One to Buy: 1607km US-delivered 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO
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In many respects it was the launch of Ferrari’s 288 GTO at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1984 that kick-started a new era of super high end collector cars that came to be regarded as alternative investment-class assets.
Despite its high price (the GTO was the most expensive Ferrari yet seen), interest proved sufficiently high that the anticipated production run of 200 units required for Group B homologation was exceeded by some margin.
Unfortunately though, although the GTO had been conceived with Group B circuit racing in mind, Ferrari abandoned any plans to compete with their latest flagship and instead developed the 288 platform into the F40 which arrived in mid 1987.
Of the 272 examples of the GTO built, one of the lowest mileage is currently being offered at the Curated showroom in Miami.
Chassis 57725 was sold new on July 15th 1985 to its first owner in Virgina, Minnesota, and left the factory configured with the optional orange Nomex cockpit inserts, electric windows, audio system and rear fog light. Most of the car’s 1607km covered were accumulated within the first year of its life, since which time chassis 57725 has been preserved in immaculate original condition by its subsequent owners.
Rarely do opportunities to acquire such a low mileage, highly specified 288 GTO come along and chassis 57725 undoubtedly represents one of the finest examples of its type.
