250 GTO Ferrari Tyres
250 GTO Ferrari History
The Ferrari 250 GTO was a supercar and a racing car made in the 1960’s by Ferrari. The Ferrari 250 GTO has been voted one of the greatest cars ever to have been built by numerous magazines and companies. The Ferrari 250GTO is probably top of most petrolheads wish list.
The numerical part of the name denotes the displacement in cubic centimetres of each cylinder of the engine, whilst GTO stands for “ Grand Turismo Omlogata”
The Ferrari 250 GTO was specifically designed for racing and competing in the GT racing cup. It was an orthodox, some say conservative evolution of the 250GT SWB.
Ferraris chief engineer Giotto Bizzarini took the chassis from the 250 GT SWB and implanted the 3.0L V12 engine from the 250 Testa Rossa. After a dispute with most of Ferraris other engineers (including Bizzarini) Enzo Ferrari transferred the development of the 250 GTO went to new designer Sergio Scaglietti and engineer Mauro Forghieri. The body that is widely admired was perfected in a wind tunnel and on the race track unlike most Ferraris that would have been designed by a single individual.
The 250 GTO was the epitome of early sixties technology, a hand welded tube frame ,A-arm front suspension and a live back axle, disc brakes and the legendary Borrani wire wheels. The Ferrari 250 GTO also featured a revolutionary (for the time) five speed gear box , the metal gate that defined the shift pattern would in turn become a tradition that is carried on in current Ferraris . The Ferrari 250 GTO interior was extremely simple, at one stage Ferrari even considered not putting a speedometer in as it was considered an unnecessary instrument!
The low production of the Ferrari 250 GTO meant that Ferrari could be selective about potential owners . Unless you were in the good graces of Ferrari himself or his North American ambassador Luigi Chinetti, your $18.000 (in 1960 )would buy you the best racing car available at the time.
250 GTO Ferrari Wheels
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