GTO Engineering has confirmed its all-new, sixties-inspired sports car is to called Squalo and has revealed the final exterior design.
Squalo means ‘shark’ in Italian and the Twyford-based engineering company said the name reflects the car’s “shark-like look, instincts and speed”.
It is the firm’s first all-new model – up until now, it has serviced, repaired and restored classic Ferraris, including creating recreations of the legendary 250 GT SWB Berlinetta.
The Squalo is said to pair sixties style with 21st century engineering principles, including the use of 3D printing to aid production.
The Squalo weighs less than 1,000kg and is powered by the company’s bespoke quad-cam 4.0-litre V12, which will be mated to a manual gearbox. Exact specifications – including power and weight – are to be revealed in due course.
Motoring Research understands it takes between 300 and 350 man-hours to hand-build the unit (it isn’t clear at this stage how long it will take to build the car in full) and although it has been designed specifically for the Squalo, the company is planning to offer it as an off-the-shelf product in the future to fit into other vehicles.
The Squalo is to be priced between £1.28 and £1.5 million, plus relevant taxes, with the final price depending on the final specification of the vehicle. GTO Engineering has not decided the exact number of examples that will be built, but we understand the production run will be “in the tens, not the hundreds”.
The first customer cars are expected to roll off the production line – tooling for which is currently underway – in 2023, though if an order is placed now, you are looking at a 2024 delivery date.
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