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The Ferrari GTO was built to compete in the new Group B Race series and a minimum of 200 cars were required for homologation. However, after the death of Henri Toivonen and his co-driver Sergio Cresto in the 1986 Tour de Corse, the FIA disestablished the class, leaving just the Group A Rally championship. As a result, the 288 GTO never raced and all 272 cars built remained purely road cars.

Some of the 288 GTO's styling features were first displayed on a 308 GTB design exercise by Pininfarina shown at the 1977 Geneva Salon. This included the deep front spoiler, fender flares, rear lip spoiler, front lid radiator cooling louvres and quadruple driving lights.

The GTO was based on the mid-engined, rear wheel drive 308 GTB and it's 3.0L V8 engine. The "288" refers to the GTO's 2.8L V8 engine as it used a de-bored V8 with twin IHI turbochargers, intercoolers, and Weber-Marelli fuel injection. The 2855 cc engine capacity was dictated by the FIA's requirement for a Turbocharged engine's capacity to be multiplied by 1.4. This gave the GTO a theoretical engine capacity of 3997 cc, just under the Group B limit of 4.0L.

These engines produced 400hp and could whisk the GTO from 0-60 mph in just under 5 seconds, with a top speed of 189 mph, making it the first street-legal production car to reach 186 mph.

Construction of the 288 took place between 1984 and 1989, after which it was replaced by the F40, often considered the most recognisable Ferrari of all time, with a total of 272 288's being constructed.

Description
See this car in the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-8R8OyG1DE

The Ferrari GTO was built to compete in the new Group B Race series and a minimum of 200 cars were required for homologation. However, after the death of Henri Toivonen and his co-driver Sergio Cresto in the 1986 Tour de Corse, the FIA disestablished the class, leaving just the Group A Rally championship. As a result, the 288 GTO never raced and all 272 cars built remained purely road cars.

Some of the 288 GTO's styling features were first displayed on a 308 GTB design exercise by Pininfarina shown at the 1977 Geneva Salon. This included the deep front spoiler, fender flares, rear lip spoiler, front lid radiator cooling louvres and quadruple driving lights.

The GTO was based on the mid-engined, rear wheel drive 308 GTB and it's 3.0L V8 engine. The "288" refers to the GTO's 2.8L V8 engine as it used a de-bored V8 with twin IHI turbochargers, intercoolers, and Weber-Marelli fuel injection. The 2855 cc engine capacity was dictated by the FIA's requirement for a Turbocharged engine's capacity to be multiplied by 1.4. This gave the GTO a theoretical engine capacity of 3997 cc, just under the Group B limit of 4.0L.

These engines produced 400hp and could whisk the GTO from 0-60 mph in just under 5 seconds, with a top speed of 189 mph, making it the first street-legal production car to reach 186 mph.

Construction of the 288 took place between 1984 and 1989, after which it was replaced by the F40, often considered the most recognisable Ferrari of all time, with a total of 272 288's being constructed.