A thread to celebrate the most bonkers, beautiful, and bat-shit crazy beasts built for the street but intended for the track: The Homologation Special. You can love them for any reason, styling, wins, technology, or just because they are insanity on wheels that you could have actually purchased if you had the money.
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Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution. By homologation standards, this one is common as dirt with 2,500 built. It competed in the T2 class (stock production cars) at the Paris-Dakar and won overall in 1998. I love the boxy widebody wheel arches that flow into the front bumper, it's like it can't decide if it's late 80s or late 90s - por que no los dos?
Ferrari 288 GTO. I had a 1:18 die cast model of this as a kid and I've loved it ever since. Intended to race in Group B, it never got a chance to see a green flag before the series was cancelled. I love the looks of this car, from the headlights that pop up and ones mounded just above the chin spoiler, to the funky wing mirrors on disproportionately tall stalks. Some say it's not the best looking Ferrari; for me, it's right up there with the other famous homologation GTO, the 250.
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Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution. By homologation standards, this one is common as dirt with 2,500 built. It competed in the T2 class (stock production cars) at the Paris-Dakar and won overall in 1998. I love the boxy widebody wheel arches that flow into the front bumper, it's like it can't decide if it's late 80s or late 90s - por que no los dos?
Ferrari 288 GTO. I had a 1:18 die cast model of this as a kid and I've loved it ever since. Intended to race in Group B, it never got a chance to see a green flag before the series was cancelled. I love the looks of this car, from the headlights that pop up and ones mounded just above the chin spoiler, to the funky wing mirrors on disproportionately tall stalks. Some say it's not the best looking Ferrari; for me, it's right up there with the other famous homologation GTO, the 250.