{"id":489190,"date":"2010-03-30T10:30:11","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T14:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=41925"},"modified":"2010-03-30T10:30:11","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T14:30:11","slug":"my-lust-1963-65-ats-2500-gt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/489190","title":{"rendered":"My Lust: 1963-65 ATS 2500 GT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-41927\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/my-lust-1963-65-ats-2500-gt\/ats_full_shot\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41927\" title=\"ats_full_shot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ats_full_shot-500x304.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is RideLust. We have, ahem, unhealthy obsessions with cars. But which cars? Most car junkies get raging . . . crushes when they see Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Vettes, Alfas, etc. What sets us apart? More pointedly, what sets <em>me <\/em>apart? \u00a0In this series I&#8217;ll show you the seriously sexy sheet metal that absolutely floors me. First up: The 1963-65 ATS 2500 GT. Hit the jump to find out why good things happen when Enzo Ferrari fires his engineers.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-41925\"><\/span><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-41929\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/my-lust-1963-65-ats-2500-gt\/1963-ats-2500-gt-3-0-litre\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enzo Ferrari could be a total asshole. In 1961 he had one of his greatest moments. A team of his engineers, led by Carlo Chiti and Giotto Bizzarrini, complained that Enzo&#8217;s wife was meddling with the business. So Enzo fired them. Chiti and Bizzarrini, understandably pissed, decided to form their own company to challenge Ferrari. ATS (Automobili Turismo e Sport) was born. They built the ATS 2500 GT, the first mid-engined Italian sports car.<\/p>\n<p>The 2500 GT was designed by the brilliant Franco Scaglione, who would later pen the breathtaking Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale. It had an advanced space frame chassis and a Chiti-designed overhead-cam 2.5-liter V8 good for somewhere around 250 horsepower. It was fast in its day, and handled well.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, \u00a0funding dried up and ATS withered away after a few years. Only a handful of the road cars were ever built.<\/p>\n<p>I think the 2500 GT is gorgeous. There&#8217;s just something about that stubby nose, that flowing greenhouse, those big trapezoidal air vents, those muscular haunches. In many regards it lacks the finesse of later mid-engined marvels like the Lamborghini Miura or (gasp) the Ferrari Dino. But you can see the rage in its raw, almost hasty lines. This car was a big &#8220;fuck you&#8221; to Enzo Ferrari. And I love it.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-41931\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/my-lust-1963-65-ats-2500-gt\/ats_2500_gt\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41931\" title=\"ATS_2500_GT\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ATS_2500_GT-500x291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"291\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-41930\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/my-lust-1963-65-ats-2500-gt\/ats-2500-gt-coupe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-41930\" title=\"ATS 2500 GT Coupe.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/ATS-2500-GT-Coupe.-500x304.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Rx_e_dSgiiQH2iY2p28VlqgNo7k\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Rx_e_dSgiiQH2iY2p28VlqgNo7k\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Rx_e_dSgiiQH2iY2p28VlqgNo7k\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Rx_e_dSgiiQH2iY2p28VlqgNo7k\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is RideLust. We have, ahem, unhealthy obsessions with cars. But which cars? Most car junkies get raging . . . crushes when they see Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Vettes, Alfas, etc. What sets us apart? More pointedly, what sets me apart? \u00a0In this series I&#8217;ll show you the seriously sexy sheet metal that absolutely floors me. 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