Автомашины түүхэн дэх хамгийн ховор бөгөөд үнэтэй Ferrari 250 GTO загварыг загвар зохион бүтээгч Ральф Лоурен эзэмшдэг бөгөөд тэрээр үүнийг 1980-аад онд 300,000 ам.доллароор худалдан авч байжээ.
Ferrari компани “250” нэрийг нэг цилиндрийн багтаамжаар тодорхойлдог байсан тул уг нэршлээр олон янзын загвар гарсан байдаг. Гэвч ихэнх 250 загварууд зургаа эсвэл долоон оронтой үнэлгээтэй байхад, зөвхөн 250 GTO загвар л найман оронтой үнэд хүрдэг онцлогтой юм. Нийт 36 ширхэг үйлдвэрлэгдсэн энэхүү загварыг Ник Мэйсон, Дэвид Ли, Лоуренс Стролл зэрэг нэр хүндтэй цуглуулагчид эзэмшдэг бөгөөд өнөөдрийн байдлаар бүх 36 автомашины байршил тодорхой болжээ.
2011 онд Парисын Музей де Артс Декоратив музей “L’Art de l’Automobile” үзэсгэлэнгийн хүрээнд Ральф Лоурены хувийн цуглуулгаас 17 автомашиныг сонгон дэлгэсэн байдаг. Үзэсгэлэнгийн үеэр түүний 1962 оны Ferrari 250 GTO-г тусгай тавцан дээр байрлуулж, автомашины дизайныг урлагийн бүтээл хэмээн онцолсон юм.
Ferrari компанийн түүхэн товчоонд 1929 онд Scuderia Ferrari үүсгэн байгуулагдсанаас эхлээд 1947 онд анхны Ferrari 125 S загвар танилцуулагдсан үеийг дурджээ. 1962 онд 250 GTO танилцуулагдсан бол 2015 онд компани Fiat-аас салж, Нью-Йоркийн хөрөнгийн биржид RACE тэмдэглэгээгээр бүртгүүлснээр бие даасан тансаг зэрэглэлийн үйлдвэрлэгч болсон байна. Одоогийн байдлаар тус компани SF90 Stradale гибрид загвар болон анхны цахилгаан автомашин болох Luce төслөөр дамжуулан цахилгаанжуулалтын чиглэлд шилжиж байна.
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Ralph Lauren is one of the few lucky owners of the Ferrari 250 GTO, one of the rarest Ferraris ever made, and the most expensive.
He bought it for just $300,000 and, over the years, he watched its value go up like crazy.
Other owners had similar experiences, of course.
But there’s something Lauren did that no one else has.
The key difference between the 250 and the 250 GTO owned by Ralph Lauren
We often automatically associate the 250 name with the GTO, but it’s a bit more complicated than that.
The 250 GTO is very difficult to buy, and itcosts eight figures.
For example, the most expensive Ferrari in the world –and most expensive car in the world before the record was broken– is a 250.
But, for years, Ferrari used the ‘250’ nameplate for so many different models because the name was simply based on the displacement of a single cylinder.
As a result, there are several other models called the 250 that are worth a lot less than that.
We’re still talking about a lot of money.
But while most 250s are worth either six or seven figures, the 250 GTO is the only one that’s worth eight figures.
The other confirmed owners of a Ferrari 250 GTO
Only 36 250 GTOs have ever been built, but the list of known owners is relatively short.
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason also owns one, and two other ‘famous’ 250 GTOs are owned by Ferrari collector David Lee and Aston Martin F1’s co-owner Lawrence Stroll.
Radio host Chris Evans also owned one at some point, as did American computer engineer and collector Greg Whitten.
Through the years, several attempts to locate all 36 chassis numbers have been made.
At the time of writing, all cars have been located.
Aside from the ones we mentioned, most 250 GTOs are owned by billionaires who generally fly under the radar.
The sort of people whose name doesn’t ring a bell, but their company’s name does.
How Ralph Lauren ended up lending his car to the Louvre
In 2011, Paris’s world-famous Musée des Arts Décoratifs – a section of the Louvre – hosted a dedicated, standalone exhibition titled L’Art de l’Automobile.
The museum’s curator specifically chose 17 vehicles from Ralph Lauren’s private collection to prove that the peak era of automotive design – specifically the 1930s through the 1960s – was art.
To make the point, they ‘hung’ his 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO using a complex pedestal.
Lauren bought the car in the 1980s for $300,000, but it was already worth millions of dollars when the exhibition took place.
We bet his heart must’ve skipped a beat or two when he saw what they were doing with it.
Timeline of Ferrari
1929:Scuderia Ferrari founded, acting as the official racing division for Alfa Romeo
1938:The split from Alfa Romeo, to found Auto Avio Construzioni
1947:The first vehicle bearing the official Ferrari logo – the 125 S – is unveiled
1951:First Formula 1 victory
1962:The 250 GTO is introduced, going on to become some of the most expensive cars ever sold at auction
1969:Enzo sells 50 percent of the company to Fiat
1988:Enzo passes away at age 90, shortly after overseeing the launch of the F40
1999 – 2004:The era of F1 domination
2015:Splits off from Fiat and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker RACE. This transformed Ferrari into an independent luxury powerhouse
2019 – present:The company moves to embrace electrification, starting with the SF90 Stradale, a plug-in hybrid, and the first EV, the Luce
