These Ferraris were, literally, Circa 1978, it was said to have contained a 250 GTO and a 250 GT California Roadster. Related Story. 1964 Ferrari 250 GT/L Berlinetta Lusso by Scaglietti; The one-off Ferrari 330 LMB recreation from was an evolution of the legendary 250 GTO. for 390 hp and 300 ft lbs of torque. Just four examples were made, and all have survived. What is the The 250 GTO, SP sports racers, and 250/275/330 P were the immediate beneficiaries of this knowledge. Ferrari named the 1984-1991 Testarossa road car as a homage to the 500 TR and 250 TR. In contrast to the front-engine V12-powered 250 TR, the Testarossa is a mid-engine design using a flat-12 engine and was designed as a road-going sports car The 250 GTO sport a chassis that has been tested in the 250 GT SWB and earned trust, though the frame structure and geometry were slightly adjusted to make it stronger and reduce weight. The Ferrari GTO 250 also got a hand-welded oval tube frame with an A-arm front suspension, Borrani wire wheels disc brakes and a rear live-axle with Watt's The Ferrari 250 GTO was Ferrari's most successful racecar of all time. It took in more than 500 competitive races and had victories in Tour de France, Targa Florio and Le Mans. There have been only 39 examples of the 250 GTO ever made. Only 36 were made, all between 1962 and 1964, yet, astonishingly, collectors can identify every single one of them. Ralph Lauren and computer tycoon Craig McCaw each possess one. In August 2014, a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO broke the auction record when it sold for $38.1 million. Another 1962 GTO, the third one ever constructed, will be put up for Considered by many collectors to be the holy grail of classic cars, the 250 GTO was one of Ferrari's most successful race cars, said Shibarshin. It's also pretty rare -- only 39 were built Via: Garagedreams.net. $83,400 may have been pricey in 1984, but it's a small fraction of what people pay for 288 GTOs these days. According to RM Sotheby's spokesman Peter Haynes, the 288 GTO is currently valued at a minimum of $2 million. The Ferrari 288 GTO is one of the most hardcore road-legal Ferraris ever made. yw6D.