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James May Does Ferrari 308 GTB Walkaround by... Walking Around It

The car walkaround craze has come and gone, replaced by the vlog and the 360-degree video. But James May only just head about it and decided to do a walkaround of the Ferrari 308 GTB.
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James May Does Ferrari 308 GTB Walkaround by... Walking Around ItJames May Does Ferrari 308 GTB Walkaround by... Walking Around ItJames May Does Ferrari 308 GTB Walkaround by... Walking Around ItJames May Does Ferrari 308 GTB Walkaround by... Walking Around It
The only thing is that nobody told him that he should talk, so Captain Slow just takes a few seconds to circle the car. That's it!

Unless we are mistaken, this is actually his car, and if he remembered to talk, James would point out that the standard 14-inch wheels are correct, down to the big rubber. Originally, the car came with some optional 15-inch alloys which he didn't like and had changed. We've even found a video of him driving the car around London back in May.

“And now I’ve decided that my 1972 Rolls-Royce Corniche has to go because I’ve become allergic to it. And I mean this. If I drive it for more than half an hour I start itching, and then have to boil all my clothes," May wrote on The Drive Tribe back in March.

So he sold it and bought a Ferrari instead. Mind you, it's not one of those fancy twin-turbo 700 horsepower monsters with body kits. No, the 308 is a child of the late 70's and produces around 250 horsepower. It also makes a sweet noise from the carburetors.

The Ferrari 308 may have been shadowed in the 1980s by headline supercars like the 288 GTO and F40. The B at the end of its name stands for Berlinetta, which is Italian for the little saloon. However, the upside to all that is that it's pretty cheap to buy.

It also had a short sting in Group B rallying, and shares its designation with the modern 488 V8 supercars. But that won't stop us from remembering that a Skoda Superb is now faster than it.



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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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