CMC Ferrari 250 GTO, 1962 - 1/18

• Handmontiertes Metall-Präzisionsmodell als Linkslenker aus 1.841 Teilen, davon allein 1.215 Teile in Metallausführung
• Authentic reproduction of the striking body design by the famous coachbuilder Sergio Scaglietti
• Very attractively designed front section with removable covers for the three air intakes
• Movable flaps for cooling water filler neck on bonnet and oil filler neck on right-hand side of vehicle at rear window height
• Delicately designed windscreen wiper with real rubber wiper blade
• Fold-up bonnet with support bar for holding open with functional quick-release fasteners and additional leather strap protection
• Functional doors with movable sliding windows
• Opening boot lid with support bar and internal spare wheel
• Rear tank filler neck with opening cap
• Perfectly designed spoked wheels with hand-drawn and nippled stainless steel wire spokes. Screw-on Borrani centre locks with right/left-hand thread
• Cable laying / cabling
• True-to-original design of the vehicle interior with racing-style equipment, such as roll cage and seat belts. Seats with leather edging and genuine textile upholstery
• Coherent, shrink-wrapped dashboard with all display instruments and control switches
• Exact reproduction of the elaborate floor assembly with prototypical reproduction of the front and rear suspension, the oil tank of the dry sump lubrication system and the petrol tank, each made of stainless steel sheet, as well as an impressive tailpipe design of the racing exhaust system.
• Unscrewable stainless steel base plate and brilliant high-gloss finish

Besonderheit:3 Stück verriegelbare Abdeckungen über der Kühlermaske verschließen zusätzliche Lufteinlässe, die bei Bedarf entfernt werden können.

In March 1961, Ferrari got nervous. The newly presented Jaguar E-Type at the Geneva Motor Show gave cause for this. They saw it as a serious competitor and feared losing their supremacy in the racing world.
Enzo Ferrari acted immediately and commissioned Giotto Bizzarrini as project manager to develop a new GT vehicle. Bizzarrini used the tried-and-tested 250 GT/SWB as an experimental vehicle. It was clear that the chassis should remain as unchanged as possible with the same wheelbase of 2,400 mm. The focus was on the rear axle, body aerodynamics and the vehicle's centre of gravity, which were improved step by step.
The homologation was now finalised with the new type designation 250 GTO, with the „O“ standing for the Italian word „Omologate“. Due to the famous „palace revolution“ against Enzo Ferrari, some of the responsible GTO developers, including Bizzarrini, had to leave the factory.
His successor was Mauro Foghieri, who finalised the vehicle together with coachbuilder Sergio Scaglietti. The new GTO was presented to the world press in Maranello in February 1962 with a phenomenally beautiful body.
Its first race outing was in 1962 at the 12 Hours of Sebring/USA, where the driver duo Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien won the GT class and finished second overall in the entire field. From then on, things only went upwards; in 1962, 1963 and 1964, Ferrari was able to secure the one-make world championship with the GTO.
A total of 39 GTO vehicles were built, 3 of them with a four-litre engine.