1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off probably isn’t the first movie that comes to mind when you think of iconic performance cars. But it was one of the first big-screen showcases for the Ferrari 250 GT SWB nonetheless. The car had all the styling that you’d come to expect from a high-end Ferrari. Its beautiful red paint job was synonymous with Ferrari models at the time. This was one of the earliest examples of beautiful Ferrari engineering, the kind that we see today on modern models as well (via The Drive).
Perhaps it’s not quite as iconic as other cars on this list, but the Ferrari 250 was nothing to sneeze at. The short wheelbase and beautiful styling of the car made it unlike anything else at the time. There were a lot of similarities to early Porsche models of the time. But this was all Ferrari and is one of the original and most coveted models on the road.