About Ferrari F40
In a crowd full of journalists, Ferrari Enzo said: “I expressed my wish to the engineers. Build a car to be the best in the world. And now the car is here." The F40 was the last ever Ferrari model to be presented by Enzo himself, just 14 months prior to his death.
With a twin-turbo V8 and a lightweight construction, it didn't lack any punch and it was also crowned the first ever production car to break the 200 mph barrier, its reputation being threatened only by the Porsche 959.
Aerodynamics played a major role in developing the Ferrari F40, as the car relied on this more than its brute force to achieve top speed, achieving an impressive 0.34 drag coefficient back in its time. Designed by Pininfarina, the body featured panels made of kevlar, carbon fiber, and aluminum for strength and low weight. Early models came with fixed windows while the roll-down version came later. Also, the F40 was sold without a catalytic converter until 1990 when regulation made it necessary.
But we didn’t mention the ponies provided by the car’s 3.0-liter V8 engine, a herd of 471 hp with a torque of 425 lb-ft. The F40 rocketed to 200 kph in just 12 seconds. When Ferrari started the F40 production, it planned a total of 400 units with a starting price of $400,000.