[s-cars] RE: Vid: M5 vs an Audi

[Joe Pizzimenti]

Screw that.

After taking a ride in an F40 with twin GT28's, I'll take the ugly
F40, all 800whp of it.




On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 01:09:23 -0500, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
> Calvin-
> Yes, the 288GTO was a twin-turbo V8 based on the 308 chassis
> homologated for Group B rally competition around '84-'85, although the
> actual production cars are '86 or '87 IIRC.
> 
> The car is worth somewhere north of $300k, so yes, it's very cool to
> see someone driving one the way it is meant to be driven.
> 
> Although the official terminology would dictate the car being simply
> called the "GTO," the 288 designation is usually used to distinguish
> the later car from the original '61-'64 250 GTO.
> 
> I would place the 288GTO on my list of "gotta buy" when I hit the
> lotto. Much nicer looking car than the F40, much rarer (esp. in the
> US). Gotta be kind of scary to drive hard, though- they were running
> 16s and not _that_ wide of a 16 stock, and the 16s would dictate
> rather small brakes for a car of that performance. It's not like the
> car was very light. I think I'd still get a 275GTB 6-carb before the
> 288.
> 
> Taka
> 
> 
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