I love how the turbos don't sound like a jet when they spool up and don't have a huge wastegate flutter. They just have a nice, delicate little whistle just loud enough to let you know that there's two turbos sitting behind you.
There is simply NO better looking Ferrari on Earth!! I know the new stuff is amazing but I'll go to my grave always wishing I had a 288 GTO to drive. Just once!
All these mid 80s and before Ferrari's have a living breathing soul, there is just something unexplainably awesome about them and their last supper-like feast for a person's senses.
Very jealous here.. I'd love to get to drive a 288. Beautiful car, beautiful sound. Apparently they're commanding a higher used car price than F-40. Both are dreamy, but the 288... gorgeous.
Higher price than the F40? Really, cause everybody loves the F40, even the ones who know only the name and a few pictures, while I am sure not many people love the 288 GTO, because they just don´t know it, or because compared to the F40, they don´t like it that much. Personally, I always preferred the GTO, to me it´s a better car in general, even when I know it´s slower and not as overrated as the F40
I agree completely. The 288 GTO is one of my favorites. It retained the look of the popular 308, but added more bulk, power and flamboyance. It's like a 308 on steroids.
I think the record price for an F40 LM is over 5 million dollars, while a 288 GTO sold in 2017 at slightly less than 4. It is true however that the 288 GTO is rarer, as the F40 production, originally planned at 400 units, for several reasons was brought up to over 1300, not quite a few! In an interview, Nicola Materazzi, who designed both cars, said that his personal favourite is the 288 GTO Evoluzione, which is sort of a joining link between the two.
Car is from Italia AutoSport at Meltham Mill in Huddersfield, guy driving is John Pogson, not sure if he owns the car but they essentially rebuild Ferrari’s. He’s done some other interesting videos on YT if anyone wants to see some cool F40 and Testerossa Vids
@@ChrisE-iy7okwhere have you been, did you not know the F40 had them? They’ve been in the current line up since the 488 in 2015 and the 208, 288 GTO & F40 before that.
Rear engine race car that weighs 2500 lbs, has 400 hp AND is absolutely one of the most beautiful cars I have ever seen; this thing is something special.
To be honest, thats not how it was intended to be driven. Its a car ment for tarmac rallies/ racing. On narrow straights during a tarmac rally its supposed to top around 115-140 mph and avarage of around 70-85 mph.
First car I fell in love with as a teen. I bought a picture of it and brought it back to show my Dad. He said you have to be a millionaire to own one of those. To be fair, he was right really
dovestones reservoir , epic stretch of road, look out for lancer evos round there!, awesome car the 288 gto, without it there would be no F40, much respect that its out being driven and not locked away
I have a 1976 308, I did the 288 conversion, and V12 conversion, mostly because my car was an original DINO, and most everything was lost, original parts, and everything that made it a DINO, or even a 308 for that matter lol, But, the conversion was a blast to do, did the V12, then the 288 body conversion. Was so much fun to do something less constrained, my last car was a 250 GTO restoration, not a lot of room for creativity, the car looks and sounds great, mine should be on the road again, as warm temperatures approach.
Wow - great to see (and hear) a Ferrari out and being used! I suspect the majority of Ferraris (certainly 250/288 GTOs and F40s etc) are locked away in storage as investments unfortunately.
Yeah really nice car, the last bit is on Holmefirth road towards dovestones reservoir, I cycle round there and some drivers go far too fast, along the top stretch.
That was pretty ballsy driving in town like that. Wet roads and cars trying to pull out in front of you. Beautiful car!! It's my favorite Ferrari of all time.
This to me is arguably The greatest Ferrari ever!!! Its beautiful, it sounds as good as it looks, this is what a Ferrari should be, no? Love the F40, the 308 as well as others, but this is like the Countach, or a 911 but even more rare and just a little more speciale...
lukas akerlund It's because it has a flat-plane crank, like the Lotus Esprit V8. The more-usual sounding burble you get from a V8 is because it is cross-plane
I have no idea how I would drive on English roads. They are so damn narrow and people seem to always be on the left side to go around corners. Driving quickly must be heart-stopping. People park anywhere and everywhere. Most of them would be towed in N.America. They need some Germanic input to get organized, but maybe that disorganization is what makes their charm. Think of the electronics of a 60's Jag or A.M., You were stopped at every corner to fix a wire,... if you could find it. Jag 120, the incredible D & E Types. What a car.
The location is Italia Autosport and they are an Independent Ferrari specialist. The car like all the others is serviced then taken out by the owner John Pogson (driving in this video) before being handed back to the owner.
Several years ago I had a 79 308 gtb, similar looking. The 288 looks like a 308 pumped full of steroids. When driving my 308 I was really driving a 288 . I agree with everyone, the best looking car ever designed.
I love how the turbos don't sound like a jet when they spool up and don't have a huge wastegate flutter. They just have a nice, delicate little whistle just loud enough to let you know that there's two turbos sitting behind you.
There is simply NO better looking Ferrari on Earth!!
I know the new stuff is amazing but I'll go to my grave always wishing I had a 288 GTO to drive. Just once!
I think f40 challenges this in terms of looks
@@metfreak100250 SWB ❤️
Best car in the world......Ever.....Fact ❗️
1967 Ferrari 330 P4?
That's an opinion not a fact bro
@@narieksmith2457 lol it is infact HIS opinion.
Agreed 100% This machine started the real supercar era. sure miura first mid engine but this pushed it so far!
Fact? Please! Highly subjective!
Its nice to see that some owners dont keep their rare supercars as garage queen. Great driving & very nice clutch handling.
Really??? 😯
I could do better with a Fiesta!....
@@vascoafonso1877 ur fiestas clutch is not as hard or heavy as this
@@vascoafonso1877 Imagine comparing a Fiesta to a legendary 80s Ferrari supercar…
Imagine thinking they can tell what is going on with the clutch.
I live 30 seconds away from Italia Autosport (the garage where the video started), hearing this and the F40's driving about genuinely makes my day
All these mid 80s and before Ferrari's have a living breathing soul, there is just something unexplainably awesome about them and their last supper-like feast for a person's senses.
Ill take this and a testorosa in black
Yeah the new ones are awful.
FuZionSniperzZ
"Yeah the new ones are awful." - A candidate for the dumbest comment ever written since the dawn of the internet.
derbigpr500 Compared to the old ones, the 458 for eexampleis just boring af
Who cares,
The greatest Ferrari. Good to see it being driven as Enzo would of wanted, and not stuck in a museum never to be driven as an investment.
Very jealous here.. I'd love to get to drive a 288. Beautiful car, beautiful sound. Apparently they're commanding a higher used car price than F-40. Both are dreamy, but the 288... gorgeous.
Higher price than the F40? Really, cause everybody loves the F40, even the ones who know only the name and a few pictures, while I am sure not many people love the 288 GTO, because they just don´t know it, or because compared to the F40, they don´t like it that much. Personally, I always preferred the GTO, to me it´s a better car in general, even when I know it´s slower and not as overrated as the F40
Andreas Eichler there far better than the f40 . The f40 was almost mass produced compared to other limited ferraris and was an evolution of the gto
I agree completely. The 288 GTO is one of my favorites. It retained the look of the popular 308, but added more bulk, power and flamboyance. It's like a 308 on steroids.
I think the record price for an F40 LM is over 5 million dollars, while a 288 GTO sold in 2017 at slightly less than 4. It is true however that the 288 GTO is rarer, as the F40 production, originally planned at 400 units, for several reasons was brought up to over 1300, not quite a few! In an interview, Nicola Materazzi, who designed both cars, said that his personal favourite is the 288 GTO Evoluzione, which is sort of a joining link between the two.
@@xsbgtr ferrari made 1311 f40s, so they should never get as expensive as a 288 or even an f50, as they only made 273 288 gto and 349 f50s.
In my opinion the best looking car ever made.
My dreamed car since I was a child. Congratulations. Forza Ferrari, orgullo de Italia.
My all-time favorite Ferrari!!! The sound of that flat plane v8 and the turbo spooling is intoxicating!!!!
Awesome video!! You don't get to see a 288 GTO like this very often. I think it looks and sounds better than most modern Ferraris.
Car is from Italia AutoSport at Meltham Mill in Huddersfield, guy driving is John Pogson, not sure if he owns the car but they essentially rebuild Ferrari’s. He’s done some other interesting videos on YT if anyone wants to see some cool F40 and Testerossa Vids
This is exactly why we mount the camera to the car when we're filming car footage. INERTIA works.
Looking back we would've - it was filmed 4 years ago though ;)
I think shaking actually gives it some charm and realism... it'd be boring seeing it completely steady
@@spx730 Its a 288 GTO it wouldn't be boring no matter what you do with the camera. Nonetheless, it would be nice not to get sick in the process.
@@SMSmith 4 years after comment and you still reply haha. cheers m8
@@spx730 Thats a little awkward coming from someone who did the exact same thing like 21 hours ago. But i guess, cheers mate!
1:34 you can just about hear the turbos spool up. Beautiful car
im confused did this model really have a turbo originally. i´ve never hear ferarri cars having turbo in them before
@@ChrisE-iy7ok First turbo Ferrari was the 208 GTB, this 288 GTO is biturbo. Also the F40 is biturbo
@@ChrisE-iy7okwhere have you been, did you not know the F40 had them? They’ve been in the current line up since the 488 in 2015 and the 208, 288 GTO & F40 before that.
My all time favourite car being driven in my local area; that long downhill stretch at the end is a gorgeous road; fab!!
3:46 What a great sound when you drop the gear and rev it.
I can't believe this car was made in the 1980s. FAR ahead of its time!
That SOUND! Those looks. It doesn't get better.
OMG super sound, modern Ferrari and Lamborghini doesn't have this beautiful sound...
Love the way the BMW's pull aside like parting waves!
Brilliant video, my absolutely dream car since I was a kid, really enjoyed it!!
One of the most beautiful cars ever built, an iconic masterpiece, Scuderia Ferrari.
Rear engine race car that weighs 2500 lbs, has 400 hp AND is absolutely one of the most beautiful cars I have ever seen; this thing is something special.
It's great to see somebody drive car like this on full throttle, thumbs up. Nice sport and save ride.
F40's daddy-such a pretty car and by far my favourite ferrari.Steering wheels on the wrong side though
Well he's driving on the wrong side too.
Dk Engineering has a video with a rhd 288GTO commissioned by the Sultan of Bahrain.
This isn’t A FERRARI, this is THE FERRARI.
When a loud exhaust makes sense..... busy roads with blind corners! And my god, what a beautiful noise!
Beautiful Italian machine. A super car version of the 308. In person the paint is incredible on these cars.
Just saw one today didn’t notice the paint to be as a standout
To be honest, thats not how it was intended to be driven. Its a car ment for tarmac rallies/ racing. On narrow straights during a tarmac rally its supposed to top around 115-140 mph and avarage of around 70-85 mph.
I love these in car videos , next best things to going for a ride
First car I fell in love with as a teen. I bought a picture of it and brought it back to show my Dad. He said you have to be a millionaire to own one of those. To be fair, he was right really
When new they were $75-80k, so you didn’t necessarily have to be a millionaire back then. With their values since the mid 90’s you 100% do.
Was tht the road tht goes from green field/saddle worth to holmefirth with really nice chippy at the end?
Glorious sound....really exhilarating experience :) Love classic cars...
dovestones reservoir , epic stretch of road, look out for lancer evos round there!, awesome car the 288 gto, without it there would be no F40, much respect that its out being driven and not locked away
That spool up noise is amazing
Huddersfield this, just flew by meltham golf club! awesome car. I am from Mirfield would be amazing to see this in person!
This is a beautiful video. My favorite car of all time here. Nice to see it driven.
Now that's how you drive a super car the safe way. Bravo on your video
I have a 1976 308, I did the 288 conversion, and V12 conversion, mostly because my car was an original DINO, and most everything was lost, original parts, and everything that made it a DINO, or even a 308 for that matter lol, But, the conversion was a blast to do, did the V12, then the 288 body conversion. Was so much fun to do something less constrained, my last car was a 250 GTO restoration, not a lot of room for creativity, the car looks and sounds great, mine should be on the road again, as warm temperatures approach.
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What a wonderful place to live in and drive a wonderful car... Lucky guy
Most beautiful supercar ever, most beautiful Ferrari ever.
THE best looking Ferrari ever
288GTO is still an awesome looker.
Fantastic sound too.
The dream car. The most beautiful one ever made.
Wow - great to see (and hear) a Ferrari out and being used! I suspect the majority of Ferraris (certainly 250/288 GTOs and F40s etc) are locked away in storage as investments unfortunately.
Excellent passing with turbo torque!
Oh man, I don't miss those British roads!
Awesome car. One of my favorites 😍
Be careful lads beautiful thing to see you driving lucky gentleman
my favorite Ferrari :) thank you
Oh that's why I love turbos ... this whistles ♪ ♫ ♩ ♫ ♭ ♪ ♯ ♬
Mmm, yes. Very fulfilling. Thanks. Driving the way God and Enzo intended it.
BMW = Being-in My Way
Looks like Meltham? Italia Autosport?
The sound is intoxicating
She sounds amazing
Yeah really nice car, the last bit is on Holmefirth road towards dovestones reservoir, I cycle round there and some drivers go far too fast, along the top stretch.
My father had a Triumph TR7, which was very similar indeed to this car.
That was pretty ballsy driving in town like that. Wet roads and cars trying to pull out in front of you.
Beautiful car!! It's my favorite Ferrari of all time.
Nicola Materazzi we can never thank you enough for what you left us with. RIP ❤😘🙏
Gosh I love this car.
Very exciting! Epic car.
This is the one I am in love with.
Classic super car royalty.
Without doubt the greatest Ferrari !!!
Real talented supercar druver. Resoect✋️
Nice to see, great video
Jesus Christ he almost totaled it 3 times in the first ten seconds.
haha thats what I was thinking.. them streets are disorganized asf
Dude I was so nervous watching that lol.
Welcome to driving in the UK.
Looks worse than it is the camera's field of view is narrow, making the car seem bigger and the roads narrower, things closer.
Are you asking about the Group B racing category?
Is this the taxtherich guy? Looks like the same exhaust set up as that car?
This to me is arguably The greatest Ferrari ever!!! Its beautiful, it sounds as good as it looks, this is what a Ferrari should be, no? Love the F40, the 308 as well as others, but this is like the Countach, or a 911 but even more rare and just a little more speciale...
love this car were is this road?
Great Video, thx from Germany 👍
The very first of Ferraris Halo cars!! GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, LaFerrari. Best looking one too!! Art on wheels.
Jeez, those roads are narrow and crowded! I was get nervous someone would hit the car! lol
Sounds surprisingly like a four cylinder car - not what I expected.
lukas akerlund
It's because it has a flat-plane crank, like the Lotus Esprit V8.
The more-usual sounding burble you get from a V8 is because it is cross-plane
That would make sense - so I was not going mad!!
Imagine driving down the road and there is a ferrari 288 GTO passing other vehicles coming straight at you.
Beautiful! Crazy parking jobs at the beginning though.
Pininfarina design - unmatched till today.
Thank you from me and from the car.
I'm curious about the clutch.
This video actually scared me with all of the cars around.
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"Slow" I cant, 288 GTO baby
What a sound!!!! No Sound design needed at this time!!🥰🥰
Wonder if they would still drive it like this today. It's current value is about 4 million $.
Is that the left side driving day or WTF ? or maybe your camera image is reversed ? that's weird ! I feel nervous only by seeing that anomaly
you know normal people drive left side...only snob british drive right
mustbe somethingelse lol, and Japan and Australia
mustbe somethingelse In Britain we drive on the left..
OMG ! R U serious ? you all trying to suicide or what...?
No that’s the correct side to drive on.
Best rari' hands down
What's more beautiful ? The countryside or the Ferrari?
Best sound on earth
I have no idea how I would drive on English roads. They are so damn narrow and people seem to always be on the left side to go around corners. Driving quickly must be heart-stopping. People park anywhere and everywhere. Most of them would be towed in N.America. They need some Germanic input to get organized, but maybe that disorganization is what makes their charm. Think of the electronics of a 60's Jag or A.M., You were stopped at every corner to fix a wire,... if you could find it. Jag 120, the incredible D & E Types. What a car.
What a glorious thing....!!
Jesus that's nice
Surely its a security mistake filming where the car is kept and the roads that lead to its exact location!
The location is Italia Autosport and they are an Independent Ferrari specialist. The car like all the others is serviced then taken out by the owner John Pogson (driving in this video) before being handed back to the owner.
Epic driving in the wet no less. ty
Several years ago I had a 79 308 gtb, similar looking. The 288 looks like a 308 pumped full of steroids. When driving my 308 I was really driving a 288 . I agree with everyone, the best looking car ever designed.
Wtf is going on with the exhaust?
Truly a beautiful car. But from the sound on this video, that twin turbo V8 sounds like a Ford Pinto motor.
haha
You need better speakers or headphones. Either that or new ear drums.