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The GTO Connects Group B Homologation with Turbocharged Road-Car Engineering

March 1984 — Geneva Motor Show

Ferrari unveiled the GTO at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1984 with a longitudinal 2.855-litre twin-turbo V8 and extensive composite bodywork. Its official model name was GTO; the widely used ‘288’ designation was unofficial.

GTHO — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0

Ferrari 288 GTO · GTHO — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0

Automotive significance

Ferrari initially planned 200 examples around Group B homologation requirements, making the GTO a direct meeting point between competition regulations and an extreme road-car programme. The FIA subsequently homologated the Ferrari GTO as Group B number 273 on 2 June 1985. The intended factory competition programme did not develop into the racing campaign originally envisaged, but the car’s turbocharging, packaging and composite construction became an important technical bridge to the F40.

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