FERRARI 288 GTO

A great car, and I assume also 288 Gto and Testarossa side by side is the most beautiful thing to see for this era.

It was: un pavé dans la mare.
..............Throw a stone in the pond

In relation to the shock wave caused by the output of these two cars on the market.

 

Call me an old guy or stuck in time or whatever but I couldn't agree with you more. I loved the 308 lineage and this car is the ultimate evolution of it.

 

Do we????

Paul

 

I find the TR to be a completely different type of car, for example, it's a much heavier, a luxurious Gran Tourer, whereas the GTO is a comparatively lightweight twin-turbocharged missile.

The TR happened to be the flagship V12 of that particular era, whereas the GTO was the FIA-Homologated beginning of the immortal Ferrari Supercar Series, a Ferrari Legend.

Whilst the GTO is achingly beautiful from every angle, the TR's cheese-grater side strakes are not loved by everyone.

The GTO is supremely rare with just 272 official examples, the TR, well, they made over 7,000!

Two completely different cars in terms of creation, styling, purpose & heritage.

If you have driven both, they could not be more dissimilar, chalk & cheese.

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Thank you for your comments Joe and this wonderful picture. I m agree with you for everything.

In my opinion both cars represents perfectly the Ferrari company.

No body was able to produce two sport cars absolutely different. It was a real transgression in term of power, style, color, and price for sure.

No Gto experience.

 

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What, no Montana plates?!?

 

I remember buying that magazine:

"The GTO's performance was quite mind-blowing"

Many GTOs were collected at the Ferrari factory by their lucky new owners.

 

A great period Joe! Now we expect another one in the same philosophie.

 

The Swiss have stile.

Marcel Massini

 

What’s the chassis number, Joe?

Paul

 

Yes

Sorry Paul, I'm not mentioning the chassis number here for a reason, although others may feel free to do so, as you know, I always do when I can.

 

Chassis number 52743, driven here by my son Sterling

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The TR is a truck compared to the GTO, sorry to say .

 

I Love that whole back bay area for photos Joe. If you pick the right evening, The sunset reflects off the (swampy) water and is Beautiful.

 

Agreed.

Great location!

 

GTO 53289 & Miura 3021

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the 288 GTO is really a fantastic looking car and worth a fortune. Who could believe today that once Ferrari was very worried about the possiblity to sell the 200 units needed for racing in the FIA Group B?

Today this story looks even incredible!

ciao

 

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Not for long though, they quickly sold more than 70 extra cars

 

Singing in the Rain

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We all know that then they sold 272 cars, but many cannot still believe that Ferrari expected to sell less than the half of the originally planned 200 cars

 

Yes, but I thought that the worry over planned production not selling out was fairly common-knowlege, and not only with the GTO, but the F40, but other makes & models besides.

If you go back in history, this appears to be the case with limited-production cars which had to be produced to @ 200 to qualify for FIA Homologation.

For example, in the early 70s, Porsche had the same concerns of the planned production of the 2.7 Carrera RS, but, there too, concerns proved rather short-lived. As with the GTO years later, sales exceeded expectations and significantly more were sold than planned or needed for FIA Homologation, and this underscores the story of the car's success.

 

The first speculation boom was a year or two away, yet?

 

September 2013, another great read.

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