Numbers first, because with the Ferrari 250 GTO they are the story: 2,953 cc, 300 PS at 7500 . Ferrari built from 1962 to 1964, in the decade that gave the world the pony car and the mid-engined supercar. Giotto Bizzarrini / Scaglietti / Sergio Scaglietti drew it. The total made was 36.
Where it came from
The Ferrari 250 GTO is a V12 front engine grand tourer produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964 for homologation into the FIA's Group 3 Grand Touring Car category that required at least 100 made within 12 months, including 250 GT SWB that had been homologated in June 1960. The "GTO", which stands for Gran Turismo Omologato, Italian for "Grand Touring Homologated"., was powered by Ferrari's Tipo 168/62 Colombo V12 engine with 250 cubic centimeters displacement of each of its cylinders, thus 3 liter in total. As Ferrari had convinced the rule makers of FIA/CSI (and the Le Mans ACO) to count in earlier 250 GT SWB cars, just 36 GTOs were manufactured between 1962 and 1964. This includes 33 cars with 1962–63 bodywork (Series I) and three with 1964 (Series II) bodywork similar to the Ferrari 250 LM. Four of the older 1962–1963 (Series I) cars were updated in 1964 with Series II bodies.
When new, the 250 GTO cost $18,000 in the United States, with buyers personally approved by Enzo Ferrari and his dealer for North America, Luigi Chinetti. This model has become highly desired by collectors and sales have repeatedly set price records. The current record for world's most expensive Ferrari was set in June 2018 when a 1963 250 GTO (chassis 4153GT) was sold in a private sale for $70 million. In 2004, Sports Car International placed the 250 GTO eighth on their list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s, and nominated it the top sports car of all time. Similarly, Motor Trend Classic placed the 250 GTO first on a list of the "Greatest Ferraris of All Time". Popular Mechanics named it the "Hottest C
Under the skin
Power comes from 2,953 cc; 300 PS at 7500  is the published figure; other versions carried different engines, listed in the specification table below. It weighs 880 -. Work it out per tonne and you get about 341 horsepower — genuine supercar pace. It shifts through a 5-speed manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 2400 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Ferrari 250 GT SWB; its successor was the Ferrari 250 LM / Ferrari 288 GTO. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Aston Martin DB5, the McLaren M1, the Honda T360 — show what else the money bought that year. Nearby in the Ferrari catalogue sit the 250 GTE and the 328 GTS.
What it costs now
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Ferrari 250 GTO has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.