Last Truely Great Ferrari

This is the Ferrari F40. The last Ferrari made under Enzo Ferrari before he died, and the first production car to go over 200 miles per hour. It had a top speed of 201 mph. it was originally going to have a top speed of 190mph but before the car was released, Porsche unveiled the 959 supercar which had a top speed of 198 mph. Not wanting to be out done by ze Germans, Enzo Ferrari himself took the car to his engineer and basically told them to get their shit togeather and make the car faster or they were fired (Enzo Ferrari was notorious for being an egotistical deauch).

Built to celebrate the marque's 40th anniversary, the F40 was a development of the 288 GTO. Whereas the GTO's looks are understated, the F40's bad ass body and huge rear wing just scream performance. Penned by Pininfarina, the F40 shares some design elements with the 288 GTO Evoluzione race car.

Under the composite body panels, Ferrari fitted nothing but the essential bits and pieces to keep the car's overall weight down. The chassis consists of a composite central section with steel tubular space frames on either end to support the suspension. This setup offers a good balance between light weight and rigidity. Suspension is by double wishbones all-round, helped by coil springs over dampers and an anti-roll bar fore and aft.

The heart of every Ferrari is the engine and the F40 is no exception. Unlike most other Ferraris, which are powered by a high revving V12 engine, the F40 uses a V8. Like the manufacturer's contemporary Formula 1 engines, the V8 is fitted with two turbochargers and dual intercoolers. The three litre engine was rated at 478 bhp, which was well within the chassis 600 - 650 bhp limit

The F40 has been likened to a Go-Kart on steroids, which just sounds awesome. This car didn't have anything that didn't make it go faster. Even the paint was kept to a minimum, applied so thinly that you could see the weave of the carbon fiber through the paint.


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