The Ferrari GTO’s Third Coming

If you exclude Vandenbrink Design’s go-nowhere concept, this’d be the third coming of Ferrari’s venerable GTO nameplate.

Without resorting to Wikipedia for background info, the GTOs were race-homologated berlinetta coupes.  The first, the 250 GTO, had a brief, but exceptional, run in the early 1960s.  It is the most valuable automobile in the world, according to auction estimates.  The moniker was revived twenty years later with the 288 GTO, which appeared like a 308 GTB with a mean bodykit.

Lo and behold, Ferrari is going back to the past and bringing back the original “Goat.”  The new GTO is said to be a souped-up play off the 599 GTB.  An Enzo-based 6.0 L V-12 will be re-tuned to deliver upwards of 700 hp.  That’ll come to an estimated price tag between $600,000 and $700,000.  60 should be hit in 3.2 sec., and top speed is said to be north of 210 mph, if that helps.