It was an elegant coupé designed by Carrozzeria Touring of Milan who had previously created a number of similar Ferrari and Alfa Romeo models.

Customer sales soon started, with 166 Inter models becoming the first Ferraris to be purchased for the road rather than the race track.

As was typical at the time, a bare chassis was delivered to the coachbuilder of the customer's choice.

Carrozzeria Ghia produced one-off coupé designed by Felice Mario Boano.

Vignale also joined in with seven bodyworks, presaging their designs of the coming decade, foreshadowed those companies' later involvement with Ferrari.