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What can I say?
When Ferrari GTO is mentioned, what comes to your mind?
The legend and rarity of the 250 GTO,
The amazing good looks and popularity of the 288 GTO,
Or the modern extreme performence hyper car, the 599 GTO.
I will be covering all of these in this thread, starting off with the 250 GTO.
Was released in the 1960s, and was considered the best car of the decade, among many.
EDIT: I just realised that under the cars number it says officine panerai
This car was origonally sold for $18,000 US, (too bad its not still like that)
it had a 3.0L V12 engine, and was, and still is, idolised by many toy car manufacturers
even I have a 1/64 250 GTO.
From 1962-1963 there were 36 cars made, known as the "series I" and in 1964 the "series II" was released, the "series II" had slightly different looks, only 3 were made
making in total, 39 cars ever made.
Motor Trend Classic placed the 250 GTO FIRST on the list of "Greatest Ferraris Of All Time"
Explains why one was recently bought for $30,000,000 at an auction eh?
The interior of the car was extremely basic, to the point where a speedometer wasnt installed in the insturment panel.
Many of its switches came from the Fiat 500, and it was said that as the car was rushed into production, the original cloth seats were made from workers' overalls.
Onto the 288 GTO?
(please ignore the license plate "car" its there as if they expected us to not know what it is)
In my opinion, this car had the best rear view of all the GTO line, mainly the mechanics hanging out the bottom
you may wonder, is there such a place where I would be able to see more then one of these? the answer, is yes
This car has also been idolised by many model makers. I own 2 1/64 scale models of it myself, one in red, the other in yellow.
The Ferrari GTO was built to compete in the new Group B Race series and a minimum of 200 cars were required for homologation. However as only Ferrari and Porsche, with their 959, entered, the series was soon abandoned leaving just the Group B Rally championship. The Porsche 959 (as the Porsche 961) only raced three times in Group B, but the 288 GTO never raced and all 272 cars built remained purely road cars.
Some of the 288 GTO's styling features were first displayed on a 308 GTB design excercise by Pininfarina shown at the 1977 Geneva Salon. This included the deep front spoiler, fender flares, rear lip spoiler, front lid radiator cooling louvers and quadruple driving lights.
This is the first street legal production car to reach 186mph/300kmh, top speed was 189mph
0-60mph was in the higher 4 seconds range, even today thats still good performence.
Ferrari also built five 288 GTO Evoluzione models with more aggressive and aerodynamic body styling and increased power. The engine in the 288 GTO Evoluzione originally put out as much as 650 hp (480 kW). With weight of 940 kg (2,072 lb) the car had a top speed of 225 mph (362 km/h). These cars form the clearest visual link between the 288 GTO and the F40 soon to follow.
Only three 288 GTO Evoluziones are still in existence, with one at the Gallleria Ferrari museum in Maranello.
The Ferrari 599 GTO, Ferrari's most recent addition to the epic GTO line.
(Yes the Stig is in some of these pictures)
On 8 April, 2010, Ferrari announced official details of the 599 GTO. The car is a road going version based on the 599XX* and Ferrari say the 599 GTO is their fastest road car ever, able to lap the Fiorano test circuit in 1 minute 24 seconds, one second faster than the Ferrari Enzo.
0-60mph in under 3.3 seconds
661bhp
620 N-m of torque/ 460 ft lb of torque
a top speed of over 208mph/335 kmh
weighs 220 lbs less then the standard GTB
EVO magazine says the 599 GTB is the car of the year for 2006
Top gear magazine also states the same thing
* here is a picture of the 599XX
Ferrari felt the 599 should be the newest edition to the extremely exclusive GTO family, and my god they did a good job!
When Ferrari GTO is mentioned, what comes to your mind?
The legend and rarity of the 250 GTO,
The amazing good looks and popularity of the 288 GTO,
Or the modern extreme performence hyper car, the 599 GTO.
I will be covering all of these in this thread, starting off with the 250 GTO.
Was released in the 1960s, and was considered the best car of the decade, among many.
EDIT: I just realised that under the cars number it says officine panerai
This car was origonally sold for $18,000 US, (too bad its not still like that)
it had a 3.0L V12 engine, and was, and still is, idolised by many toy car manufacturers
even I have a 1/64 250 GTO.
From 1962-1963 there were 36 cars made, known as the "series I" and in 1964 the "series II" was released, the "series II" had slightly different looks, only 3 were made
making in total, 39 cars ever made.
Motor Trend Classic placed the 250 GTO FIRST on the list of "Greatest Ferraris Of All Time"
Explains why one was recently bought for $30,000,000 at an auction eh?
The interior of the car was extremely basic, to the point where a speedometer wasnt installed in the insturment panel.
Many of its switches came from the Fiat 500, and it was said that as the car was rushed into production, the original cloth seats were made from workers' overalls.
Onto the 288 GTO?
(please ignore the license plate "car" its there as if they expected us to not know what it is)
In my opinion, this car had the best rear view of all the GTO line, mainly the mechanics hanging out the bottom
you may wonder, is there such a place where I would be able to see more then one of these? the answer, is yes
This car has also been idolised by many model makers. I own 2 1/64 scale models of it myself, one in red, the other in yellow.
The Ferrari GTO was built to compete in the new Group B Race series and a minimum of 200 cars were required for homologation. However as only Ferrari and Porsche, with their 959, entered, the series was soon abandoned leaving just the Group B Rally championship. The Porsche 959 (as the Porsche 961) only raced three times in Group B, but the 288 GTO never raced and all 272 cars built remained purely road cars.
Some of the 288 GTO's styling features were first displayed on a 308 GTB design excercise by Pininfarina shown at the 1977 Geneva Salon. This included the deep front spoiler, fender flares, rear lip spoiler, front lid radiator cooling louvers and quadruple driving lights.
This is the first street legal production car to reach 186mph/300kmh, top speed was 189mph
0-60mph was in the higher 4 seconds range, even today thats still good performence.
Ferrari also built five 288 GTO Evoluzione models with more aggressive and aerodynamic body styling and increased power. The engine in the 288 GTO Evoluzione originally put out as much as 650 hp (480 kW). With weight of 940 kg (2,072 lb) the car had a top speed of 225 mph (362 km/h). These cars form the clearest visual link between the 288 GTO and the F40 soon to follow.
Only three 288 GTO Evoluziones are still in existence, with one at the Gallleria Ferrari museum in Maranello.
The Ferrari 599 GTO, Ferrari's most recent addition to the epic GTO line.
(Yes the Stig is in some of these pictures)
On 8 April, 2010, Ferrari announced official details of the 599 GTO. The car is a road going version based on the 599XX* and Ferrari say the 599 GTO is their fastest road car ever, able to lap the Fiorano test circuit in 1 minute 24 seconds, one second faster than the Ferrari Enzo.
0-60mph in under 3.3 seconds
661bhp
620 N-m of torque/ 460 ft lb of torque
a top speed of over 208mph/335 kmh
weighs 220 lbs less then the standard GTB
EVO magazine says the 599 GTB is the car of the year for 2006
Top gear magazine also states the same thing
* here is a picture of the 599XX
Ferrari felt the 599 should be the newest edition to the extremely exclusive GTO family, and my god they did a good job!