Here are eight of our favourite Ferrari drop-tops

The reveal of the LaFerrari Aperta earlier this week got us thinking about our favourite open-air Ferraris, of which there are many. So to keep this gallery of a somewhat manageable length, we've ignored the wire-wheel brigade (all of which, don't get us wrong, are spectacular) and gone for some of Ferrari's lesser-known, more eclectic cabrios from the last few decades. Do feel free to berate us in the comments if any of them aren't to your liking...

349 of these things were built to celebrate Ferrari’s 50^th anniversary. The engine was a fettled version of the 4.7-litre naturally aspirated V12 from the F1-89 F1 car. Not the prettiest Ferrari by a long shot, and underappreciated in its day, but it’s improved with age… 

Ferrari may have chosen not to build an open-air Enzo (though there is at least one out there), but it did hand its chassis over to Maserati, which fitted its own version of the Enzo – the MC12 – with a removable roof panel. Et viola, a drop-top Enzo. Kinda. 

The car that has the dubious honour of having inspired the Renault Wind. When down, the glass roof would lay flat on the rear deck, and then flip through 180 degrees at the flick of a switch and anchor itself in place. Cool in practice, but leave it down for any length of time and when you next flipped it up, whatever detritus had gathered in it would be dumped ceremoniously on your head. 

A very special F12 indeed. Mechanically identical to the normal car, but with brilliantly outrageous bespoke bodywork (designed in-house, no less), a pared-back interior, no roof to speak of and a presumably vast asking price. It’s thought a total of three were built.

A run of ten were built for the American market using F12 mechanicals, to celebrate Ferrari’s 60^th year in North America. Painted in the classic NART colours, the F60 had American flag motifs stitched into the seats and a light fabric roof that could be used at speeds of up to 75mph. 

Take a 599, subtract the roof and add the engine and gearbox from the mentalist 599 GTO. The result is this, the 599 SA Aperta. Designed as a tribute to Pininfarina on its 80^th birthday, Ferrari built 80 and, predictably, sold every last one before the car was even revealed to the public at large. 

The last 458, and the last naturally-aspirated, mid-engined Ferrari. Effectively a convertible version of the mighty 458 Speciale, so impressed were we with the A that we once named it Convertible of the Year. So good, these things now changes hands for upwards of £700K…