If 1984 was not easy for the House of Maranello in Formula 1, the same could not be said for the production cars, with the overbearing return of two of the most iconic and evocative acronyms in the history of the Cavallino: Testarossa and GTO, Ferrari's new granturismo, the most mature fruit of the long-lived and glorious family of 8-cylinder cars, which appeared at the Geneva Motor Show that year.
The 288 GTO - that's the full name of the new model - is the legitimate descendant of the 308 GTB Speciale prototype prepared by Pininfarina in 1977, in other words, a "vitaminized" 308 with an even more racy body and powered by a 2.8-litre V8 capable of producing around 400 hp and a top speed of just over 300 km/h.
After the F40 and Testarossa, another of the Cavallino's supercars enters fully into this monograph that traces its technical and stylistic genesis also through some creators of this model.
The fifth title in the Supercars series, Ferrari 288 GTO by Gaetano Derosa has 168 pages and over 200 b/w and colour images. Text in Italian and English.
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