The story of the birth of the Ferrari 250 GTO dates long back which can be named as the year 1962. The car manufacturing company Ferrari made this GT car took two years 1962 to 1964 for making this car which was being produced to take part in the category of FIA’s Group 3 Grand Touring Car. There is a particular reason behind each part of this car. Just like the name Ferrari stands for its maker, the numerical digits too have certain denotations. The digits 250 signify the size of each cylinder of the engine in cubic centimeters and the term GTO stands for “Gran Turismo Omologata” in Italian which means “Grand Touring Homologated.”
The perfection of this car has got more precise and invaluable by the limited number of these models manufactured. Only a few people were lucky enough to possess a car like it for its limited edition. In the years ’62/’63, only 36 cars of the Ferrari 250 GTO was manufactured. This was the first series and then the second series, the ‘Series II’ was introduced in 1964. The second series had a little bit difference in the look and only three cars were made in this series. Four more were added to this category which actually were ‘Series I’ cars only with a little bit of changes and modifications. So, till then the total number of Ferraris out in the market was only 39.
The price decided for the cars were $18,000 and the buyers will have to be approved by Enzo Ferrari and his dealer on personal grounds. Gradually, new models and designs got added and in the year 2004 the 250 GTO also secured the eighth position in the list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s as enlisted by the Sports Car International.
