Mar 5, 2024 · Weighing just 1250kg dry, the F40 could hit 100km/h in 4.1 seconds. More significantly, Ferrari claimed a top speed of 201mph (324km/h), which was a captivating achievement in 1987. Indeed, the F40 was the first production car to break that significant threshold. This helped seal its stellar reputation.

The Ferrari F40 (Type F120) is a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive sports car [12] engineered by Nicola Materazzi with styling by Pininfarina. It was built from 1987 until 1992, with the LM and GTE race car versions continuing production until 1994 and 1996 respectively. [15]

The Maranello-based company’s second supercar. 40 years after the first Ferrari road car. A berlinetta with racing DNA, designed by Pininfarina and constructed using composite materials.

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Nov 16, 2018 · Legend has it that the F40 could lap Fiorano faster than the Scuderia’s (dreadful) 1980 Grand Prix car, while Formula One star Gerhard Berger described driving one and almost being caught out by wheelspin. In fourth gear. At 120mph. The F40 was based on the 288GTO Evoluzione (bottom left)

When it made its debut in 1987, the Ferrari F40 was the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive production car to come by the renowned Italian marque. The car (and by association, its designers) made no apologies for it being a solely-purposed performance machine.

Having joined Alfa Romeo in 1920 to begin racing their cars, by the end of the decade he’d founded his own company, Scuderia Ferrari, to manage the company’s competition and development programs.

Oct 3, 2023 · Launched in 1987, the F40 was Ferrari’s second limited-edition supercar after the 288 GTO. Its pioneering body was all-composite, it was stunningly styled (by Pininfarina), it was the first production road car to exceed 200 mph (320 km/h) and, just as important, the F40 was the last road car personally signed off by Enzo Ferrari (who died in ...

Jan 24, 2025 · How to drive a Ferrari F40. Clue: very carefully. Top Gear's guide to Ferrari's occasionally wayward late-Eighties masterpiece

The Ferrari F40 LM might be the most famous F40 race car, but did you know Ferrari built more racing versions?