Many people say the best car in the world of the Ferrari GTO. While most modern supercars GTO exceed best in the Excel form and function. In its heyday, the GTO dominated the World Sports Car Championship, and he is still one of the best ever to grace a Ferrari chassis.

For these reasons, the GTO is one of the most desirable and luxury cars. In fact, chassis 3729GT received a highest bid of U.S. $ 9000000-1 Bonhams auction in Gstaad in 1997, but to fulfill against its $ 10,000,000 Reserve. Many cars have found a higher price in private, but when 3729GT was sold, he set the world record price for a car in a public auction.

So why is the world? What we have here is probably the biggest road and cars of all time. It combines a sexy style, technology and exclusivity of the league. Only 39 specimens exist, and all have colorful histories.

GTO Development for the Constructors' Championship in 1962, were in the middle of a sports car prototype for Gran Turismo and Ferrari on, give extra motivation to continue to permit the development of the 250 GT, unless the rules. They built the 250 Gran Turismo omologato (GTO), developed a car for the certification process, in which he was appointed.

Provide a basis for the GTO was the 250 GT chassis. In 1954, the 250 GT Europa, engine, chassis and body of the 250-Pro Series pro in a broader development of products a year. The latest development of the GTO and it was from the beginning, bulletproof glass.

Before the season 1962, Ferrari has a small team of Giotto Bizzarrini, who chopped his ex-led Boano 250 chassis and modified to secret meetings in his own ideas. It was a body was pretty rough, dry sump lubrication, the engine has significantly lower and shorter. The audience was smaller, the old short wheelbase (SWB), with a brick. The rear has been redesigned in a sleek design that attracts Fastback.

The first test in Monza results showed significant improvements in all areas during the Berlinetta SWB Sperimentale and sometimes the prototype GTO Le Mans leads in 1961.

Before production of the GTO started, and some people Bizzarrini left Ferrari at the famous Palace Revolution. This sort Girolamo Gardini to 1962 Ferrari sports car. Gardini Bizzarrini test car used most of the changes and added a rear spoiler and stability Watts Link.

During his press conference 24th February 1962 Ferrari no less than six different models of this versatile breed and race car chassis 3223GT, the first production version of the 250 GTO was released. The series follows GTO, Ferrari was the most important, money, attention and recognition.

GTO production during its introduction, much of the press, GTO Rossa has called on the head with an umbrella. They aptly named as such, is used because most of the ideas came directly from the prototype Ferrari GTO. Every aspect of the GTO engine was updated to reflect the 250 Testa Rossa. Compared to the previous 168 Tipo Tipo 168/62 last valves are smaller, lighter materials and dry-sump lubrication.

Comp 539 / 62 has been well described, the development of the chassis of the unit GTO 250 GT competition in 1961. Through years of development of this chassis is part of the room, with a greater number of spacer tube. Updates on the chassis, new front brakes, adjustable suspension and more rigidity and low transmission rates.

Inside, the GTO was very sparse and purposeful. As such, the only areas covered seats were dressed in Nice. lacked the speed or the odometer and was the only true luxury wood Nardi steering wheel.

decimated GTO GTO Action In the first year the competition. Sun Ferrari has completed more points in the Championship Division III in 1962. In the fifth round in Le Mans, GTO finished second and third. It is a remarkable result and proved that the GTO could be the most cars in the category of play prototype.

At the end of the first season, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Chevrolet, the Commission has tried to convince them that the GTO is not a GT car. However, the Annex I, Article 254 and said that the rejection of its changes after the permit if the car was a development of the "normal" type. Since the GTO was an "evolution" of the cars in the same way it was 250 GT in the rules produced, even though the train was dry sump with five forward gears and the road has never been this car factory.

The other two seasons were very successful for the GTO. Ferrari once again, the Division III championship in 1963 and 1964. beaten at the end of 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona proven and led to the GTO first at Le Mans and Sebring.

Beyond 1964, presented by the GTO potential. Ferrari has not been able to certify their engines with the new 250 LM and instead developed a competitive version of the 275 GTB, which was actually the '64 GTO. These developments have the hat trick of the Division III championships until the end of the series Ferrari 250 brands.

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