Ferrari 288 GTO

The Ferrari GTO, usually called the Ferrari 288 GTO, is an exotic homologation version of the Ferrari 308 GTB produced from 1984 until 1987 at Ferrari's factory in Maranello. The letters GTO stand for Gran Turismo Omologata, Italian for homologated. In 1983 Enzo Ferrari noted that road car sales were falling, and the success of turbocharging in Formula 1 pointed to a turbocharged three-litre road car. The engine was turbocharged, mounted longitudinally instead of transversely, and the wheelbase was lengthened by 200 mm over the 308. It used water-cooled IHI turbochargers from Japan, and Nicola Materazzi of the racing division showed that 400 bhp could be reliably extracted from 3000 cc. Little of the 308 or 328 was left by the time it was finished.