«Forbidden» Ferrari 288 GTO valued at $ 2.8 million

With the hammer Sotheby's is preparing to leave the coupe Ferrari 288 GTO 1985 model year.

The auction house RM Sotheby's January 29 auctioned Ferrari 288 GTO. According to preliminary estimates, the cost of the lot will be up to 2.8 million.

Mileage does not exceed 15 thousand kilometers, that did not stop the car in time to replace the six owners.

The last of them, acquired supercar in 2011, he immediately decided to spend 30 thousand dollars on his overhaul.


As for the model's history, the company has prepared it for rally homologation in group «B» (required to issue a minimum of 200 copies). But after the death in 1986, Henri Toivonen Group «B» has been banned and the 288 GTO in the World Cup did not participate. Issue model was stopped at 272 copy.


The model has a Kevlar body, 8-cylinder bi-turbo engine with 400 hp and the ability to overcome the first hundred in 4.9 seconds. The maximum speed — 300 kilometers per hour.


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