FULLY REPAIRED (after crash) FERRARI 250 GTO SOUND! - Villa d'Este 2018
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- Опубликовано: 30 май 2018
- During the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2018 I have filmed this beautiful Ferrari 250 GTO. Considering that a 250 GTO switches owner for roughly $50 million, this would be the most expensive car on the world. But than you didn't knew about the story of the most expensive car crash!
One of the stars of the tracks of the 1960s was a Ferrari 250 GTO which has just emerged from a two-year-plus renovation at the Ferrari Classiche department, ready to return to its owner in America. During its stay in Maranello, the car was restored to the original engine and bodywork configuration in which it was delivered to Bologna-based publisher Luciano Conti in 1962. The latter also drove it in its maiden race, the Bologna-Passo della Raticosa.
In June 1962, however, Chassis no. 3445 was sold to Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata, a passionate racing driver, who competed under the S.S.S. Repubblica di Venezia insignia. During this particular stage of its career, the car also won the Trophée d'Auvergne with Carlo Maria Abate at its wheel.
In April 1963, the 250 GTO was purchased by Swede Ulf Norinder who, to comply with the racing regulations of the day, changed its livery from the original red to blue and yellow colours of Sweden. Mr Norinder then drove it to victory in the Vastkustloppet in his home nation. The car also finished second twice in the Targa Florio (with Bordeu and Scarlatti in 1963, and 1964 with Norinder and Pico Troiberg, the latter time as no. 112 which it still bears today).
This much is known: In 2012, while competing in a vintage road rally near Blois, France, American Christopher Cox and his wife, Ann, were injured when their 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO collided with a passenger car. The crash was severe enough to leave Ann Cox with broken bones, and while images of the accident are essentially nonexistent, damage to the car’s front and right side was said to be considerable.
When it comes to the repair of such a valuable Ferrari, the best source may well be Ferrari itself; now, over two years later, Ferrari Classiche has announced the completion of repairs to Cox’s GTO.
Media outlets wasted no time in calling the July 2012 incident the “world’s most expensive car crash,” thanks to the lofty value of the Ferrari 250 GTO. Two months prior to the accident, in May of 2012, another Ferrari 250 GTO (built for Stirling Moss) sold in a private transaction for a reported $35 million. That’s not to say that Cox’s car, which lacked the celebrity driver provenance, carried an identical value, but as one of just 36 Ferrari 250 GTOs built (39 if one counts the three 330 GTOs), chassis 3455GT was still worth a significant amount of money and represented an important chapter of Ferrari’s racing history.
To ensure its continued value, Cox entrusted Ferrari Classiche, a division of the Maranello-based automaker that specializes in maintenance, repair and restoration of classic Ferraris. The two-year repair involved far more than just panel beating, as Ferrari Classiche claimed the repair order also returned the car to the original engine and bodywork configuration present at its 1962 delivery. The Swedish national livery was added by a later owner, Ulf Norinder, who acquired chassis 3455GT in April of 1963.
It was under Norinder’s ownership that the car saw its greatest racing successes, achieving a victory at Vastkustloppet, Sweden, and a pair of podium finishes in the 1963 and 1964 Targa Florio. In the years since, the Ferrari has been enjoyed by a variety of owners around the globe, with most exercising the car regularly at vintage events.
Cox, who purchased chassis 3455GT in June of 2005, continued the tradition, and it’s oddly fitting that the car was damaged during a motorsport event highlighting the 50th anniversary of the Ferrari GTO.
It’s impossible to know exactly how much Ferrari Classiche charged for repairs (or even if the at-fault driver’s insurance put a dent in the repair costs), but it’s safe to say that a factory restoration negates any doubt over the car’s future net worth.
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In the early sixties I saw Ulf Norinder race with this car in Falkenberg and Karlskoga Sweden
What a guy and what a car. Outstanding!
One word BEAUTIFUL !
WOWWW!!!!!!!! What a nice piece of history. THANK YOU.
My goodness... It sounds amazing.. Kinda reminds me of enzo fxx after 3 seconds from startup
Oh yess
Most beautiful car ever made.
Amazing story, thank you !
The most beautiful thing.....
So stunning!
yes, that 904 is to die for!
@@typ930 Look at that 33 Stradale tho in the background!
typ930 Gmund you're welcome
Saw a red 250 gto at goodwood 2019 with out a doubt the best looking amazing car ever seen in my life long live ferrari
Thanks so much for this video! I'm a huge fan of the 250 GTO. Before this video I knew about its crash. I'm so happy to see such a beauty, I mean such a legendary car restored as new by Ferrari Classiche. Kind regards. Bertrand
Bertramborghini o
Legendary 👍🏼👍🏼
One of the most gorgeous cars ever built
Wow!! The chick magnet in this car REALLY WORKS!! Starting @00:15 and for the next ten seconds, shows two models that are practically stalking following the Ferrari !! Lol
It's kind of a shame to see that old thoroughbred being limped around, loaded up and coughing. Let that thing stretch it's legs before you wash down the cylinders!
jnf91 - EXACTLY! If you have the money to buy it, you should have the yarbles to stuff your foot into it.
jnf91 - I was going to say the same, it only has 300hp, jeez.....
What do you bet that it is overheating big time! I had a rear engined Ferrari (Yes! not even on the same planet as this) that at slow speeds would over heat in a heart beat!
Ulf Norinder and his cars, racing and jetset life back in the days.. such a cool guy, im going to stop by his grave and pay him a tribute when i pass his homtetown this coming summer
Se till att kolla in herrgården han ägde och bodde i också. Den ligger i samma ort, Kilafors. :)
@@hugopersson9351
Ja det ska jag definitivt göra, tack för tipset, hoppas Kilafors har hedrat honom på nåt bra sätt också
Bellissima !!! A parte quei tubi di scappamento così sporgenti...
That's some serious chop!
So expensive
Masterpiece!
First owner Ulf norinder, swedish Playboy :) forza Sweden
Have a go at this! I just wonder to this day who the hell would sell a car for $70 million!? There's no way anyone would buy that!
The car sounds incredible! What really strikes me is the sort of Swedish paintjob. I guess it's big with Ferrari customers as that's what @azzurodino gets for all his cars
Is the owner the Same Christopher Nixon Cox Nixon's grandson?? that car is now worth around $70 million as the last one sold about 2 weeks ago!!
Why did I witness some guy on Instagram saying that blue and yellow on this car was a bad combination...
Why do the exhaust tips protrude so far from the body?
Because thats how Enzo Ferrari wanted it.
Why not?
Because JDM 😑
The rearmost parts are SNAP exhaust extractors. Designed to increase exhaust velocity at higher speeds and improve the breathing of the engine, one side effect is that it keeps the back end of the car cleaner - important with the cropped "Kamm" tail.
Bravo UK Mike glad to see someone who knows what they are talking about.
the exhaust is just too much, the sound of most other GTO are less loud but actually sound better
If you could afford one surly you would have a replica made with a 365 V12 purly to the thrash the living day lights out of so you could properly enjoy what it was made for.
It's been 3 years already since the car is running again...
Where and when is the sound?
You must really need the cash to sell a 250 GTO. They appreciate at an astronomical pace. They will be the first 100 million dollar car.
Can someone explain to me why this car is worth $38,000,000 The price reached at auction for the last one sold???
Michael Naisbitt If it makes you feel any better a 250 GTO just sold for 70 million close to a week ago.
And to answer your question, it's a combination of Rarity (only like 40 total), Racing heritage (only racecars end up getting to these insane values), and the fact that this car was made back when race cars were still hand built. I remember seeing a video where a guy drove a 330 P4 and pointed out fingerprints and weld marks left on the car. The car can't ever be made ever again.
Race cars nowadays may not ever get to these values because they are based solely off performance, using the newest and best technology possible. And that technology gets old and left in the dust.
Odezy Beckhummice janior 70 MILLION DOLLARS. good grief you could buy an apartment block for that kind of bread. How much is a 1/ 48th scale model worth Maybe I better clean it up a bit. Ha ha
You don't buy a car, you buy something you will resell with a big value, or something to show people that you are rich. It's only speculation. Car lovers just watch images like us. But i hate more houses price speculation than cars price spaculation.
Because there are 2,500 billionaires in the world, so pay $38,000,000 is like to paid $3,800 for an old Mazda MX5 for us...
All this and no side mirrors!
BRA BRA BRA BRA BRA BRA BRA...
Short for 'Girls take your bra's off'
loud pipes
Saves lifes
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it's a race car,needs to stretch it's legs!
Car got some serious potatoes.....
donkey doesint sound rt
So WHO paints a Ferrari, whimpy blue? With silly yellow nose to boot. YUK! I'll warm up my Ferrari Red right away.
Perhaps read the history books of racing and u will understand better
what is the blue reference?