
Ferrari 288 GTO #5 Black Tonka 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Ferrari
- Manufacturer
- Tonka
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 01109
- Year
- 1984
- Era
- 1980s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- Historic GT & GTE
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 8009445013196
About the Ferrari 288 GTO #5 Black Tonka 1:18
TL;DR: Tonka's 1:18 diecast Ferrari 288 GTO #5 in black reproduces Ferrari's Group B homologation supercar in racing livery. Built to legalize a racing program that Group B's cancellation ultimately curtailed, the car's wide-body racing detail is rendered here in accessible diecast form.
The 288 GTO exists because Ferrari needed a homologation base for Group B competition, and though that racing category was cancelled before the car's full potential played out, the GTO's wide, purposeful bodywork still tells that unfinished story.
Racing Livery on a Homologation Supercar
The 288 GTO's flared arches and functional intakes were engineered with competition in mind from the start, not added as styling flourishes afterward, and this #5 racing livery leans into that intent directly rather than presenting the car in its more common road-going trim. Tonka's black paint and racing number are applied with clean edges, and the car's mid-engine proportions, a shorter cabin pushed forward relative to a longer rear deck housing the V8, are correctly rendered at 1:18. It's a compact, purposeful shape, and the racing livery underscores exactly what the underlying engineering was built for even if the car rarely got to prove it on track.
A Program Cut Short by Regulation
Group B's cancellation in the mid-1980s left several homologation supercars, the 288 GTO included, without the full competition careers their engineering promised. That unfinished history gives cars like this one a particular appeal among collectors interested in what-could-have-been racing programs. Displayed alongside its road-going sibling, this racing-liveried GTO tells the more aggressive half of a story regulation ultimately interrupted.















