"EL_ULY" (uly)
10/21/2014 at 22:43 • Filed to: None
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Or does the line just run as 288GTO, F40, F50, F60, and F70LaF70
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> EL_ULY
10/21/2014 at 22:45 |
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I guess you could say the 250 GTO is its predecessor. But I think the 288 GTO was more an homage to the 250 GTO rather than a direct successor.
StingrayJake
> Textured Soy Protein
10/21/2014 at 22:52 |
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I keep going back and forth on this myself. The two GTOs were designed as race cars and were homologation specials. The F40 was pretty bare bones awesomeness and ultimately there were F40 race cars (notably the LM), but I don't think it was specifically designed as a race car and thus a homolgation special. One might reason that the F40 began the whole supercar craze.
dogisbadob
> EL_ULY
10/21/2014 at 23:02 |
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I thought it was the 250GTO
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> StingrayJake
10/21/2014 at 23:07 |
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Well the F40 was sorta derived from a race car. During the 288 GTO program, Ferrari made the 288 GTO Evoluzione, but then Group B racing got phased out, so they developed the 288 GTO Evo into the F40.
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StingrayJake
> Textured Soy Protein
10/21/2014 at 23:12 |
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True. The F40 mules are pretty cool. And the styling cues from F40 to F50 to Enzo are pretty obvious. So maybe we could just say the LaFerrari is the first true bananas supercar that was indirectly race car related (even if it was influenced by the Enzo FXX)... then again maybe all Ferraris are just race cars.
PushToStart
> EL_ULY
10/22/2014 at 00:54 |
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I personally say that the 288 GTO is more of its own thing, and not directly related to the 250 GTO. I mean, it doesn't seem to me that a front mounted V12 engine car is truly a direct predecessor to a mid- engined twin-turbo V8.