The best answer to the future is an old V8 that only got louder
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Maturo Competition Cars picked the perfect moment: a day after the electric Ferrari Luce, the company revealed the 308 Stradale. It’s a restomod of the old Ferrari 308 GTB, built not for digital speed but for mechanics, the smell of petrol and rally-bred fury.
The starting point is a factory 308 GTB, stripped down, with the body reinforced by more than 150 new structural welds and an integrated roll cage. Then come hand-flared rear arches and body panels inspired by the Ferrari 308 Group 4, the cars once built by dealer Giuliano Michelotto to take on the Lancia Stratos and Audi Quattro in rallying.
The 3.0-litre V8 Dino, which once made around 250 hp, now puts out 400 hp. The upgrades include new internals, camshafts, modern ignition and a Capristo exhaust. The gearbox has been strengthened too, with shorter gear ratios and a limited-slip differential — but the essential has been kept: the open metal gated shifter between the seats.
The suspension was developed with help from Dutch firm TracTive. It offers electronic compression and rebound adjustment, so Maturo promises a switch in character from a back-road weapon to a grand tourer at the push of a button. Inside, the old plastic gives way to carbon, aluminium, leather and Alcantara — but with no attempt to turn a classic into a tablet on wheels.
Prices start at €425 000 (about $508 000), and that’s before taxes and the donor Ferrari 308. Take the project to a fully bespoke level and the total easily nears €500 000 (roughly $597 000).
Against Ferrari’s electric premiere, this 308 looks almost like a provocation. Sometimes the best answer to the future is an old V8 that only got louder.
This English edition was prepared using AI translation under editorial oversight by SpeedMe. The original reporting is by Nikita Novikov