Ferrari's first halo car may be over 40 years old at this point, but there are still some barely driven examples out there.Next week, RM Sotheby's will auction off a gorgeous 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO as part of its annual Monterey sale. The example up for bid has been well looked after, but the main reason why it's expected to fetch an eight-figure gavel price is that it has less than 1,000 miles on the odometer.More from Robb ReportAdvertisementAdvertisementTurns Out Porsche Is Still Making Its Electric 718Stetson Just Dropped a New Bourbon-and It's Really GoodThis $75 Million Beachfront Compound Sits Along Barbados's Platinum CoastThe Ferrari F40 may be the most revered of Ferrari's halo cars, but it's the 288 GTO, or just plain old GTO, that was first. The car debuted in 1984 and paired a timeless design by Pininfarina's Leonardo Fioravanti with a racing-derived V-8. This formula proved to be a hit and can be seen in all of the supercar's successors, including the aforementioned F40, the F50, the Enzo, the LaFerrari, and, most recently, the F80.The 1985 Ferrari 288 GTOThe GTO up for auction is the 99th of 272 examples built between 1984 and 1987. Its sleek, flowing body, which features a Kevlar hood and body panels made from molded fiberglass, is finished in Rosso Corsa. Ferrari's trademark hue was the only color used to paint each factory 288 GTO. Inside, the two-seat interior is covered from floor to ceiling in Nero leather and features an optional air conditioning system and power windows.A matching-numbers 2.9-liter V-8 with IHI twin-turbochargers sits in the engine bay. Thanks to the motorsports-inspired hardware, the mill can produce 389 hp and 366 ft lbs of torque, all of which is routed to the rear wheels via a five-speed manual gearbox, and redlines at 7,700 rpm. The GTO could sprint from zero to 60 mph in just five seconds and hit a top speed of 179 mph when it was brand new.Inside the 288 GTOThis car might still be capable of reaching those numbers, too. In addition to having been kept in impeccable shape over the years, this example had just 958 miles on its odometer at the time of cataloging. That makes it one of six or fewer sub-1,000-mile GTOs believed to exist. It also comes with Ferrari Classiche certification.AdvertisementAdvertisementUnsurprisingly, this 288 GTO will not come cheap. RM Sotheby's expects it to sell for between $9 million and $11 million when it crosses the block during the auction house's Monterey sale, which runs from Thursday, Aug. 13, to Saturday, Aug. 15. That estimate seems rather fair when one considers that another example with 16,000 miles sold for more than $6.8 million earlier this summer.Click here for more photos of the barely driven 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO.Best of Robb ReportThe 2024 Chevy C8 Corvette: Everything We Know About the Powerful Mid-Engine BeastThe World's Best Superyacht ShipyardsThe ABCs of Chartering a YachtSign up for RobbReports's Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.Click here to read the full article.
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