The others of the genus GTO
05/07/2014
When you hear "GTO" in connection with sporty cars, you automatically think of the Ferrari 250 GTO, which now changes hands for tens of millions. "GTO" stands for "Gran Turismo Omologato".
But the Ferrari 250 GTO was by no means the only sports car to bear the three letters in its name.
Pontiac built a GTO in several generations between 1964 and 1974. Positioned as a muscle car, the well-powered eight-cylinder stirred up the drag strip.
And then there was the Brazilian sports car manufacturer Puma, which presented the GTO as a prototype in 1971. However, the name was changed to GTB (for Gran Turismo Brazil) shortly afterwards, but the 4.1-liter six-cylinder engine remained, making the plastic sports car the most expensive car of Brazilian origin.
Ferrari itself tried to capitalize on the fame of the 250 GTO and launched the 288 GTO in the 1980s and the 599 GTO in the new century. However, after the 250 GTO, no other car managed the balancing act of being both an almost unrivaled weapon on the racetrack and a Granturismo vehicle that could still be used in everyday life so impressively.
