Ferrari 250 GTO: All you need to know.

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Published 2023-06-03
Ferrari 250 GTO: All you need to know about the most expensive car in the world. The history, racing, design and development, racers and owners, engine, styling and performance.

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  • Very nice 250 GTO video. Some corrections: Stirling Moss never raced a 250 GTO although he did test the unpainted Prototype at Monza in 1961. Only 2 4 litre cars were built with the 1962 GTO body shape, 330 LMs chassis 3765LM and 4561SA. It was once claimed that 3673SA was a 330 LM (1962 style GTO body) and was the 1962 Nurburgring 1000 KM number 120 car but this was 3765 LM. There is no proof of what 250 GTO #4153 GT actually sold for and what David MacNeil paid for it. It was reportedly sold for around $68 million but no proof. The 250 GTO with number 6 crashing at Goodwood at 4:25 in your video is a replica that the owner races in place of the real chassis 4399 GT. The car in your video at 5:43 showing the engine being revved is a replica based on a 330 GT 2+2. The engine is a 4 litre 330 GT tipo 209 330 GT unit. All 250 GTOs used 6 double choke Weber carburettor. None had 3 as stated. The car you show at 10:53 is a Drogo rebodied 250 GT SWB chassis #2053GT. It is not a 250 GTO prototype. There is some unproved speculation that the 250 GTO Prototype was based on 2053 GT but even if so, it had a different body then to the one you show which was a Drogo body. The car at 12:00 is a replica based on a 330 GT 2+2. The 1964 250 GTO from the cockpit at around 12:15 and later in the video numbered 111 is a replica built by Roelofs Engineering, NL.
  • Excellent and complete video, congratulations for the work, I hope youtube recommends it more often!! I have two miniatures of this wonder!! Greetings from Brazil!!
  • @bastard748
    How many 250 GTO's remain, and what are the chassis numbers of the lost cars? Thank You
  • @testshoot
    Fun fact, every Wednesday night a lot of old Ferrari guys like Stephen Mitchell (GTO s/n 3987GT) and Matthew Ettinger (breadvan!!!) Stephen has some GTO videos on his @GTO3987 channel with some stories of racing his in SoCal in the 70s.
  • The 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé was sold for 135 million EUR —> most expensive car in history.
  • I was thinking about getting one. Wonder what the monthly payment is on 44 million, and is it a 5 yr bill?
  • @toml.8210
    There were 41 cars in total when you include the 2 prototypes. and the first prototype was built with spare parts on the shelf in the storage barn.
  • i have a question wasn't the 250 gto the fastest production car in 1962? i saw that in multiple sites but i wanted to know your opinion
  • This is the only car I've ever seen that looks good with wire wheels. HATED the GT40 w/ wire wheels. Too skinny. The wide tires make them look good.
  • @topforce5298
    But for me, the Lamborghini Miura is more beautiful.