RE: Ferrari 288 GTO: Pic Of The Week

[fatboy69]

Absolutely stunning car.

I went out to Maranello back in 1985 & brought a 288 back to the UK.

My greatest ever road trip in one of the greatest cars ever built. Utterly utterly amazing car. Even now I get goose bumps when I think of the moment I first saw a 288 in the flesh.

The drive back to the UK was amazing. The speed, the noise, the acceleration. Just awesome.

My favourite Ferrari.

[Geoffcapes]

My all time favourite car.

A truely gorgeous work of art.

[j90gta]

One of the most beautiful cars ever made. The only Ferrari I have ever spun (greasy surface, cold tyres, too much lead in right foot!!). Thankfully no damage done. 1980's turbo-lag was scary. Even though the F50 was 10 years younger the driving experience was so different. The values of these have practically doubled in the last 12 months.

[Rumblestripe]

I'm sorry but that is not a car...

It should not be mentioned in the same breath as a form of transport it should only be discussed and compared to the other great works of art; Michelangelo's David, a Turner Seascape or a Da Vinci sketch perhaps?

[Ecosseven]

A few more pics.

[team will]

What better car to drive to Le Mans classic in!

[epom]

Ian Poulter seems to have picked one of these up on his travels, nice work if you can get it.

[darrenw]

Absolutely beautiful, I'm not a Ferrari person at all but I adore the 288GTO. It's probably something to do with this being the first issue of Car magazine that I ever bought, aged 12:


CAR Magazine, July 1985 - "Getting to know the GTO" by retromotoring, on Flickr

[j90gta]

epom said:

Ian Poulter seems to have picked one of these up on his travels, nice work if you can get it.

Afraid to say he now owns a 1984 and a 1985 to go with his other cars. I think he also has a 275GTB an F40, F50, and an Enzo, an FF, and a California amongst others.....

[aeropilot]

j90gta said:

epom said:

Ian Poulter seems to have picked one of these up on his travels, nice work if you can get it.

Afraid to say he now owns a 1984 and a 1985 to go with his other cars. I think he also has a 275GTB an F40, F50, and an Enzo, an FF, and a California amongst others.....

Yup, does own a few.....and some nice vintage ones as well

[Matt Bird]

thegreenhell said:

Matt Bird said:

The second GTO after the 250, the 288 was of course made for Group B but homologated too late to compete. It therefore remained just a road car

The lack of competition history for this model isn't because it was homologated too late to compete. It was actually homologated on the 1st of June, 1985, well before the class was banned. The problem was that it was intended to run in the 4-litre class in sportscar racing (Group B was for both sportscar racing and rallying) but all the other manufacturers concentrated on the rallying side of Group B, leaving Ferrari with no one to compete against and so they just didn't bother.

Apologies, thanks for clearing that up. Will amend it now.

[clonmult]

m444ttb said:

Absolutely love the 288 but hand on heart Id rather have a 959. I imagine this puts me in the minority's though

959 would be the daily, 288 for weekends.

Although I hate to say this, the design of the 959 has dated badly. Hadn't seen one on the road in years, then saw one a few years back. First thought was "Who put that sucky body kit on a 911" and then realised my mistake ....

[Fetchez la vache]

bimbeano said:

6th Gear said:

Bill Cosby's 288 GTO is for sale here in Dubai with under 700 miles on the clock.

http://www.tominiclassics.com/collections/82/Ferra...

Stunning car.

So on this one i only have to put 700 miles on the clock the first week .... Why would you wanna own a car and then drive 700 miles in 30 years ?

Possibly so he can sell it for £2m 30 years later?

Blimey that's some garage in that link! Always fancied an ISO Griffo...

[marcosgt]

I know it's a bit de rigeur to like the 288 GTO, but I've never really liked it.

To me, at first it looked too much like the standard 308/328 and then it looked like one of them with an unhappily stretched wheelbase and then the F40 came along and made it look a bit ordinary.

I'd be spending my lottery win on an F40, if I ever had one big enough for a GTO.

Although F40 prices have gone mental in the last couple of years too... I used to see them for £150K or so in C&SC then and think "yep, I really WOULD buy one if I won a million", but now I'd have to ask myself if such a big chunk of such a sum would be sensibly spent on a car (although I guess I'd get it back, and more, if I rarely drove it, but then, what's the point of that?!?!?!).

M.

Edited by marcosgt on Friday 6th February 12:13