The reworked supercar was the marque’s fastest grand tourer of the 1980s.
Although it’s based on the 288 GTO, the Evoluzine has an aggressively reworked body designed by Pininfarina. Using Kevlar and fiberglass wherever possible to keep weight down, the coachbuilder completely changed the front end, added a wrap-around skirt and a large carbon-fiber rear spoiler. It also features an “egg-crate” bumper that people
. It’s not hard to look at the vehicle and see the clear influence its shape and styling would have on the F40.The car’s improved performance wasn’t just down to a more aerodynamic body, though. It was also equipped with a specially tuned Tipo F114 CK engine fitted with larger turbos. This mill is mated to the car’s original five-speed manual gearbox, which sends 650 hp to the rear wheels. That’s 60 percent more horsepower than you get from the base 288 GTO.
This particular example is the fourth of the five that were built. It was originally delivered to Belgian race car driver Jean “Beurlys” Blaton and passed through the hands of Aston Martin executive chairman Lawrence Stroll, among others, in the proceeding decades. It recently received a full servicing and refurbishment, including a new coat of Rosso Corsa, that cost of €133,000 .
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