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A meticulously sorted 1984 Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvole is currently up for grabs in a no-reserve auction hosted by Bring a Trailer, with bidding open through August 7. Finished in Nero over Crema leather, this quad-cam V8 Targa is one of the last examples of Ferrari's 308 lineage before the model gave way to the 328, and it arrives with a fresh round of mechanical attention that should appeal to buyers who want to drive rather than just display their Ferrari.
According to the listing, the car spent years in Canada before relocating to Texas in 2008, where roughly $40,000 in service work has been completed since 2025, including a brake system rebuild and fresh timing belts for the 2.9-liter quattrovalvole V8. Power reaches the pavement through a gated five-speed manual transaxle and a limited-slip differential, while the car rides on period-correct 16-inch five-spoke alloy wheels. Additional equipment includes a removable roof panel, pop-up headlights, a quad-exit exhaust system, a Pioneer stereo, and electric windows. The seller reports an accident-free Carfax report, service records, and a clean Texas title, with roughly 29,000 miles shown on the odometer.
The Quattrovalvole designation refers to the four-valve-per-cylinder heads Ferrari introduced across the 308 range in 1983, a change that helped claw back some of the horsepower lost to emissions equipment on the earlier two-valve, fuel-injected GTBi and GTSi cars. Along with the four-valve heads, 1984 model-year cars like this one benefited from galvanized body panels, an update aimed at addressing the rust concerns that plague earlier 308s. Today, the QV cars are considered among the strongest performers in the 308 family, competing with the earliest carbureted cars for collector attention.
Hagerty's valuation tools currently peg a #3-condition (Good) 1984 308 GTS Quattrovalvole at roughly $104,000, though that figure has slipped about 2.8 percent in recent months as the broader market for analog-era exotics cools slightly. Hagerty's data also shows real spread in what these cars actually bring at auction: over the past three years, 308 GTS Quattrovalvole sales have ranged from under $19,000 for rough or modified examples up to $302,500 for the best of the best, with 92 public sales recorded in that span. Recent comparable results reported through Hagerty include a 1983 GTS Quattrovalvole that sold for $96,398 and a pair of 1985 examples that brought $126,000 and $105,000, both on Bring a Trailer. Against that backdrop, this car's current bid looks like typical early-stage, no-reserve activity rather than where the sale is likely to land by the time bidding closes.
Buyers tracking 308 values alongside other analog Ferraris may also want to keep an eye on the Classiche-certified 2003 Ferrari Enzo headed to Broad Arrow's Quail auction, another example of how certification and documentation move the needle on Maranello's collector cars. For readers who prefer their no-reserve drama with a side of American V10, the recent 469-mile 2013 SRT Viper GTS that surfaced on Bring a Trailer is worth a look, and anyone building out a watchlist of Hagerty-tracked marketplace listings can see how similar logic played out with this 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S. As for this 308, interested bidders can follow the action directly on Bring a Trailer before the gavel falls on August 7.
