Ferrari F40

When most people think about Ferrari they think Formula 1, they think southern Italy in a shining new 430 driving around the streets of Monaco. For many gear-heads they have one Ferrari that they think of…the F40. It is one of the cars that really embodies the scudirea purpose, in the Ferrari line up. Scudirea is the Italian word used for the stables saved for the racing horses. Its Ferrari’s racing diving which also run the F1 team and has been since the 1930’s. The F40 is pure racing, pure speed and performance. No luxuries were put on the F40 it was covered from bumper to bumper in carbon-fiber in days when it was a space aged material. They did anything to keep this car light-weight without losing anything. The F40 changed super cars for ever after they mid-mounted the V8 at a 90 degree angle for a greater center of gravity with meant they could centralize a lot of the heavier parts of the engine such as the gearbox. They Also decided to use a V8 instead of the up coming V12 which weighed more, and focused their efforts on having a high power to weight ratio. The 3.0 V8 produced 480hp which in todays terms do not seem a lot but when the car was so light and behind the V8 was a massive Twin Turbo that according to Jeremy Clarkson; “hits you like a cricket bat across the back of the head.”

The top speed was at the time a record breaking 201 mph, the first road car in the 200 mile per hour club. Jumping from 0-60 in 3.5 and 0-100 in just 8.2 this thing was moving. So what do you have to pay for a Ferrari F40 today that was the first in the 200 club, changed the focus for center of gravity, first car to put space aged materials everywhere, and just gives you a raw racing experience? Well when these rare cars do come up for sell be prepared to pay over 1 million US dollars for this collectable. Not many people get to see these beasts and less will ever get to experience it.

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