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Ferrari 288 GTO #5 Black Tonka 1:18

Ferrari 288 GTO #5 Black Tonka 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Ferrari
Manufacturer
Tonka
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
01109
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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.

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