The emergence of the
Ferrari 250 GTO meant that Ferrari started differentiating its lines of race cars and road cars. While the race car line earned fame for Ferrari, it was the road car line that earned money to support the motor sport activities. That’s why Ferrari produced the road car 250 GT Lusso Berlinetta in the same year as GTO. Some 351 Lusso’s were sold from 1962 to 64, thus it became the fastest selling Ferrari until then. “Lusso” is the Italian word for “Luxury”. It implied the car was the luxury version of the 250 GT series. Basically, the chassis frame was similar to the GTO, but the V12 was moved forward to create more cabin space. Unlike the GTO, its bodywork was made of steel, although bonnet, doors and boot lid were aluminum. The car was quite heavy at 1310kg. In addition, its V12 was detuned to 250 horsepower, thus performance was no match with SWB Berlinetta and GTO of course. Top speed was estimated to be 145 mph, while 0-60 mph took about 7 seconds. “Lusso” is the Italian word for “Luxury”. It implied the car was the luxury version of the 250 GT series. Basically, the chassis frame was similar to the GTO, but the V12 was moved forward to create more cabin space. Unlike the GTO, its bodywork was made of steel, although bonnet, doors and boot lid were aluminum. The car was quite heavy at 1310kg. In addition, its V12 was detuned to 250 horsepower, thus performance was no match with SWB Berlinetta and GTO of course. Top speed was estimated to be 145 mph, while 0-60 mph took about 7 seconds.
