HOME | DD

Description
See this car in the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-8R8OyG1DE

Ferrari once envisaged the world's roads being lined with red, and hoped that the F40 would be the car to realize that dream. Being the last car to be personally approved by the great Enzo Ferrari prior to his death in 1988, the car was the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive car that Ferrari sold to the public.

Designed by Leonardo Fioravanti of Pininfarina, 1,315 F40's were built between 1987 and 1992, with some cars selling for an estimated $1.6 million, although the quoted price was approximately $400,000.

Power came from an enlarged, 2.9L version of the previous 288 GTO's twin IHI turbocharged V8 developing 478hp. The F40 did without a catalytic converter until 1990 when US regulations made them a requirement for emissions control reasons. The flanking exhaust pipes guide exhaust gases from each bank of cylinders while the central pipe guides gases released from the wastegate of the turbochargers. Engines with catalytic converters bear F120D code.

The F40's light weight of 2,425lb and high power output gave the vehicle tremendous performance potential. 0-60 came in 3.8 seconds, with a top speed of 201mph, making it the first road-legal car to break the 200mph mark. Between 1987 and 1989 the car was the world's fastest production car, beating the Porsche 959 and the Lamborghini Countach. It was eventually knocked from it's prestigious perch by the Bugatti EB110 GT.

However, despite the superb styling and blistering speed, the Supercar craze was unsustainable. For starters these cars were very, very thirsty, and literally consumed fuel like a Challenger Tank. Then there was the speed, or rather there wasn't, that 70mph motorway speed limit isn't going to change for the F40, so a 200mph top speed is a bit of a way off.

Finally there's the build quality, the problem with Supercars is their no-frills interiors. The car has no carpets, nor does it have a radio, and apparently has panel gaps you can walk through.

I can see why people would want to own Supercars, but for me, they're impractical, they're impossible to enjoy and equally as impossible to fit into.

Description
See this car in the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-8R8OyG1DE

Ferrari once envisaged the world's roads being lined with red, and hoped that the F40 would be the car to realize that dream. Being the last car to be personally approved by the great Enzo Ferrari prior to his death in 1988, the car was the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive car that Ferrari sold to the public.

Designed by Leonardo Fioravanti of Pininfarina, 1,315 F40's were built between 1987 and 1992, with some cars selling for an estimated $1.6 million, although the quoted price was approximately $400,000.

Power came from an enlarged, 2.9L version of the previous 288 GTO's twin IHI turbocharged V8 developing 478hp. The F40 did without a catalytic converter until 1990 when US regulations made them a requirement for emissions control reasons. The flanking exhaust pipes guide exhaust gases from each bank of cylinders while the central pipe guides gases released from the wastegate of the turbochargers. Engines with catalytic converters bear F120D code.

The F40's light weight of 2,425lb and high power output gave the vehicle tremendous performance potential. 0-60 came in 3.8 seconds, with a top speed of 201mph, making it the first road-legal car to break the 200mph mark. Between 1987 and 1989 the car was the world's fastest production car, beating the Porsche 959 and the Lamborghini Countach. It was eventually knocked from it's prestigious perch by the Bugatti EB110 GT.

However, despite the superb styling and blistering speed, the Supercar craze was unsustainable. For starters these cars were very, very thirsty, and literally consumed fuel like a Challenger Tank. Then there was the speed, or rather there wasn't, that 70mph motorway speed limit isn't going to change for the F40, so a 200mph top speed is a bit of a way off.

Finally there's the build quality, the problem with Supercars is their no-frills interiors. The car has no carpets, nor does it have a radio, and apparently has panel gaps you can walk through.

I can see why people would want to own Supercars, but for me, they're impractical, they're impossible to enjoy and equally as impossible to fit into.