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Ferrari 250 GTO #172 Tour de France Automobile 1964 Kyosho 1:18

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Ferrari 250 GTO #172 Tour de France Automobile 1964 Kyosho 1:18 08434C Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Ferrari 250 GTO wears the #172 Tour de France Automobile 1964 livery, a race that combined circuit sprints and long road stages across France rather than a single endurance grind. Bizzarrini-developed and Scaglietti-bodied, the GTO won its GT class three years running and only 36 were built, making any accurate replica a rare entry point to one of the era's defining racers.
Ferrari 250 GTO #172 Tour de France Automobile 1964 Kyosho 1:18
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Brand
Ferrari
Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
08434C
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About the Ferrari 250 GTO #172 Tour de France Automobile 1964 Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Ferrari 250 GTO reproduces car #172 as raced in the 1964 Tour de France Automobile, a multi-stage French road-and-circuit event that tested GT cars differently than Le Mans. Diecast construction opens the doors and hood on the Bizzarrini-developed, Scaglietti-bodied shape that won three straight GT titles.

Most 250 GTO models chase Le Mans liveries. This one goes a different direction, reproducing a car built for an event that demanded something Le Mans never asked for: speed on ordinary French roads, not just a closed circuit.

Kyosho's 250 GTO Casting in Tour de France Livery

Race Number and Livery Accuracy

The #172 roundel sits on the door and roof panel exactly where period photography places it, and the surrounding Rosso Corsa paint reads warm and slightly orange-biased under direct light, the shade collectors use to distinguish accurate GTO reproductions from mass-market substitutes that lean toward a cooler cherry red. Kyosho keeps the panel gaps around the doors and hood tight and consistent, no small feat on a body built almost entirely from compound curves by Scaglietti's coachbuilders.

Diecast Build Quality on a Compound-Curve Body

The doors and front-hinged hood open on metal pivots, revealing the cabin's simple, function-first cockpit and, under the hood, the shape of the Colombo-derived V12 installation. Diecast construction trades a small amount of shut-line precision for that opening access, a fair exchange on a subject where seeing the engine bay matters to most buyers. The zinc alloy body carries genuine heft, a useful physical cue that this is a serious casting rather than a lightweight toy-grade piece.

The Tour de France Automobile's Different Demands

Where Le Mans rewarded 24 hours of sustained pace on one circuit, the Tour de France Automobile strung together circuit sprints, hillclimbs, and long road transits across multiple days and multiple regions of France. GT cars needed different qualities to win it: reliability across varied surfaces, drivability on public roads, and speed that held up after days rather than hours. Ferrari's 250 GTO, developed by Giotto Bizzarrini and bodied by Scaglietti on a Colombo V12 chassis, proved suited to exactly that mix, and factory and privateer entries treated the event as seriously as any endurance date on the calendar. The GTO's broader record speaks for itself: three consecutive FIA GT manufacturer titles from 1962 through 1964, achieved from a production run of only 36 cars.

Collecting a GTO Beyond Le Mans

Where This Livery Fits Among GTO Variants

A Tour de France livery gives a GTO collection something a wall of Le Mans cars cannot: proof that the same chassis excelled outside pure endurance racing. At roughly 24 centimeters, this 1:18 casting occupies a similar footprint to other GT racers of its decade, so it slots easily into a themed shelf without disrupting scale consistency. Original 36 examples now sit among the most valuable cars ever built, which means this replica remains, for the vast majority of collectors, the only practical way to study Bizzarrini's proportions and Scaglietti's bodywork at close range rather than through a museum rope.

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