Ferrari F40
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Ferrari |
| Production | 1987–1992 (1,311 produced) |
| Assembly | Maranello, Italy |
| Designer | Pininfarina (Leonardo Fioravanti) |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Sports car (S) |
| Body style | 2-door berlinetta |
| Layout | Mid-engine, rear-wheel drive |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 2,936 cc (2.9 L) twin-turbocharged Tipo F120A V8 478 PS (352 kW; 471 hp), rear, longitudinal, 90° |
| Transmission | 5-speed manual |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 2,450 mm (96 in) |
| Length | 4,358 mm (171.6 in) |
| Width | 1,970 mm (78 in) |
| Height | 1,124 mm (44.3 in) |
| Curb weight | 1,369 kg (3,018 lb) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Ferrari 288 GTO |
| Successor | Ferrari F50 |
The Ferrari F40 is a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-door coupé sports car built from 1987 to 1992, with the LM and GTE race car versions continuing production until 1994 and 1996 respectively. The successor to the Ferrari 288 GTO, it was designed to celebrate Ferrari's 40th anniversary and was the last Ferrari automobile personally approved by Enzo Ferrari. At the time it was Ferrari's fastest, most powerful, and most expensive car for sale.
The car debuted with a planned production total of 400 and a factory suggested retail price of approximately US$400,000 in 1987 ($840,000 today), although some buyers were reported to have paid as much as US$1.6 million in contrast to its 1999 value of £140,000. 1,311 F40s were manufactured in total.
As early as 1984, the Maranello factory had begun development of an evolution model of the 288 GTO intended to compete against the Porsche 959 in FIA Group B. However, when the FIA brought an end to the Group B category for the 1986 season, Enzo Ferrari was left with five 288 GTO Evoluzione development cars, and no series in which to campaign them. Enzo's desire to leave a legacy in his final supercar allowed the Evoluzione program to be further developed to produce a car exclusively for road use. In response to the quite simple, but very expensive car with relatively little out of the ordinary being called a "cynical money-making exercise" aimed at speculators, a figure from the Ferrari marketing department was quoted as saying "We wanted it to be very fast, sporting in the extreme and Spartan," "Customers had been saying our cars were becoming too plush and comfortable." "The F40 is for the most enthusiastic of our owners who want nothing but sheer performance. It isn't a laboratory for the future, as the 959 is. It is not Star Wars. And it wasn't created because Porsche built the 959. It would have happened anyway."
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