Why The Ferrari 250 SWB Revival Is Worth £800k! | GTO Engineering
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I was down at GTO Engineering to record a podcast and they gave me the chance to go and drive one of their Revival cars. This one is essentially a Ferrari 250 SWB Competition Spec but built recently. What an absolutely amazing machine.
You can find the podcast with Mark, the boss of GTO Engineering here:
• Mark Lyon | GTO Engine...
Hope you enjoy,
Sam
Notes:
00:00 = Intro
00:42 = Walkaround
02:45 = Startup and Driving
11:40 = Conclusion + Outro - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I owned a comp. 1960 SWB in the 70's (#1807) and used it for my daily driver in LA. It had an engine out of a 1958 Testarossa!
U must be rich than
@@hottiemcscottie5952at that time they probably weren’t as expensive. Especially considering that it didn’t have the original engine.
Still incredible though
Forget about those modern supercars... All a real enthusiast needs is a classic Ferrari!
Yes. A car where skill counts.
Or a classic Porsche.
Those are the only V12 Ferraris worth getting in my perspective. The modern ones are too powerful, too big and too fast to be enjoyed on the road.
This is is not a classic. It´s a modern replica.
That Ferrari is amazing everyone needs one if it wasn't 800k
The most beautiful front engined car ever built (mid engined = Muira). More desirable than anything built in the last 50 years. Simpy sublime.... as your reaction demonstrates!
A beautiful car, weighs 1,000 kg, has 300hp, an NA V12 with three pedals. Otherwise known as perfection!
You need this and an Eagle and a Porsche 550
Great to see someone genuinely enjoying a car so much they forget what to say. Nice one Sam! 👍
Man who ever owns this car is so lucky to afford it, IT SOUNDS SO GOOD, and the experience of driving such a barebone machine must be unparalleled compared to a modern supercar.
Jesus.....! I could feel the torque through my iPad! So jealous that you got to “aim” that thing down public roads. Great vid!
There’s absolutely nothing to dislike about this car in my view at least my
Cor, doesn't she sing! Love it. And with all these continuations you can actually use and enjoy them to their full potential without being in a constant state of worry and anxiety about breaking 60 year old - unavailable components!
100%
Wonderful video. It expresses why I turned in my leased 2017 high tech modern Alfa Giulia sedan and bought a 20 year old 911. Not on the same level as this 250 SWB, but well within the same spirit and fun factor. Modern technology in cars turns us into automotive couch potatoes.
Colombo 3.5 liter v12 is just heaven
There is nothing in the world that beats the sound of an old school v12. Love the video mate
The giggling was funny! Awesome car..amazing that they can recreate it ..must be some wonderful engineering going on in that beautiful GTO building....thanks for the review Sam
I had goosebumps during the entire driving part. That sound ! A-MA-ZIng !
This review and your reaction is exactly as I hoped it would be. Sublime.
I had the same exact reaction. You just can’t explain it, you are just wowed.
Thanks for this video mate! As car people we could feel every bit of the emotions you were trying to convey, and that engine... oh my god!
it's amazing to me how mechanical classic cars sound
I am stunned what car it is and you made one amazing video! Love it, thanks Sam and wish your youtube will start growing cause you desirve it!
Love the sound! That is what a driving experience should be! Thank you!
The most gorgeous GT ever made!!
Marcelo S it is stunning but sits at #2 for me, right behind the 300SL Gullwing.
Josh Nisker maybe, but the driving experience is far far mor amazing on the SWB for me. So the hole package is far better with the SWB (for me of corse)
I agree. The SWB Ferraris are my favorite.
@@titolynch I’ve never driven either, so I’ll take your word for it!
Josh Nisker The SWB competizione is the best car i’ve driven...period. I have the amazing luck of being able to drive many many cars, but no car has ever transmitted su much and felt so right as the SWB. But the 300SL is a stunning car, beautiful. Did you know there are some very special 300SLs that where restomoded by AMG and Mercedes Benz with a modern engine inside with 400hp, and A/C. Not very engaging when you drive them but they become very very usable, almost a daily driver.
I want one! Just shows what the moderns are lacking, despite their awesome tech!
Video of the weekend :D ... amazing... thanks for sharing Sam
That was the most enjoyable video I've seen in years. It speaks for itself. Thanks man.
Wow.
I love your enthusiasm! Great to watch you enjoying it so much. It is what cars and driving is all about.
Absolutely!
Quite possibly the best TH-cam video I’ve seen in some time!
🤣🙏🏻
They went from 500k to 800k fast...
Beautiful machine...perfect in black.
Loved your video. Thanks for just being real and letting emotion take over. It's refreshing. And what a thing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Could not stop laughing 😂 watching Sam enjoying himself sooo much! That is living!
I need to comment, but these old Ferrari do the same thing to me, the sounds are euphoric, and they kinda scramble your brains a little. Thank you for the upload Sam.
250SWB! My favourite car of all time, though not quite as pretty as the 300SL Gullwing in my view.
After watching your review I cannot think of a car I would rather have. To elicit that kind of response from someone.....amazing.
Giddy as a school boy.
I am as well lol it really shows
What you need in a car. Forget
Sat nav, drinks holder. Wheel
Through your fingertips, arse
On a seat, and the best engine
Money can buy. Bellisimo ❤
Great vid. Amazing car! Absolutely timeless
Sam, this is your one of the best reviews. Car is from another planet, of course, but your reactions were onest. So glad to watch it. Repeated couple times your downshift fragments) Thanks mate!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Before I got home I was actually pretty worried that there was just going to be a lot of blabbing and nothing else.
@@sammooresphoto but you know, in this case it what was needed). Because as you mentioned, how can you review such car in traditional way?
Really delightful to watch.. what a wonderful piece of metal
I’ve driven past this place a hundred times, just wish I had the money to go in!
To go in is free.... go have a look!
Sam Moores Cheers, Sam, maybe I will!
Great video 👍 that noise though 🤤🤤could listen to that all day 😍
Great video! Wow! The era when you actually drove the car. Now the cars drive you. I would have liked to hear her roar from outside the car before the drive. But thats just me. Thanks!
That smile on his face. no words needed.
Great video, just love your reactions, like a kid in a candy store.
What a great video - As genuine cars have gone beyond dream money, if I had a mere 800K for a car, this would be the top of my list! No doubt! I think you liked that more than the F8!
What a thing, thanks for sharing Sam.
Wow, just wow!! This is a special car, great video
Awesome to see your reaction to the noise! I would be as giddy as a school boy too!
Literally jaw dropping, his lower mandible almost detached, the degree of unhinging dictated by the exhaust note 💨 🎶
Loved the video Sam!
The look on your face... brilliant! 🤣
😂
That’s a hell of a car and a great podcast 🍻
M8, I was absolutely cracking up with laughter and joy with yu there Sam!!! Sometimes there is too much talk when there is absolutely no need and this clip would be right up there in that regard. Those first few cackles killed me LOL 😂
Now to the car and in particular that engine and gearbox. Just wow!! 250 SWB always been one of my faves and after watching this I’m wondering how I can make a few mill sos I can get my self down to GTO and order me one pronto..!! I reckon if they ever need to do any marketing they only need ur clip Sam!! Because of yu, thousands more are aching to own this machine. Another thing, I’ve seen recently that they are recreating the Aston DB5 007 editions. Those are going for a kool 5mill or there abouts. To my mind it makes this Fezza look like an absolute bargain. If I had the choice between the two with the 250 a similar price to the Aston, I’d still choose the 250. With it at a fraction of the DB5 sticker, it’s a no brainer! Great work sam and all hale GTO engineering :)))
You absolute legend 🙌 you lucky boy!!
Would this car not be more like a million or 2 ?!
Great video pure adrenaline and emotion 👌 👏 👍 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧
Great video and review Sam, only money prevents me from buying it and what a bargain with respect to an original.......the noise is amazing, you must have seen Derek Hill’s video in a 250 GTO, 7 minutes of bliss, thank you so much for this .....
Yes, pure heaven
I grew up in the 80s with the 80s attitude ‘can’t sit in my car - you’ll ruin the leathers’ is what I was told by a guy my brother knew! Right there & then I made it my goal to own a Ferrari - & I do. I egged myself on visiting showrooms & dealers until I could afford one. I keep to my promise that I’d let anyone drive my car as I don’t want to be like that guy! It’s only metal & money ❤️
The giggles and smiles say it all! Sold!!!!
Kid-in-a-candy-store levels of happiness, great stuff
Just found your channel and I love it
Welcome 👍🏻
The most beautiful car there is.
You tried hard Sam, but, there are no words for these kind of experience’s, the best that life has to offer in vehicle terms. I am the same, especially on really fast motorcycles, there are no words..........thanks for videos like this, GTO Engineering are exceptional at what they do and long may it continue, they are magicians to be able to recreate such engineering art and poetry..........wish very much to be able to afford a 250 SWB, in black with cognac leather, competition spec !
Thanks, it was a rather special experience
Wow probably the best looking car of all time,I would buy it for sure if i had the money
RHD version of this would be fantastic. Great video. Every time I see a car I think something different, I guess that’s the problem, no matter what you have, the question is; “what would/should I have”?
Haha, 100%
Wow! I loved this video! What engine is in there? Thanks for sharing this
Ferrari is the epitome of quality, speed and design!
A very underrated channel.
A Fab Car All The Best And The Team.
Such a stunning machine
Absolutely beautiful car
Watched this epic ride 3 times today already, A W E S O M E 🤘🤘
Glad you enjoyed it!
That noise, that noise!!! No young man this is pure sound, music to hears, and absolutely not a "noise"!
haha, you are correct.
@lol I'm 6ft, it was ok but my legs were up by my ears. The seat was hard mounted but I think it might be able to go back a bit and then i'd spacer the wheel. Not optimum tho
It’s as raw driving as it gets. The shifter is all hydraulic, the engine is a beast of raw power, the suspension, we’ll you’ll feel every bump, it’s all meant to be that be that way.
The first factory dual purpose racing/roadcar was the Bugatti T35 in 1924
The last factory dual purpose racing/roadcar was the Ferrari 250SWB in 1959
Both can be bought new these days as perfect recreations to nut and bolt detail.
Incredible 👏🏾
Those specialist lightweight car makers seriously need to look at this type of retro design work with a modern engine unit and that WOULD sell.
absolutely, GTO are making a modern car to basically that formula now but it won't be the same as Ferrari doing it.
Absolutely perfect.
Nice. I would take a SWB over a GTO all day long. Just like the looks better. Thanks.
I need this in my life just to look at it everyday
That sound! YES PLEASE!!!
Simply amazing, in black is very cool👍🔝👍!!!
What a gorgeous masterpieces
Sam.. You lucky bastard .. I’m jealous what a beautiful car 😊
The difference between technical perfection and soul.
11:22 best bit 7000rpm pull!
Amazing car. You should have gone to that location with your F40, imagine the two of them together..
That would have been wicked. F40 was in for a service and not sure the podcast gear would have fitted in too well 😂
@@sammooresphoto Time to get that all important roof rack :)
@@randomsurfer3963 there is a dude in my old neighborhood with a 430 with a bikerack on top of it and I will forever think that man is a legend
@@sammooresphoto you make room haha
A sound to die for
Super cool
Epic!
Magnificent
A-MA-ZING !!!
He starts out . . . I think I'd rather have mine in dark blue, The seating position is a little odd, Can't adjust the seats . . . accelerates for the first time and speechless mouth agape
Unreal.
NOW we're talkin'
i love mine, its like being in a jet plane,
I can't say it's the MOST beautiful car, because there are so many beautiful cars. But this 250 SWB is beautiful in a unique and especially cool way.
yeah it's wicked
EPIC car
Nice video and lovely car. That ring gear did not sound healthy on start up or is that 'period' sound 🤨. You'd just want to carry on going until you arrived at Monza.
I think it’s fair to say you enjoyed driving that 👍🏻👍🏻😂
Very fair to say
It’s an absolutely stunning car ,it sounds magnificent!
Awesome car! £850,000 but would be so cool to own! 😎
The laugh, chuckle, chortle says it all!
Forget Viagra, this is better!!!
Oh, what is an NA-V12????
Sublime ❤️
This is a replica? Could have fooled me, it looks like a 1:1 exact copy....amazing engineering!
A sports car must provoke emotion!
Would have really loved to have more info about it and a little bit more of an explanation of why it was so hilarious to drive...
Giorgio Napoli It really is an experience you'll get nowhere else. The sounds, the vibrations, the view over that beautifully shaped front end, ...
To really feel exactly as he did you'll have to try it yourself
Grandeeee 🤗👏👏👏👏
If I ever bought one, It would have to be purple, the same purple as Enzo's famous pen