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Monterey 2009: Ferrari 288 GTO owners celebrate 25 years of the Ferrari supercar
Ferrari 288 GTO 25th anniversary reunion at Concorso Italiano - Click above for a high-res image gallery
With just 272 produced, the 288 GTO is the rarest of Ferrari's modern supercars. And because it wasn't officially sold here in the United States, there's just a slim chance you'll ever spot one on the road. However, with 2009 being the 25th anniversary of the 288 GTO's introduction, there was talk of organizing a record gathering that would bring many of the cars together. Joe Sackey, Italian car expert and author of the upcoming The Book of the Ferrari 288 GTO, took the reigns of organizing an event in Monterey this weekend, including a display of the cars at Concorso Italiano. We counted fifteen 288 GTOs in total, including an ultra-rare Evoluzione model that was used by Ferrari to develop the F40. Get your filling of Italian supercar goodness by browsing the high-res gallery below.
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karpy91 9:44AM (8/15/2009)
That evoluzione model is incredibly ugly.
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liamlunchtray 12:17PM (8/15/2009)
When I was a kid there was a Ferrari dealer in Framingham MA that had a 288GTO on the showroom floor that belonged to the owner. I was obsessed with Ferrari's and would make my dad take me to the dealer to look at it. I had a car magazine (Automobile maybe?) that had the same car on the cover. I was completely fixated with 288GTOs.
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Kattleox 10:58AM (8/15/2009)
I love those old ferrari engines. 2.8 means a four cylinder to us today, but to Ferrari it meant a V8 or perhaps even a flat twelve. What cool cars.
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fixitfixitstop 12:52PM (8/15/2009)
2.8 is pretty huge for a 4-cylinder...and considered small for a 6 (although it used to be average for a v-6)
Avinash machado 11:11AM (8/15/2009)
A gearhead's paradise.
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Kaveh 11:55AM (8/15/2009)
What a show, has to be one of the best looking Ferrari's ever made. Did they sell the Evoluzione or is that just the factories car?
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leunamme 12:16PM (8/15/2009)
All these photos and not a single photo of the rear. Photographers need to know that pictures need to be of all angles. I have no clue what the rear on that evoluzione looks like.
Good photos otherwise I suppose.
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fixitfixitstop 12:53PM (8/15/2009)
I agree. I was hoping for a rear shot too.
Adam 12:23PM (8/15/2009)
Someone had a 288 at the Canadian Autoshow in Toronto this year that was for sale.
Price?
A cool $1 million.
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wernermann 2:04PM (8/15/2009)
Happy 25th Anniversary! I just found a channel playlist with nice videos of the Ferrari 288: http://loom.tv/channel.php?c=19674
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M7 2:15PM (8/15/2009)
the F40 and this car are the coolest car mad eby ferrari for me and I dont care if they have turbo lag or somthing like it...this car are cool
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BoxerFanatic 12:17AM (8/16/2009)
Happy Anniversary to one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE cars.
and it is pure automotive ero... well, you know... to see so many of them in one place, even in pictures.
The pure symmetry of the twin intercooled turbocharged V8 is fantastic.
The 308 bodywork modifed to be more purposeful, also got more drop dead gorgeous, a supermodel that happens to be an olympic athlete, as well.
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CAPSGOD 2:28AM (8/16/2009)
OMFG I LOVE THESE
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TheJANG 4:29PM (8/17/2009)
My eyes are all welled up with tears of joy and astonishment. My single favorite car of my childhood and of the 80's decade in general. A-freakin-mazing. And they even brought out an Evoluzione???!! Ludicrous!!
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