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Ferrari 308 GTB/GTS - on the road like detective Thomas Magnum in Hawaii

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Created on February 13, 2011

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Bruno von Rotz

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - mit Targa-Dach

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - fühlt sich auf Landstrassen wohl

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - ideal zum Kurvenräubern

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1980) - Der Detektiv Thomas Magnum nutzte verschiedene 308-Modelle in der bekannten Fernsehserie als Einsatzfahrzeuge

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - wie einst P.I. Magnum

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - lief über 240 km/h

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - man gehörte damit zu den Schnellsten

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - die seitlichen Blinker lassen die amerikanische Abstammung erkennen

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - ein amerikanisches Modell, erkennbar an den Stossfängern

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - Heckansicht einer amerikanischen Version

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - agil und kurvenwillig

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - Klappscheinwerfer geschlossen

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - Klappscheinwerfer offen

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - als Reifen noch keine 40er- oder 50er-Querschnitte aufweisen mussten

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - die amerikanischen Versionen hatten massivere Stossfänger

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - das Dach-Teil konnte enfernt und hinter den Sitzen verstaut werden

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - Pininfarina-Design

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - schöne Räder

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - stimmige Proportionen

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1980) - offen am schönsten zu fahren

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1980) - die späteren Modelle wurden mit Michelin TRX Reifen ausgeliefert

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1980) - dieses Modell wurde nachträglich mit einer vierflutigen Doppelauspuffanlage modifiziert

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - eine wunderschöne Silhouette

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - noch mit dem ursprünglichen Interieur

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - sportliche Kabine

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - Cavallo Rapante im Lenkrad

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - die Kontrollleuchte "Slow Down" gab es nur in der europäischen Version nicht

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - Kulissenschaltung, wie man es bei Ferrari erwartet

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - die schönen Kippschalter

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - vergaserbestückt, die Einspritzung kam ab 1980

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - V8 quer eingebaut

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1979) - der Schriftzug auf dem Heck

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - Interieur Fahrerseite

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - Interieur Beifahrerseite

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - Profil

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1980) - in idyllischer Umgebung

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - der Fahrzeugkörper erinnert an zwei Muschelhälften

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - draussen - von schräg vorne gesehen

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - draussen - von schräg vorne rechts gesehen

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - Von der Seite gesehen

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - von hinten gesehen

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - Von schräg hinten gesehen

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - von schräg oben

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - Von vorne gesehen

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - von vorne und oben gesehen

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1980) - im Profil gesehen

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1977) - an der IAA in Frankfurt (beim Aufbauen der Ausstellung)

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1978) - Aussenaufnahme von vorne gesehen

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1978) - Aussenaufnahme von vorne links

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1978) - Studioaufnahme - von vorne rechts gesehen

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Ferrari 308 (1980) - US-Modelle GTB und GTS friedlich vereint

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - Heckansicht - handelt es sich hier um eine Stahlblech-Variante?

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Ferrari 308 GTB (1976) - draussen auf der Rennstrecke - von schräg vorne rechts gesehen

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1978) - Aussenaufnahme von hinten links - man beachte den serienmässigen Einzelauspuff

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Ferrari 308 GTS (1978) - Studioaufnahme - die Storen der hinteren Fenster geben die Sicht frei

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Summary

The Ferrari 308 GTB/GTS was the first Ferrari car that was allowed to call itself a Ferrari even without a 12-cylinder engine. It continued the tradition of the Dino 246 models, offering a two-seater body with a mid-engine.

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Initially made of plastic!
Sales success
Compact to small
Best acoustic entertainment
Not for people on a tight budget

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Preview (beginning of the article)

When the television producers were looking for an open-top sports car for the series detectiveThomas Magnum to be launched, they first knocked on Porsche's door. But the Zuffenhausen-based company was unable or unwilling to supply an open-top Porsche 928, as this was not part of the fleet program. So they switched to the Ferrari 308 GTS. A stroke of luck for Ferrari, as the still young sports car achieved unprecedented popularity. Nobody seemed to mind that footballer Tom Selleck had hardly any room in the tightly tailored Italian. The space in the open car was even better than in its successor, the 348, in which the designers from Modena installed the engine longitudinally instead of transversely as in the 308.

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