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Ferrari 288 GTO PPG Auto Refinish Red Bburago 1:18

Ferrari 288 GTO PPG Auto Refinish Red Bburago 1:18 3027-P2 Diecast
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Bburago's 1:18 diecast Ferrari 288 GTO wears the PPG Auto Refinish livery, a promotional sponsor scheme applied to the Group B homologation special that previewed the F40's mid-engine turbo formula. A factory-special diecast pairing rare Ferrari engineering with an unusual period paint job.
Ferrari 288 GTO PPG Auto Refinish Red Bburago 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Ferrari
Manufacturer
Bburago
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
3027-P2
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About the Ferrari 288 GTO PPG Auto Refinish Red Bburago 1:18

TL;DR: Bburago's 1:18 diecast Ferrari 288 GTO reproduces the Group B homologation special under the PPG Auto Refinish sponsor livery, a promotional scheme rather than a factory Ferrari color. The 288 GTO's turbocharged V8 and mid-engine layout previewed the F40, and this factory special gives collectors an unusual alternative to standard Rosso Corsa examples.

Ferrari built the 288 GTO to satisfy Group B homologation rules that never came to fruition on the rally stage, leaving a genuinely track-capable road car without the racing program originally planned for it. Bburago's PPG special dresses that shape in sponsor livery rather than factory red.

The PPG Livery on a Homologation Special

PPG Industries used pace cars and specially liveried show vehicles to promote its automotive refinish paint business through the 1980s, and Bburago's factory special borrows that sponsor identity for a subject that already stood apart from ordinary Ferrari road cars. The 288 GTO's flared wheel arches and functional intake vents, needed to feed its turbocharged V8, take on the PPG graphics without losing their sculpted definition, and the red base coat leans brighter and more saturated than Ferrari's own Rosso Corsa. Bburago built this as a limited factory special rather than a mainline release, keeping it in a narrower collecting category than standard-color 288 GTOs. Collectors who already track Bburago's PPG series across the Testarossa and Countach treat this 288 GTO as another entry in that same niche run.

The 288 GTO's Engineering Legacy Behind an Unusual Paint Job

Ferrari developed the 288 GTO to meet Group B homologation requirements for a rally and racing program that regulatory changes ultimately shut down before it fully materialized, leaving behind a road car with genuine competition-bred engineering and no factory motorsport career to match it. That turbocharged, mid-engine V8 layout directly previewed the F40 that followed a few years later, making the 288 GTO an important engineering bridge in Ferrari's supercar lineage. Only a limited number of 288 GTOs left Maranello in total, which makes any variant, sponsor livery or not, a comparatively scarce subject for diecast collecting. Displayed next to a standard red 288 GTO or an F40, this PPG-liveried example adds a genuine conversation piece.

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