If free, which of the 4 supercars would you pick?

1. 288 GTO: It's still the prettiest of the lot, and the original modern Ferrari supercar.

2. 288 GTO: It's the rarest, the one that started it all, and . . . well, still the prettiest.

(Don't get me wrong, though: I'll be delighted to take any one of the four in case someone else gets to that genie ahead of me. Even my last choice would make me very, very happy.)

 

Q.1. GTO.
Q.2. GTO

 

1) F50 (with like I said an MS racing exhaust)
2) Enzo (but needs some engine rework to make it sound really good, the standard Enzo sound doesn't excite me that much. Think among the lines of FXX engine spec!)
3) F40...red cloth seats, LM wing, LM wheels, ceramic coated Tubi and more boooost
0) 288GTO. Not sure if I'd honestly want one. I don't think I'd drive it much (especially if I had any of the above, in which case an Zonda F CS and CGT would be in the garage too). I think its a beautiful car but it doesn't excite me much. I'd take a 512 BB instead I suppose!

 

Q1. F50

Q2. F50

 

perhaps this is for another post... but will the 250 GTO appreciate or depreciate from its high values of 20-30 million after (no offense) the old timers pass. The people who saw them race originally and who really understand the car. Will later generations want a car that leak oil like a siv and doesn't start on all 12 cylinders the first time around? a question that plagues the ages... LOL

 

Interesting

 

My choices would be:

288 GTO
288 GTO

On both counts because I think its the prettiest car. It is an evolution of the 308 series which I have thought for 30 years was one of the most beautiful cars ever built. The 288 just took it all to a higher level accentuating all of the curves and grace. She is a beautiful beast!!

The fact that its the rarest will, no doubt, aid its appreciation in price, but that is just secondary to me.



PDG

 

For Enzo money I believe it is more prudent to be buying classics like 275GTB's and Daytona Spyders.

I personally think the Enzo is an exercise in Japanese Anime styling and it will be less relevant as time goes by, especially as elements of it are incorporated into standard production Ferraris, where I think they work better, as in the 458.

The 288GTO is certainly the best looking of the supercars, The F40 is the most viscerally thrilling and the F50 is the only bona fide F1 derived supercar.
Both the F50 and F40 had racing derivatives that competed, adding to their provenance.

The Enzo is .... I don't really know what it is other than a styling project without any historical relevance.

 

I agree with what you're saying but...

The Enzo captured a generation of people that now are maybe now around 20 years old. The question is whether these people will be more interested in an Enzo or a 275 GTB by the time they're 40+?

 

You mean you would buy the 275s and Daytona spiders as an investment?

 

I'd always pick the F50 because I grew up adoring it.

As far as which one would (or probably should) be worth the most, it'll be the 288 GTO. It's the prettiest, least well known, rarest (?) and it's a GTO.

 

I'm not sure you can build a state-of-the-art supercar weapon with historical relevance. What does the FXX look like?

People that know little or nothing about cars take special notice when they see an Enzo. It's a very unusual if not beautiful form that came from function. Isn't that what a Ferrari is all about?

Here's the full-scale wood Enzo mockup that's currently displayed at Pininfarina...
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Right about the F40 GT/LM/GTE, but the F50 GT never raced a day in it's life.

 

1) I would take the 288GTO to start and use my other wishes to get the money for the rest of them

2)288 GTO

 

Enzo
F40

 

F50 to both questions, without hesitation.

My opinons on the others is that the 288 is too visually similar to a hot-rodded 308 and without the 12 cylinders required of true glory, the F40 too blocky/visually dated and rough around the edges, also short a few cylindri, and the Enzo too radical and forced looking (and electrically overcomplicated), and will look the most dated in 20 years.

Disclaimer: this is only my opinion, I do not own any of the above, nor do I foresee owning any of the above any time soon.

Oh, and why are there only 8 votes on a poll in a thread with 75+ responses???

-Tad

 

If you think the F40 is "outdated looking" the F50 must be REALLY outdated looking to you then....


And the poll was just added hence the low count.

 

Could anyone list the current ages of as many 288 GTO owners as they know?

I'm guessing we'll see an older trend (e.g., people that were able to buy it when it first came out and kept it, and people that remember it when introduced).

Of course, some younger people likely bought for other reasons, like investment or because they really like the car, but I'm going to guess they will be in the minority.

I'll start: 288 GTO owner in Rancho Santa Fe, CA: 66

 

Couldn't tell you his exact age, don't know him that well. But there is one in south Florida I know of. I'd say the owner is in his mid to late 40's.

 

If we are thinking of the same man, and I think we are, I can confidently tell you he is a bit older than that, but he will be very flattered by your estimate!

 

Bill:

I don't think there is a common thread. Demographics of Supercar owners swings wildly across the range. For example: in the USA, I personally know an Enzo owner who is 22 years old. Conversely, I am in touch with another Enzo owner who is in his mid-80s.

The same is true of GTOs. I know a 20-something year old who just bought one in 2009. I sold 2 GTOs in 2009 to people in their 60s. A gentleman in his mid-late 30s bought one about 8 years ago, when he was in his late 20s. Another person and his brother bought one new when they were in their 20s, and still have it. A well-known gentleman has had one since new, and he is in his 80s. Yet still, another well-known comedian has had one from new, and he is in his early 70s (or late 60s, I will have to check). A lady in her 40s just inherited one from her dad who bought it new.

I will say for sure that I have definitely noticed more younger people buying 288 GTOs, so ownership demographics are trending younger. I am also aware of one or two cars poised to be inherited by the sons, who are probably late 20s, and late 40s, in the 2 cases I can think of.

Hope all this helps.

 

Very interesting Joe! Thanks for sharing.

BTW, the owner I know also owns about 17 other Ferrari's, and I don't think he's that much older, or he looks really good!

 

1. 288 GTO
2. F40

 

1. F40
2. F50 or 288 GTO

 

Ha, maybe he will let me borrow his car for the day if I said he was in his 30's?