Ferrari 288 GTO Evoluzione

This car is one of the rarest of the rare.

The lightened, race prepared 288 GTO was built to contest Group B racing before that series was scrapped on safety grounds. As a result only 5 cars were ever built and of those, two were designated developments mules for the subsequent F40. Those two cars are no more and so leave a grand total of only 3 genuine cars on this earth.

This is one of them (i hope).

An of course red 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO Evoluzione. No other details are of course forthcoming as the dealer is looking for serious enquiries on such an important car.

Holders of the car are Nakamura Engineering of Nara prefecture between Nagoya and Osaka who specialise in racing Ferrari and Lamborghini. they also have a number of F1 cars for sale.

With a whole extra 250 HP over the standard car and a significant weight reduction of 940 kg vs 1220 kg.

Styling is certainly an exercise of function over form with the originals athletic lines lost in an aerodynamicists wet dream.

Although this automobile is hardly steeped in motor sport glory, in fact it more represents what might have been, it would be hard to put a price on. It must be worth at least twice what a standard 288 GTO is, most likely much more than that.

Naturally the dealer have declined to state a figure.

This is the car in question.
http://nakamuraengi.heteml.jp/cgi-bin/nakamuraengineering2/siteup.cgi

Good info here on the car in general and heres a bit of a you tube complete with northern commentary.