GTC60 Ferrari 275 GTB Competizione

3d Model conversion by Velo, skins by Tim L. updated by Team AC Legends. Introduced by Ferrari in 1965 to combat the Shelby Cobra’s dominance of the GT race category, the competition versions of the 275 GTB were produced in two very small series (with the exception of the prototype and three ‘speciale’ models). The first was a series of ten cars, each with the ‘short-nose’ configuration, manufactured in 1965. The second series was produced in 1966, comprising 12 cars, all with a ‘long-nose’ design to counteract front-end lift at high speed. The factory referred to the first series simply as 275 GTB, with the /C suffix officially applied only to the second series of cars. To the untrained eye a Series II 275 GTB/C may look similar to a regular long-nose Berlinetta, but its steel chassis frame is lighter and stiffer, the lascivious body is made of waferthin 20-gauge aluminium that is half the regular thickness, and the two-cam, 3.3-litre, V12 engine is race tuned, featuring a higher compression ratio, special internals and a dry sump. Behind the outer-laced Borrani wire wheels lies fully race-developed independent suspension. A grand touring car this may technically have been, b