Talk:Ferrari 288 GTO

Fastest car

This car is apparently slower than its predecessor. Am I missing something? Vimescarrot (talk) 09:31, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Which car are you referring to? The 288 GTO has no predecessor. Though it does use the "GTO" title of the 250 GTO, just as the new 599 GTO does. The faster 478HP F40 came after the 400HP 288 GTO. The Evoluzione was in between the two, but was never a production car- it ran 650 HP and there were only 6 of them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stratmatt777 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Name of the car?

This car was never referred to as the "288 GTO" by the factory upon production. Can we change it to it's real name, the Ferrari GTO? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carlyroxmysox (talk • contribs) 04:46, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Yeah I agree with that (even if it's being many months after the above was posted...). The article should be "Ferrari GTO". I don't think people will get confused. People directed to this article probably already know the name of this car even though they might refer to it as the "288 GTO". DimTsi (talk) 17:36, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

The book that cames with the car says 288 GTO on the cover and in the plates of the car says 288 GTO — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deadpool349 (talk • contribs) 14:03, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

References

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Ferrari 288 GTO → Ferrari GTO — Agreed. The car's official name is the "Ferrari GTO" and while many may call it the 288, I would not say that the 288 name is significantly more common than the official name. In fact, googlefight suggests that "ferrari gto" is the more common usage online when compared with "ferrari 288 gto" Tmpst (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:22, 7 June 2010 (UTC).

• Oppose there are other Ferrari called GTO. Theirrulez (talk) 12:23, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
• Oppose - isn't clear that this Ferrari is the primary topic: see Ferrari 599 GTO and Ferrari 250 GTO, for example. Regards, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 02:18, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

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Successor?

The successor to the 288 GTO has gone back and forth between the F40 and the 599 GTO. Is there a reliable source that indicates one or the other (or even another model)? Logic would seem to dictate that if the 250 GTO is the predecessor, then the 599 GTO should be the successor if there are only three models with this designation. However, there may be other factors from other sources, but it would be helpful to have the reference. Thoughts? Alanraywiki (talk) 18:27, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

more info on relation to group b

i dont understand why ferrari would make a mid engined 2wd unibody car when everybody else was doing tubular spaceframe, mid engine, 4wd. does anybody know? did they not want to design a car from the ground up for group b (money?)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.15.165.150 (talk) 07:10, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Offered cars

Quote: "Several Formula 1 drivers were offered GTOs by Enzo Ferrari. These include Michele Alboreto (56195), Eddie Irvine, [...]" Enzo Ferrari offered a GTO to Eddie Irvine? I think, this is wrong. Ferrari died in 1988, Irvine entered F1 in 1993. The stated source article on thedrive.com doesn't say anything about Eddie Irvine. Lolle42 (talk) 18:16, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

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Gentrification

The article doesn't explain the meaning of "gentrification" in this case. --95.24.60.152 (talk) 04:22, 1 October 2023 (UTC)