There's always going to be a vocal minority of car enthusiasts that will always claim they don't make supercars quite as they did back in the good old days. As vague and hilariously hyperbolic as that may sound, there are a handful of 80's supercars that make this notion considerably more understandable. Perhaps no better example is the twin-turbocharged Ferrari 288 GTO, a car that spawned a lineage that lives on today through the stunning LaFerrari.

Yes, there were cars that were contemporaries of the 288 GTO that were faster, more outrageous, and perhaps more well known. But for fans of the prancing horse, it doesn't get any better. Want one of your own 288 GTO in your driveway? Well, you'd better be a millionaire, or else it's going to be a pretty big ask.

The 288 GTO has a certain retro magic that no modern supercar can match, no matter how much faster they are. Let's see how much it would cost to make one your own by seeing how much they've sold for recently.

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A Stunning Low Milege Example For A Seven Figure Price At RM Sotheby's

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More amazing cars pass across the auction floor at RM Sotheby's than almost anywhere else in the world, but this stunning example of a 1985 288 GTO with less than 15,000 miles (23,500 kilometers) on the odometer is sure to give anything a run for its money.

Ferrari 288 GTO
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Being auctioned off at the height of a global pandemic in May 2020 did little to lower the asking price for this ultra-exclusive Italian exotic, rolling off the auction floor sold for a gargantuan 2.3 million dollars. According to classic.com, a website that catalogs the rise and fall in the value of classic cars over long periods of time, the same car would have sold for as high as $3.3 million a year before the start of the pandemic.

The Best Preserved Example In The World

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It's fitting that perhaps the finest example of the 288 GTO in existence today would be sold out of the same little town in Italy that Ferrari has called home all its life. The 255th example built, this particular 288 GTO comes without a radio or power windows presumably as a weight-saving measure, one of less than 100 examples built to this specification. The car was imported to the United States by a grey market transport firm based out of Colorado City, Colorado and then sold to a man in Seattle, Washington.

1985 Ferrari 288 GTO engine bay view
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While there, the car accumulated a measly 300 plus miles on the odometer before being sold and imported back to Italy where it remained until its subsequent sale for a staggering €3,263,000, around $3.9 Million U.S dollars in September 2017. A car as rare and valuable as the 288 GTO doesn't come up for sale very often; and when one does, there's always a chance one breaks the record for the most expensive 288 GTO ever sold. For now, though, it appears this example is the undisputed champ.

Sources: Classic.com, RM Sothebys