and beautiful! would love a 993 turbo review if you haven’t done

This 355 may be the better car, but that 348 looks and sounds miles better IMO. Less power = more thrashing = more fun :D

I really do feel the 348 looks nicer. Most will disagree. Not saying the F355 is not a good looker but there's just something more aggressive and raw about the 348.

love this car so much, as a kid i new guy who owned a yellow GTS with the best sounding aftermarket exhaust ive ever heard.

I have enjoyed today's video, thank you, particularly the skilled storytelling.

360 Modena with a manual is the best mid engine v8 Ferrari, fight me. I said it before and I'm standing by it.

Couldn't agree more! Loved my F355 like nothing else. No other car will ever sound like this again. Will be replacing it at some point. Great video!

Not even watched your commentary, but you get a thumbs up for the exhaust note alone.

Just watching this video again 1 year later. I would happily watch an entire series of videos of just Jay driving a F355 and narrating the experience. I don’t think I would tire of that.

The looks, the sound, and the feeling it gives you -- this is why people buy and keep these older Ferraris despite there being much faster and reliable alternatives these days. Thanks for the video!

Cracking bit of kit! Never driven a 355, definitely on my list

Top notch review Jay

It is the best sounding Ferrari have produced for a road car. I will never forget the sound of a Ferrari engine that changed up so late in the gears with such a scream. Gorgeous.

My heart skips a beat when I see one of these and has been since I was a kid. So beautiful

Great Video Jay!

That’s the last really pretty Ferrari made. Beautiful!

And you are by far the best Ferrari tester ever. Thanks to you, I will buy one for sure. Thank you

One of my favourite “modern” Ferrary ever.

Man.... GREAT mic job on the engine + exhaust

I Remember hearing one pull away in epping forest back in the 90s and the noise completely blew me away. This would be the one I'd get if I had the cash.

Damn, Jay, this one video was awesome as hell