In 1954 Pininfarina created a new Ferrari 250 GT with a stronger chassis and wishbone/coil suspension built as competizione coupes versions of a Ferrari 250 GT Europa. The 1956 Tour De France car was actually built by Scaglietti and adapted from the Pininfarina design and acquired its name after victory in the gruelling 10-day race around France. Ferrari claimed nine victories in the Tour de France races from 1956 to 1964. Built on the long wheelbase (2,600mm) chassis the 250 GT TDF had 260bhp versions of the Colombo 2,953cc V12 engine. Scaglietti built 3 series of the TDF, the earliest cars without louvres in the c-pillar, Series II had 14 louvres, series III had 3 louvres and covered headlamps, whilst series IV cars had a single vent and covered headlamps.