In 2002 the Factory replaced the appearance of so called N-GT cars that previously had been put together by Michelotto based on “used” 360 Challenge cars.
Michelotto started with his N-GTs for the 2000 FIA N-GT season. The N-GT series became the FIA GT2 Series later. Michelotto asked team JMB at the end of the 1999 season to develop and campaign a GT on the basis of the F360 Modena Challenge for homologation with the FIA-N-GT Series 2000 season. The cars did show their regular Modena VIN, but were officially campaigned with their individual Michelotto number. This leads, in fact, - numerically- to the lowest Serial Number, 000M, formerly known as ZFFYR51B000119073. Michelotto’s N-GTs have been numbered consecutively what leads to a chain of Michelotto N-GTs from #000M to #016M. All Challenge cars used for the conversion are known by Serial Number –we invite you to look them up in the World’s largest accessible database on Ferrari Serial Numbers-. From outside, N-GTs could easily be identified by their yellow headlights, the massive rear wing and a much bigger front spoiler with bis air intakes.
The cars were entered in regional GT-Championship-Series as well as they participated in the traditional races like 24 Heures du Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona and 24 Heures du Spa.
The Factory N-GTs were presented for the 2002 season. The cars had a total weight of 1,070 kilograms and the 8 cyl. engine did produce 295 KW what offered a maximum speed of 295 km/h.
The Numbering of the cars became that style we are used to today when it comes to cars eligible for FIA GT Series. The first Factory N-GT is said to be # F131GT*2000* and was continued up to #2040, using the even numbers only, corresponding to Ferrari’s nomenclature for race cars. However, the Factory built a total of 20 N-GTs entered by customers’ or official Dealers’ Racing teams.
The N-GTs have been replaced by the Modena GT (5 cars, #2400 to #2008) and Modena GTC (10 cars, #2050 to #2068) for the 2004 FIA GT season.