Before Ferrari Became Digital.
There was a particular period when a Ferrari still felt unmistakably mechanical.
The steering talked.
The engine sang.
The controls required intention.
And directly behind you sat a naturally aspirated V8 that wanted 8,250 rpm before giving you everything it had.
The F355 belongs to that period.
And these seats were there.
The AutoStuhl F355 Berlinetta Edition begins with an authentic seat from a 1999 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta with only approximately 9,000 miles.
Not a reproduction.
Not a seat styled to look vaguely Italian.
Not Ferrari-inspired furniture.
The real seat.
Removed from the automobile and given an entirely different second life.
Only two are available.
8,250 RPM.
No Turbochargers. No Hybrid Assistance. No Apologies.
The Ferrari F355 arrived in 1994 and represented an enormous technical leap for Ferrari's mid-engine V8 berlinetta.
Its naturally aspirated 3.5-litre V8 used five valves per cylinder and produced 380 cv at a glorious 8,250 rpm.
Top speed was 295 km/h.
But specifications don't adequately explain the F355.
This was one of those Ferraris remembered for the experience.
The shape.
The gated manual available during its production.
The sound.
The proportions.
The smell of the leather.
The view through the windscreen.
The feeling that the automobile wasn't doing everything for you.
It wanted you involved.
The 1999 model year marked the end of that chapter.
And these seats come from a remarkably low-mileage example.
Approximately 9,000 miles.
The Ferrari You Remember.
There are faster Ferraris.
There are more powerful Ferraris.
There are Ferraris with vastly more technology.
That isn't the point.
The F355 represents something increasingly difficult to reproduce:
an analogue Ferrari experience.
Its design came from an era before giant touchscreens dominated interiors.
Before hybrid assistance.
Before automobiles began attempting to anticipate every decision their drivers might make.
The F355 was elegant without being delicate.
Fast without needing to advertise the fact.
Technical without allowing technology to become the experience.
And its seat placed you directly in the middle of all of it.
That's the part we preserved.
From Berlinetta To Boardroom.
An automotive seat has an unusual relationship with its owner.
You don't normally look at it very often.
You experience it.
For thousands of miles.
Through acceleration.
Braking.
Corners.
Long journeys.
Sunday mornings.
And those brief moments when an empty road presents itself at exactly the right time.
These particular seats spent remarkably little time doing any of that.
They came from a 1999 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta showing approximately 9,000 miles.
Now they begin their second life.
Not in another automobile.
In your office.
Your study.
Your library.
Your boardroom.
Your automotive collection.
Or perhaps beside the F355 already sitting in your garage.
Ferrari Built The Seat.
AutoStuhl Builds Everything Around It.
There is an easy way to create an automotive office chair.
Buy an inexpensive mass-produced office-chair base.
Fabricate an adapter.
Bolt an automotive seat onto it.
Call it finished.
That's not AutoStuhl.
The foundation matters precisely because most people don't look at it.
We fabricate a substantial steel structure specifically to transform the automotive seat into a piece of furniture worthy of the seat above it.
Heavy-duty components.
Purpose-built fabrication.
Careful finishing.
Materials selected for permanence rather than minimum manufacturing cost.
Because attaching an authentic Ferrari seat to a disposable foundation would preserve the least important part and compromise everything else.
The foundation has to deserve the seat.
Sit In Your Ferrari Every Morning.
Without putting a mile on it.
There is something slightly wonderful about that idea.
Walk into your office.
Sit down.
And beneath you is an authentic seat from one of the most admired V8 Ferraris of its generation.
No battery tender.
No warm-up procedure.
No service appointment.
No concern about adding another 500 miles to a collector automobile.
Just the tactile experience of genuine Ferrari seating incorporated into a piece you can actually use every day.
Because AutoStuhl isn't interested in turning automotive history into something you're afraid to touch.
We want you to live with it.
Some Objects Deserve An Introduction.
A visitor walks into your office.
They notice the chair.
They look again.
Eventually, they ask.
“Is that what I think it is?”
Yes.
It's an authentic seat from a 9,000-mile 1999 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta.
There were two.
This is one of them.
That's the kind of conversation we build AutoStuhl for.
The best objects in a room don't merely fill space.
They create conversation.
Two Seats.
One Automobile.
There is something particularly special about this edition.
These aren't two unrelated F355 seats collected from different cars.
They are the matching seats from the same low-mileage 1999 F355 Berlinetta.
That gives the pair a shared provenance that can never be recreated.
Commission one individually.
Or commission both.
Place one behind your desk and another across the room.
One at home and one at the office.
One for each partner.
Or preserve the matching pair together exactly as they spent their first life.
There are dozens of ways to configure them.
There is only one original pair.
One Of Two.
Made One Of One.
Each AutoStuhl F355 can become uniquely yours through our bespoke stainless steel Signature Panels.
Precision laser-cut specifically for the original owner, these panels allow us to incorporate something meaningful into the finished piece.
Your family crest.
Your company mark.
Your initials.
A favorite verse.
A personal motto.
A racing number.
A signature.
An important date.
A significant achievement.
Perhaps the silhouette of your own F355.
Perhaps its chassis number.
Perhaps the coordinates of Maranello.
Or perhaps almost nothing at all.
There is considerable elegance in restraint.
The point isn't decoration.
The point is provenance becoming personal.
YOUR F355.
YOUR STORY.
Imagine you already own an F355.
Now imagine commissioning the Signature Panels using details from your own automobile.
Its chassis number.
Its color combination.
Its year.
A silhouette.
A significant journey.
A personal memory associated with it.
Suddenly this isn't simply an AutoStuhl made from another F355.
It becomes an object celebrating your F355.
Alternatively, perhaps you've always wanted the car.
This may be a rather unusual way to bring part of that experience home.
Either way, the story becomes yours.
01 / 02
Each F355 Berlinetta Edition receives its own permanent AutoStuhl commission number.
01 of 02
02 of 02
And because both seats originated from the same automobile, their shared provenance will be documented accordingly.
Commission them separately and two owners become permanently connected by the automobile from which their AutoStuhls originated.
Commission them together and the original pair remains a pair.
Either way:
There will only ever be these two.
CERTIFICATE OF PROVENANCE
Every F355 Berlinetta Edition will be accompanied by its individual AutoStuhl Certificate of Provenance.
The document records the piece from the moment its second life begins.
Its AutoStuhl commission number.
Its completion date.
Its original automotive provenance.
Its selected materials and finishes.
Its Signature Panel design.
And its relationship to the matching seat from the original automobile.
This isn't simply a certificate saying something is authentic.
It is the beginning of the object's documented history.
Because we don't expect these chairs to end with their first AutoStuhl owners.
Built To Have Another Owner.
Someday.
Not because we expect you to sell it.
Because we expect it to survive you.
That's an important distinction.
Disposable furniture depreciates until someone throws it away.
Interesting objects do something different.
They accumulate history.
A scratch can become part of a story.
A patina can become desirable.
Provenance becomes more important.
And an object that was unusual when created can become considerably more unusual when decades have passed.
That's the standard we're interested in.
Not how it looks next year.
How someone feels about finding one thirty years from now.
The Perfect Ferrari Gift.
Finding a gift for a Ferrari enthusiast is surprisingly difficult.
They've seen the models.
They have the books.
They have the jackets.
The artwork.
The watches.
Perhaps they already have the automobile.
What do you give someone whose hobby already exists at the highest end of collecting?
Something they haven't seen before.
An authentic seat from a 9,000-mile 1999 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta, transformed into a commissioned AutoStuhl and personalized around their own story, qualifies.
This isn't Ferrari merchandise.
It's a piece of Ferrari history given another purpose.
WORK.
HOME.
COLLECTION.
Where does an F355 AutoStuhl belong?
Wherever its owner wants the conversation to happen.
Behind an executive desk.
In a private office.
At home.
In a study.
In a library.
Beside an automobile collection.
Inside a private garage.
In a showroom.
In a boardroom.
Or somewhere completely unexpected.
There isn't a correct room.
That's part of its appeal.
