You can still trail brake a Ferrari 288
GTO into corners, balancing your Pirellis on the absolute edge of adhesion, make the apex and power out wide, a reassuring rumble from the kerb sending that muscly 1980s Pininfarina bodywork on its way to conquer the next curve, and do so with every element of that process beautifully communicated via force feedback wheel or — key given the intended demographic — regular gamepad.
Tipping
the GTO into Schwedenkreuz, the mother of all turns at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, is one of those moments.
Not exact matches
Here's Andy Newall losing control in traffic and slamming this rare, incredibly expensive Ferrari 250
GTO / 64
into the wall during the RAC TT qualifying session.
A poorly trained person always has a
GTO that kicks in before much force can be produced, but with proper training, you can trick your muscles
into contracting at a higher force and speed before the muscle - protecting inhibition kicks in.
Built
into every muscle is a special organ called a Golgi tendon organ (
GTO).
There's no chance of false advertising with the film's title, as the proceedings unabashedly revolve around recent high - school grad Ian (Josh Zuckerman) hopping
into a 1969 Pontiac
GTO and driving to have sex with a gorgeous girl he's met on the internet (Katrina Bowden).
Before we delve
into the specific changes from GTB to
GTO, it's as well to understand the aims of this project.
It stops as well as the
GTO, but it doesn't share the same ability to fire
into an apex with supervehicular tenacity.
The regular V - 12 has six catalytic converters in a 6 -
into -2-
into-1 exhaust system; the
GTO's uses instead a 6 -
into - 1 setup with only two cats.
The steering is slightly sterile and numb — fast, too — but when you request a small direction change, the car delivers precisely that: it inspires great confidence and allows you to lean harder and harder on the
GTO when firing
into turns.
We've seen our share of Datsun 240Zs turned
into Ferrari 250
GTO replicas, which is why we had to get a closer look at this car.
In grand touring cars, we've seen gorgeous road - capable racers like the Ferrari
GTO and the Ford GT40 evolve
into very exotic supercars like Koenigseggs and Paganis, all still very much in the same mold.
The new V - 12 uses the six -
into - one headers we saw on the 599
GTO rather than the conventional three -
into - two -
into - one design, so the FF's exhaust note is more like a muffled
GTO — meaning it's an angrier sound, combining a thundering bass component and a screaming upper register.
We also explore the modern - day Ferrari
GTO, Roger traverses the UK in a Caparo, Henry goes Panamerican in the Mercedes SLS and weok
into the evo crystal ball and eye up future road racing classics
Dig
into the deep bag of power and torque and you smile at the longitudinal g - load; I expect to see a lot of hot - rodded SSs on Detroit's famed Woodward Avenue «drag strip» in coming years, just as there are now plenty of modded
GTOs running up and down it all spring and summer.
Although the curvy, inconspicuous - looking new
GTO lacks the visual impact of its fire - breathing forebears, it sticks to the original formula: Jam a big V - 8
into a small car and stand back.
The rear - drive layout lent itself to the
GTO's balanced handling — 55 percent of the weight is over the front axle, 45 percent over the rear — allowing the car to tuck securely
into fast curves and roar smoothly out of them.
The Ferrari 250
GTO was intended from the start to be entered
into motor racing competition, and with only 39 models made in order to satisfy the FIA's Group 3 Grand Touring Car regulations, the 296 horsepower, 12 - cylinder coupe has been called the «best Ferrari of all time» by a long list of vaunted publications due to its performance, the beauty of its styling, and its rarity.
«The 2009 GT - R is heir to Nissan's legendary Skyline GT - R, a hopped - up salaryman's car that started out as an Asian version of the original Pontiac
GTO and grew
into a cult icon as a video game superhero.
Audi's designers drew inspiration from the race - winning 90 quattro IMSA
GTO as they punched out the wheel arches to give the Sportback a wide - body look and chiseled sizable air vents
into the front bumper.
In 1962, Ferrari made a huge leap forward by releasing the 250
GTO; a GT car produced for homologation
into FIA's Group 3 Grand Touring Car class.