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The FerrArI 250 GTo
“It’s simply the greatest road-going Ferrari,
as well as a great racer”, says Ferrari
250 GTO owner and Pink Floyd drummer,
Nick Mason, “Like a good musical
instrument can turn a mediocre musician
into a good one, the 250 GTO makes a
bad driver good, a good driver great,
while a great driver can get the trophy
engraved without bothering to race,”
It’s a view that is obviously shared by the
unnamed buyer who paid Connecticut based
collector paul pappalardo $52 million dollars
for chassis #5111 GT in october 2013 – a world
record amount for a car – but for many, the
Ferrari 250 GTo is the greatest car ever built
and, as such, is priceless.
And yet, the world has the launch of the
Jaguar e-Type at the Geneva motor show
in 1961 to thank for the creation of the 250
GTo. Jaguar’s new GT had enzo Ferrari all in
a dither and he insisted his senior engineer,
Giotto Bizzarrini, come up with something to
beat it. Ultimately, after a typical Ferrari in-fight
which saw Bizzarrini (as well as a few others)
fired, another engineer, Mauro Forghieri and
designer segio scaglietti, completed the car
but it was Bizzarrini’s team who must take the
lion’s share of the credit.
Bizzarrini decided to modify the GTo’s
forerunner, the 250 sWB, by moving the
engine behind the front axle for better weight
distribution. his team then gave the 2953 cc
V12 engine a major massage, adding Testa
rossa heads, larger valves and six double-barrel
Weber carburettors. The result was a car
with astonishing poise and power as well
as an engine tone, especially at 7000 rpm,
that has to be heard to be believed.
And then there are those voluptuous, Beyoncé
like curves, particularly across the bonnet
and wings. Is it any wonder that this is the car
most of the baby boomer generation grew up
lusting after?
The car’s racing pedigree is equally impressive.
homologated (approved) by the FIA for the
Group 3 Grand Touring category, the 250 GTo
was one of the last successful front engine
racing cars. It finished second in its debut race,
the 12 hours of sebring, in 1962 and, more
famously, won the International Championship
for GT manufacturers in the three years, 1962 to
1964. Its place in history was now assured.