Ferrari sends off the 488 with the one-off P80/C custom order

Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
26 Mar 2019
1 min read

Ferrari have once again rewarded one of their biggest-spending customers by building them a unique race car tailored to their own specs.

Called the P80/C the stunningly beautiful race-only machine takes inspiration from the beautiful Dino 206 S and 330 P3/P4 race cars of yesteryear.

The P80/C is based on a 488 GT3 race car thanks to the GT3’s 50mm longer wheelbase allowing for more creativity when it came to sculpting the entirely custom bodywork. Under the carbon rear tub is a 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 which has had the racing class parity controls removed to produce far more power than the 410kW (550hp) the 488 GT3 makes.

The P80/C follows the SP38, which was also based on the 488 platform. Ferrari has announced any future special editions will be built on the new F8 Tributo, which boasts a wild 530kW (710hp).

If money were no object what one-off car would you have Ferrari make? Let us know in the comments.

Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.  For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.  Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions. Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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