Holy schnikes! One of the most iconic cars of all time is being replicated by the fine craftsmen at CMC. The Ferrari 1962 250 GTO is scheduled to be delivered soon, and based on photos that seems to be true. Fours colours will be issued, Silver, Blue, Yellow, and Red. The 250 GTO features hand-crafted metal parts with a left-hand drive, and built from 1841 single parts, of which 1215 are made of metal. Out standing! More from CMC below. Retail is suggested at $579 (436 Euro), ouch!
“In March 1961, people at Ferrari were getting nervous. This was due to the imminent introduction of a new Jaguar E-Type at the Geneva Motor Show. The car was seen as a serious competitor, and Ferrari was very concerned about its supremacy in motor racing.
Enzo Ferrari acted immediately, and he commissioned Giotto Bizzarrini to design a new GT-class car. Bizzarrini decided to work with the 250GT/SWB, a model that had proved its worth against tough tests. It was quite clear that little change, if any, was going to be made of the chassis, while the wheelbase would remain the same at 2,400 mm. Major modification that ensued involved the rear-axle, body aerodynamics, and center of gravity. In addition, an improved gear train was provided.
The car obtained homologation with the new type designation of 250 GTO, where “O” stands for the Italian word “omologate” (homologated, certified). But because of a widely-known “internal coup” against Enzo Ferrari, several GTO designers, including Bizzarrini, had to leave the company. He was succeeded by Mauro Foghieri, who set to work together with the coachbuilder Sergio Scaglietti and completed the development project. The new GTO boasted a stunningly beautiful body, and it was presented to the international press at Maranello in February 1962.
The racing debut of the GTO was at the 12 Hours of Sebring 1962 in the USA. Its driving duo Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien won the GT-class and finished 2nd overall. From then on, the winning streak continued; Ferrari clinched the constructors’ championship in 1962, 1963 and 1964 consecutively. A total of 39 GTO vehicles were built, including three equipped with a 4-liter engine.
Welcome to a 250 GTO replica featuring CMC’s absolutely extraordinary craftsmanship. You have the option to choose between the silver, yellow, blue and red finishes according to your own preference.”
Model Description/Features:
* Hand-crafted metal precision model with a left-hand drive, built from 1,841 single parts, of which 1,215 are made of metal
* True-to-scale, authentic replication of the car body customized by the renowned coach builder Sergio Scaglietti
* Elegantly-replicated front end with removable covers of the three air intakes
* One coolant filler under a flip-open cover in the bonnet; one oil-tank filler housed under the right side of the rear window with an openable cover
* Intricate windscreen-wipers with real rubber blades
* Functional engine hood, equipped with a supporting rod, functional locks for quick release, and leather belts and buckles for secure fastening
* Functional doors with sliding windows
* Trunk lid has a supporting rod and opens to reveal a spare wheel
* Rear fuel tank filler with a flip-open cap
* Perfectly-wired wheels with a light alloy rim, stainless steel spokes and nipples
* Unscrew the Borrani central locking nuts (with side-dependent right- and left-hand threads) to remove the wheels
* Highly detailed 12-cylinder V-type engine, complete with all aggregates, pipes and cabling
* Meticulous replication of the interior and its racing accessories, such as roll cage and safety belts. Seats upholstered in real textile covers with leather trimmingsWell-integrated dashboard with a full array of instruments and controls on a wrinkle-finish-paint surface
* Elaborate undercarriage that reveals authentically-replicated front and rear suspensions, oil tank for dry sump lubrication, and fuel tank (all being made of stainless steel) in addition to an impressive racing-style tailpipe of the exhaust system.
* Detachable stainless-steel bottom plate, and a brilliant high-gloss finish
* Special feature: 3 lockable covers for the additional air intakes above the radiator grille, also removable if needed.
Buy the Ferrari 250 GTO at Racing Heroes
WHAT!!! damn it there goes the bank account
This must of been in the pipeline for some time,before CMC lost the license to make Ferrari cars,must say they do look nice,better the any resin ones for about the same price
The choice of having these different colours is interesting. Almost every one of the cars produced at the time had small differences, usually at the front. Some had the spotlights as seen here, some had additional holes for brake cooling, and some had three ‘gills’ behind the front wheels. There doesn’t seem to be any detail about the chassis number the models are supposed to represent. These are the things I would expect to be included on the models, considering the price…..
I don’t know if you notice but CMC most of the time mix between all the cars that mode for the road from the same model so you get everything from all of them ex:the aston martin DB4Z , but i think this open the option to make many race version of the 250
Can’t really put my finger on it yet, but there is something wrong with the overall shape of the car, especially in those quarter-view pix. Fender slats also appear to be too rounded off, front tires look same size/width as the rear ones. Hopefully just pre-production images.
You’re absolutely right :
Better get a Kyosho I think.
Well, definitely a difference between the two.
I think you are using a real picture of a GTO against a CMC model, mate?
I’m 99.9% sure its not a Kyosho Model…
Wow, It’s about time CMC came out with the Ferrari GTO. I have to say that I have almost every CMC 1/18 scale in my collection and lately I have been very disappointed in there workmanship . It’s been very very sloppy. There prices are getting higher and there workmanship is getting poorer. I will be ordering 3 of there colors when they come out and I hope I won’t be disappointed like I was when I just received the latest Alfa Romeo C6 1750. Very sloppy work, it was so bad I had to send it back and request for a new one
Too little, too late……from a business standpoint, OK, I understand, but for the collector community, this was not high on the bucket list to start with so many others already having been done.
Anyone ever going to do a 512M ?
I think it would have been better marketing trick in a 275 GTB
I’m selln my hi end kyosho 250 gto in anticipation of this…so far I have yet to be disappointed with my cmc purchases.
See above, I would suggest you rethink the sale.
I’ll have to wait for the production samples as these models look somehow a bit wrong when looking at the wheels: the rear tire seems to be the same size of the front ones, the circular shape behind the nuts make the wheels look different to the real car and the front fenders fall too low behind the wheel. So far Kyosho’s models look better to me.
Isn’t this a great time to be alive!!! So many fantastic, must-have models released this year.
If it is anything like the California (and there is no reason to suspect otherwise), it should be a fantastic model. Of course, we could wait another 10 years for the Exoto which has been advertised for 5 years now. If it ever sees the light of day.
i may have to rethink this again lol,
torontomotorsports just listed the price
Toronto Motorsports GUARANTEED PRICE: $579.99 CAD
there gonna comand that hi of a dollar i’ll be ok with my Kyosho.. bows to Kraftig.
$450 American at The Motorsport Collector.
even worse that 586 cnd. at the moment at least there is a discount at toronto on top of there price still over 530 bucks
I bough my Kyosho hi-end 2015 release at Torontomotorsport just two months ago for $250 shipped and I am definitely keeping it. Just wondering what kind of licensing trick they came up with to be able to release that 250 GTO.
Nose looks wrong, its too soft and rounded, the fenders and headlamps should dive down steeper and the nose should stick out more, be more pronounced
I agree with the above statement, the 275 GTB should have been built instead, especially the 1965 LeMans winning GTB/C, the yellow number 24 car.
Theres not a nice 275 out there anywhere – missed oppertunity, too bad
http://a54.idata.over-blog.com/4/15/62/69/Competition-1956-a-1965-vol-3/1964-1966-Ferrari-275-GTB-C-16.jpg
Love it but don’t snag to buy it,maybe CMC have the copyright when produce it ,maybe not ,but I think the shape is awful,can’t have a comparison with my KY GTO.In China ,people say the name change from Ferrari to CMC Ferrari,haha,maybe actually this car have no right!
Sorry ,want to buy it
The licensing issue, officially addressed by CMC.
“Please note that the manufacturing and distribution of the suspended scale models does not require any license, in particular not from Ferrari. The model cars are true scale models of original Ferrari cars which were produced more than 25 years ago. Any design which has been published earlier than 25 years ago automatically belongs to the public domain because of the maximum duration of protection of any design registration. Therefore, no authorization is required for the production and distribution of respective scale models.
Please further note that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and various national courts accordingly (Germany, Spain, Italy etc) ruled that the affixing of a trade mark on scale models in order faithfully to reproduce original cars, and the marketing of those scale models does not constitute a use of the trade mark which the proprietor of the trade mark is entitled to prevent (cf. ECJ, Case C-48/05 – judgment of 25 January 2007, GRUR Int. 2007, 404 – Adam Opel / Autec, copy attached; Federal High Court of Germany, judgment of 14 January 2010 – I ZR 88/08, GRUR 2010, 726 et seq. – Opel Blitz II).
Therefore, it is not justified to ask importers of scale models for authorizations with regard to manufacturer brands or designs older than 25 years.”
Wow this is some fascinating tidbit of information, thanks for sharing!
Yes, interesting legal detail! I found out about it when I bought non-licensed models from China and was worried that customs might confiscate and destroy my purchase (without refund). I have witnessed customs officers explaining to people who wanted to collect their cheaply bought “trademark” sneakers that their haul was seized and destroyed under the product piracy act, while I happily collected my non-licensed model. As, in contrast to e.g. replica clothing items or watches, models are no competition for real cars, carmakers cannot claim a justified business interest when their product design or trademark is used.
Yet, if it is 436 € for the GTO, although no license fees had to be paid, and the model´s overall shape is worse than the Kyosho, I too will be keeping my Kyosho Hi-End.
The licensing law news is only good news if it gives us previously unattainable models or if it makes the hobby cheaper when model manufacturers do not have to pay for just using the name. I assume, however, modelmakers buy more than the name when they obtain an official license (eg data to help them replicate the shape correctly).
Hopefully it comes out at a lower ride height and it would have been nice to see the Ferrari crest on the fenders.
Now if CMC would only build the GTO’s arch rival, the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe !
Exoto didnt do that car justice IMO
Once again CMC have proved that they don’t have a good understanding of the market. Why not make a good ’64 GTO as many have already suggested, or how about a 275 GTBC and get many versions – they could make many of something that no one else has done…. Well that would have been too logical, and would have taken some thought and research!! Granted there will always be buyers for a “CMC” GTO model, but so many collectors already have good series 1 GTO models, and the market for these models IS saturated. Everybody and their brother have made one, and for too many years now.
I’m happy with the several GTO models I already have (in 1:43, 1:18, and 1:12 scales) and am not very impressed with the CMC body shape as shown in their publicity photos – nose looks odd…. and there are other problems with it too, then add on that there will most likely be other detail issues (as with many of their models). I build and collect high end models, but on this one I would stick with the Kyosho model. If you have to have one of these “**new**” GTO’s, and if I was considering one, which I am Not, then I would wait until CMC and their numerous dealers start dumping them with various sales just as they have done with most all of their models; or until dealers start discounting, which they will. Unfortunately the “sale” practice of theirs, along with everyone on eBay discounting the models does definitely devalue the CMC brand, and shows that they have as usual under-thought and over produced.
CMC is listing “CMC Ferrari” as the manufacturer and the following legal disclaimer is shown on the product pages for the new “CMC Ferraris”:
“CMC Legal Disclaimer
The use of manufacturers’ names, symbols, type designations, and/or descriptions is solely for reference purposes. It does not imply that the CMC scale model is a product of any of these manufacturers.The use of racing team and/or driver names, symbols, starting numbers, and/or descriptions is solely for reference purposes. Unless otherwise stated, it does not imply that the CMC scale model is a product of any of these racing teams/drivers or endorsed by any of them.”
Regarding the shape of CMC’s model and whether or not it is accurate, I don’t believe the comparison of photos is definitive. The photos would have to be made at the same distance from the model to make the comparison valid.
FYI, I am a dealer and trying to figure out how many to purchase from my distributor. I am a bit worried by these non-Ferrari Ferraris, especially if the shape is wrong or of the names/badges are altered.
Kevin, there is a lot of conjecture out there. I’m a little dishearten that a model company such as CMC would go to these lengths. It’s a bit crazy don’t you think?
They don’t want to pay Ferrari for licensing. Based on their statement (see AMS’s posting above), they feel that they should not have to pay licensing fees. I’d say they make a good point, but what I think is irrelevant. What is relevant is 1) is it a faithful replica, 2) might the models be confiscated on entry to the U.S., and 3) might dealers get stuck with some inventory that is illegal to sell? I was about to order several of each color and then found this thread on Diecastsociety.com. I sure am glad that I did.
I would be very doubtful about the blue and yellow options. I can’t find any suggestion on the ‘net that these were factory options when first produced. Of course owners would be free to re-paint their car any colour they like, and race teams often changed the car shade depending on the event. The Belgian Ferrari racing team – which was very active during the 1960’s – usually ran in yellow, but not with a 250 GTO as far as I can see.
New details. The Prancing Horse is clearly on the hood and the front grille.
http://hobbylandbg.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/m/-/m-154-2.jpg
As per CMC:
“The new CMC Ferrari 250 GTO… For creating this all-new model, CMC based his development on chassis number #3809. They definitely used an original 250 GTO available for this new model . For the ones that are familiar with CMC`s philosophy, CMC always collect all necessary data and information for every development completely on their own.”
Hi, I’m up in the air regarding CMC quality with their models I’ve bought some very exclusive models from them that has left me seriously wondering about their build quality and QC, there has been 5 models all 1:18 and all over $470.00 AUD that I’ve received that has been broken or there has been parts missing from the model.
I’m still waiting for the wheel spinner off one of my Bugatti 35 models now almost 2 years without receiving it. I most recently purchased the 1962 GTO Ferrari 250 in blue and the Alfa Romeo No87 driven by Tazio Nuvolari both of these models appear to be spot on in all respects and look gorgeous. I can recommend them very highly going off my two models to those people contemplating the purchase of either of these two cars from CMC. In fairness to CMC I own over 25 of their models with most of them other than those I’ve mentioned with having a problem being a pristine model which I’m very proud to own. It is also very possible that the retailer from whom I purchased some of my CMC models damaged them as some were opened for the shops display” so I’m open minded and not pointing the finger directly at CMC for the problems I’ve experienced with the product. I would rate my two latest acquisitions at 100% top of the bill for both these two new releases.
All this divergent opinion, some of it so negative concerning a company that has often served as my refuge when I can’t find something in the way of a diecast that gives me the mechanical excellence that I crave…. This is the area that serves to stir my imagination more than the other aspects of the replication in miniature that is offered by the diecast cars ,and bikes I love and spend on The contrasting views and precision with which the forms are compared ,at times make me feel like a plebe !! Not that I don’t learn about the differences in your visions……However , one thing I do know about the shaping of these bodies is that no two of them are exactly alike , the aluminum hand hammered and curved on an English wheel, and even no two wheels I daresay were identical. Anyway that fact alone gives me room for a certain forgiveness and an allowance to just choose the one I prefer and not judge too harshly another shape given to the same car………AND THEN , maybe Giovanni had a bit too much wine with Anna -Marie the previous night , till it was no longer dark! I myself have been known to stray a bit EH ??
I hate when I do this ! I thought I had reached just the right conclusion but the reason I’m so involved at this moment is…….Just as someone before me commented the prices have already began dropping. I find myself looking at a couple of GTO’s in colors I like in the mid low 3’s and saliva is already pooling at the corner’s of my mouth and in spite of my 2 different Kyosho’s CMC’s mechanical detail is again calling me!!!