Ferrari F40
Manufacturer	Ferrari
Parent company	Fiat
Production	1987-1992
Assembly	Maranello, Italy
Predecessor	Ferrari 288 GTO
Successor	Ferrari F50
Class	Supercar
Body style(s)	Berlinetta (2-door coupé)
Layout	Mid-engine, rear-wheel drive
Engine(s)	2.9 L twin-turbocharged 475 hp V8
Transmission(s)	5-speed manual
Wheelbase	96.5 in
Length	171.3 in
Width	77.6 in
Height	44.3 in

The Ferrari F40 is a supercar that was produced by Ferrari from 1987 to 1992 as the successor to the 288 GTO, with which it shared some parts. During its production run, the F40 was Ferrari's fastest, most powerful and most expensive vehicle and it remains one of the highest performing street legal vehicles ever produced. Ferrari F40 File links The following pages link to this file: Ferrari F40 Categories: Images with unknown source ... Automakers, also known as carmakers, automobile manufacturers, motor manufacturers, or the automobile industry are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ... Ferrari is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello and Modena, Italy. ... Fiat Group, or Fiat S.p. ... Maranello is a town in northern Italy near Modena, population about 15,000 and probably best-known as the home of Ferrari motorcars and Scuderia Ferrari, the legendary Formula One (F1) racing team. ... The Ferrari GTO (often referred to as Ferrari 288 GTO) was an exotic homologation (thus the O) of the Ferrari 308 GTB produced in 1984 through 1986. ... The Ferrari F50 is a high-performance supercar made by Ferrari. ... It has been suggested that Vehicle size class be merged into this article or section. ... Supercar is a term used for a high end sports car, typically an exotic or rare one, whose performance is highly superior to that of its contemporaries. ... Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. ... 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ... The Peugeot 406 Coupé, designed by Pininfarina 1990 Mercedes-Benz 560SEC coupé, noted for its large, angular design 1980s Volvo 480 two-box coupé 1997 Rover Vitesse Coupe, club coupe Mercedes CLS, a modern four-door coupé Gala-Coupé of Leopold II, Brussels 1970s Sunbeam Alpine fastback coupé A coup... In automobile design layout is the place where both the engine and driven wheels are. ... Sketch of RMR layout In automobile design, an RMR or Rear Mid-engine, Rear-wheel drive layout is one in which the rear wheels are driven by an engine placed just in front of them, behind the passenger compartment. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Twin-Turbo, also called bi-turbo by some, refers to a turbocharged engine on which two turbochargers compress the intake charge. ... The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration, although modern automotive versions use a 90 degree block angle. ... In mechanics, a transmission or gearbox is the system of gears and/or the hydraulic system (called variously hydrodynamic, fluid or automatic transmission) that transmits mechanical power from a prime mover—such as an engine or electric motor—to a typically rotary output device at a lower angular momentum but... A manual transmission (also known as a stick shift, straight drive, or standard transmission) is a type of transmission used in automotive applications. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The General Motors Electro-Motive Division model F40PH is a 3000 horsepower (2. ... Supercar is a term used for a high end sports car, typically an exotic or rare one, whose performance is highly superior to that of its contemporaries. ... Ferrari is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello and Modena, Italy. ... The Ferrari GTO (often referred to as Ferrari 288 GTO) was an exotic homologation (thus the O) of the Ferrari 308 GTB produced in 1984 through 1986. ...

History

The F40 was in the most literal sense designed as the successor to the company's GTO supercar, but the project's meaning ran deeper. At ninety years old, Enzo Ferrari was keenly aware that his life was coming to an end, and was somewhat disappointed that Ferrari's dominance in international motorsport had faded somewhat over the years. As a result, Enzo wanted a new pet project put into the pipelines, something that could remind the world of the company's capabilities as a manufacturer as well as provide both a competitor to the Porsche 959 and come to be his masterpiece; the company's impending 40th anniversary provided just the right occasion for the car to debut. The plan was simple: create a vehicle that combined the company's best technologies into a no-frills sports car that would come as close as possible to being a full fledged race vehicle while still retaining the necessary equipment to be a street-legal product. It was the last car to be commissioned by Enzo himself before his death. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Porsche 959 The Porsche 959 is a sports car manufactured by Porsche AG from 1986 to 1989, first as a Group B rally car and later as a road going vehicle designed to satisfy FIA homologation regulations requring that a minimum number of street... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

It was intended that there were to be 400 F40s made, all painted red.

A Ferrari F40

The F40 was designed with aerodynamics in mind, and is very much a creation of its time. For speed the car relied more on its power than its shape. Frontal area was reduced, and airflow greatly smoothed, but stability rather than terminal velocity was a primary concern. So too was cooling as the forced induction engine generated a great deal of heat. In consequence, the car was somewhat like an open-wheel racing car with a body. It had a partial undertray to smooth airflow beneath the radiator, front section, and the cabin, and a second one with diffusers behind the motor, but the engine bay was not sealed. Nonetheless, the F40 had an impressively low Cd of 0.34 with lift controlled by its spoilers and wing. Power came from an enlarged, 2.9 litre version of the GTO's twin IHI turbocharged V8 developing 478 bhp (356 kW) under 16 PSI (110 kPa) of boost. The suspension setup, like the GTO's, remained a double wishbone setup, though many parts were upgraded and settings were changed; the unusually low ground clearance prompted Ferrari to include the ability to raise the vehicle's ground clearance when necessary. Ferrari F40 File links The following pages link to this file: Ferrari F40 Categories: Images with unknown source ... Ferrari F40 File links The following pages link to this file: Ferrari F40 Categories: Images with unknown source ... Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. ... Air foil bearing-supported turbocharger cutaway made by Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc. ... The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. ... A double wishbone suspension is an automobile independent suspension design using two parallel wishbone-shaped arms to locate the wheel. ... Ride height (ground clearance or simply clearance) is the amount of space between the base of an automobile tyre and the underside of the chassis; or, more properly, to the shortest distance between a flat, level surface, and any part of a vehicle other than those parts designed to contact...

The body was an entirely new design by Pininfarina featuring panels made of kevlar, carbon fiber, and aluminum for strength and low weight, and intense aerodynamic testing was employed. Weight was further minimized through the use of a plastic windshield and windows and no carpets, sound system or door handles were installed. Early cars had fixed windows, although newer windows that could be rolled down were installed into later cars and the F40 did without a catalytic converter until 1990 when US regulations made them a requirement for emissions control reasons. Pininfarina logo. ... Chemical structure of Kevlar. ... Carbon fiber composite is a strong, light and very expensive material. ... Aluminum is a soft and lightweight metal with a dull silvery appearance, due to a thin layer of oxidation that forms quickly when it is exposed to air. ... Catalytic converter on a Saab 9-5. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized...

As early as 1984, the Maranello factory had begun development of an evolution model of the 288 GTO intended to compete against the 959, and possibly the Jaguar XJ220R, in FIA Group B. However, when the FIA brought an end to the Group B category for the 1986 season, Enzo was left with five 288 GTO Evoluzione development cars, and no series in which to campagin 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.

The factory never intended to race the F40, but the car saw competition as early as 1989 when it debuted in the Laguna Seca round of the IMSA, appearing in the GTO category, with a LM evolution model driven by Jean Alesi, finishing third to the two faster spaceframed four wheel drive Audi 90 and beating a host of other factory backed spaceframe specials that dominated the races. Despite lack of factory backing, the car would soon have another successful season there under a host of guest drivers such as Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Jacques Laffite and Hurley Haywood taking a total of three second places and one third. Although the F40 would not return to IMSA for the following season, it would later be a popular choice by privateers to compete in numerous domestic GT series including JGTC Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, was built in the 1950s near Monterey, California. ... IMSA logo The International Motor Sports Association (generally referred to as IMSA) is an American auto racing sanctioning body based in Braselton, Georgia. ... IMSA GT was a sports car racing series organized by International Motor Sports Association. ... Jean Alesi, (born Giovanni Alesi June 11, 1964) is a French racing driver of both French and Sicilian origins. ... Four wheel drive or 4x4, is a type of four wheeled vehicle drivetrain configuration that enables all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously in order to provide maximum traction. ... Audi 80 The Audi 80 was an automobile from Audi produced between 1972 and 1995 and initially shared its platform with the Volkswagen Passat. ... Jean Pierre Jabouille was a Formula One driver from France. ... Jacques-Henri Laffite (born November 21, 1943) is a French former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1974 to 1986. ... Hurley Haywood (born May 4, 1948 in Chicago) is an American who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1977 (Porsche 936), 1983 (Porsche 956)and 1994 (Dauer-Porsche 962). ... The Super GT series, formerly known as the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship or JGTC (全日本GT選手権, Zen Nihon GT Sensyuken), is a grand touring car race series promoted by the GT-Association (GT-A), authorized by the Japan Automobile Federation and recognized by the FIA. Super GT racer in...

The F40 was discontinued in 1992 and in 1995 was succeeded by the F50, which until a newer generation of factory backed GT1 cars that came along, remained competitive. The Ferrari F50 is a high-performance supercar made by Ferrari. ...

Performance

The F40's light weight of 1100 kg and high power output of 478 hp @ 7000 rpm gave the vehicle tremendous performance potential. Road tests have produced 0-60 mph times as low as 3.2 seconds, with 0-100 mph in 7.6 seconds,0-125 mph in 11 seconds giving the F40 a slight advantage in acceleration over the 959, which was considered its primary competitor at the time. From its introduction in 1987 until 1989, it held the record as the world's fastest production car, with a top speed of 201 mph; the record was broken by the RUF CTR "Yellowbird", owing to the RUF's 211 mile-per-hour top speed - although the F40 could still outrun it to its top speed, where then the RUF would go ahead. The F40 was publicly proven capable of its rated top speed in 1992 through an infamous incident in which a Japanese dealership owner proved the car's potential by filming himself touching its top speed on an expressway only to be arrested after he sold a videotape to an undercover policeman. By that time, he already sold ten thousand videos. RUF is a German automobile manufacturer. ... The RUF CTR was a limited-production sports car produced by RUF of Germany. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

Rear view of a Ferrari F40 in Melbourne, Australia.

Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 274 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Ferrari F40 - rear view Photo taken by Luke van Grieken on 3 March 2007 using a Canon IXUS 750 camera. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 274 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Ferrari F40 - rear view Photo taken by Luke van Grieken on 3 March 2007 using a Canon IXUS 750 camera. ...

Pricing and Production

The car debuted with a factory MSRP of around $400,000, although some buyers were reported as paying as much as $1.6 million for their F40 in the early '90s supercar boom. Today, prices usually hover around the $300,000 mark to $450,000 for cleaner examples. The resale value is lower than that of other Ferrari supercars because of the large production numbers of the F40. 1315^[1]cars were produced. As a result of that and being made available to anybody, many bought the car purely as an investment at the time. As a result of this, and to enhance the exclusive image of the brand, Ferrari only invited loyal customers (those who owned an F40 and an F50) to buy their latest flagship supercar, the Enzo Ferrari (car). MSRP stands for Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price. Under earlier U.S. state Fair Trade statutes, the manufacturer was able to impose a fixed price for items. ... The Ferrari F50 is a high-performance automobile made by Ferrari. ... The Enzo Ferrari is a 12-cylinder Ferrari supercar named after the companys founder, Enzo Ferrari. ...

Trivia

The F40 was the first road legal production car to break the 200 mph (322 km/h) barrier.

In 2004, Sports Car International ranked the F40 at number five on the list of Top Sports Cars of the 1980s. Similarly, Motor Trend Classic placed the F40 as number ten in their list of the ten "Greatest Ferraris of all time". Sports Car International is an automobile magazine in the United States focused on sports cars. ... // 1. ... Motor Trend is one of the oldest automotive magazines still publishing. ...

In addition, Jeremy Clarkson of the BBC's Top Gear television show, has listed the F40 as his personal favorite supercar, based on the simplicity of the car compared to later, more technologically advanced supercars. Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster and writer who specialises in motoring. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... The current format of Top Gear is a BAFTA[1] and Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. ...

During the 2006 Bonneville Speed Week, Amir Rosenbaum of Spectre Performance managed to take his F40 with minor air intake modifications to 226 mph [1][2] Bonneville Salt Flats The Bonneville Salt Flats are a 121 km² (47 mi²) salt flat in northwestern Utah. ...

In Popular Culture

• Art of Fighting and Art of Fighting 2 (1992 & 1994): Robert Garcia is the F40's Owner in both games, in Art of Fighting 2, it appears at the background
• Joshua Tree (1993) featured a Ferrari F40 (which is based on a Pontiac Fiero kit car).
• RPM (1998) showed a Ferrari F40 racing on the track.
• Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) briefly featured a Ferrari F40 in the background of a Ferrari garage, and on display in a Ferrari dealership.
• The F40 is considered a popular choice of model by Sega especially with Ferrari enthusiast Yu Suzuki's Sega-AM2 department in which it makes its first appearance in Turbo Outrun, where the male driver in the game drives a fictitious convertible F40 and as the usual hardtop version, also appears in OutRun 2, its updated version OutRun 2 SP and Sumo Digital's port of the latter version called OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast. The F40 also appears in the Chase HQ cashing-in game, Battle Out Run, and appears as a competition evolution of the Ennea/Igol team in Sega Super GT and Le Mans 24.
• In the Mega Drive Shinobi game, The Revenge of Shinobi (1989), in one level, a group of F40s appear on top of each other with its roofline crushed down, to make them appear as junk cars.
• In the 1988 James Bond themed arcade game Sly Spy (Secret Agent in some countries), at some levels, the lead character brakes his F40 to a halt and hops out of the car to start the level.
• The F40 can also be seen in the Xbox games Project Gotham Racing 2 and Forza Motorsport, as well as their respective Xbox 360 sequels, Project Gotham Racing 3 and Forza Motorsport 2.
• The F40 is featured as a downloadable car in Test Drive Unlimited for the Xbox 360.
• One of its early videogame appearance was in Codemasters' budget game Twin Turbo V8 and Titus Interactive's Crazy Cars 2 both released in 1989.
• Test Drive II: The Duel (1989), also as a competitor to a Porsche 959
• GTA: San Andreas (2005) features a car known as the Turismo, which is based heavily on the F40 LM and is the fastest supercar in the game, with the Infernus (modelled on a Honda NSX) a close second.
• One episode of The Simpsons features Rainier Wolfcastle driving an Italian sports car which resembles an F40. The car is rammed into by Marge, to which Rainier reacts shouting "My Ferrari! I had to do awful things to pay for her!", subsequently assaulting Marge's car with a golf iron. Marge, panicking, stole the F40. Later in the episode, Marge runs out of gas while driving, to which she remarks, "Lousy Italian gauges." it is also seen parked in a sliding door, the doors repeatedly closing on the car, then opening.
• The Transformers characters of Braver and the second Lightspeed turn into F40s.
• Nintendo 64, A game called Top Gear Overdrive was released in 1998-1999 with the F40 and the McLaren F1.

Art of Fighting , which literally translates to Fist of the Dragon and Tiger but can also be interpreted as Fist of Two Mighty Rivals) is a trilogy of competitive fighting game titles that were released for the Neo Geo platform in the early 1990s. ... Robert Garcia is a character in the King of Fighters video game series. ... Joshua Tree is a 1993 action film directed by Academy Award and Bafta winning stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong, written by Steven Pressfield and starring Dolph Lundgren and George Segal. ... Old Pontiac Fiero Base model Fiero gauge cluster The Pontiac Fiero is a mid-engined sports car that was built by the Pontiac division of General Motors from 1984 to 1988. ... Gone in Sixty Seconds, or Gone in 60 Seconds, is the name of two films, one a remake of the other: Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... Ferrari is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello and Modena, Italy. ... Sega Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational video game software and hardware developing company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Yu Suzuki (Japanese: , , born May 10, 1958) is a Japanese game designer and producer who has spent his entire career with Sega Enterprises. ... Sega Amusement Machine Research and Development Department 2 (popularly known as Sega AM2 or simply AM2) is a research and development team for the video game company Sega. ... Turbo OutRun is a videogame by Sega released to arcades in 1989. ... OutRun 2 is a racing game released by Sega in 2003. ... Sumo Digital Ltd. ... Chase HQ is an arcade racing game, released in 1988 by Taito. ... Battle Out Run was a 1989 videogame released by Sega on the Master System. ... Sega Super GT (titled Scud Race in Europe and Japan) is an arcade racing game released by Sega in 1996 in what turned out to be a semi-sequel to Daytona USA. It is one of the first games to be featured on the Sega Model 3 Hardware and supported... This is an article about the 1998 arcade game by Sega based on the race of the same name. ... Sega MegaDrive 2 European version with joypad, game cart + box Sega Mega Drive (Japanese: メガドライブ Mega Doraibu) was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega. ... Title screen from Shinobi (2002) Shinobi (忍) is an umbrella term for the central character in a series of videogames developed by Sega commonly referred to as the Shinobi series. ... Title screen from Shinobi (2002) Shinobi (忍) is an umbrella term for the central character in a series of videogames developed by Sega commonly referred to as the Shinobi series. ... Flemings commissioned image of James Bond to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section can be improved by converting lengthy lists to text. ... Forza Motorsport is a racing simulator video game developed by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox gaming system. ... The Xbox 360 is the successor to Microsofts Xbox video game console, developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, Samsung and SiS. Information on the console first came through viral marketing campaigns and it was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged... Project Gotham Racing 3 (PGR3 for short) is an arcade-style racing game that was released with the launch of the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005 for the US market and December 2, 2005 in Europe, and was released on January 12, 2006 in Japan. ... Forza Motorsport 2, or Forza 2, is the sequel to the first sim racing videogame of the franchise, Forza Motorsport, developed by Turn 10 Studios, Microsofts new development studio for the Forza Motorsport franchise, for the Xbox 360 gaming system. ... Test Drive Unlimited is an arcade-style racing game that features over 125 licensed sports cars and motorcycles and a terrain modelled after the Hawaiian island of Oahu that features some 1000 miles of roads and highways. ... Codemasters (earlier known as Code Masters) is one of the oldest British video game developers. ... Titus Software is a company which produces games for the PC, Gameboy, and Nintendo 64 market. ... Screenshot of Test Drive I, Atari ST version. ... Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the fifth video game in the Grand Theft Auto series. ... Supercar is a term used for a high end sports car, typically an exotic or rare one, whose performance is highly superior to that of its contemporaries. ... The Honda NSX (Acura NSX in North America and Hong Kong) is a sports car produced between 1990 and 2005 by the Japanese automaker Honda. ... Trilogy of Error is an episode from season twelve of the animated TV series The Simpsons. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Marjorie Marge Simpson (née Bouvier) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Julie Kavner. ... This section needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Top Gear OverDrive is a racing simulator released in 1998 for the Nintendo 64. ... The Ferrari F40 is an exotic supercar produced to celebrate the marques 40th anniversary. ... The McLaren F1 was the fastest street legal car in the world of its time(its the Bugatti Veyron at present). ...

Image Gallery

F40 with bonnet open. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1163x657, 205 KB) Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ferrari F40 ...

The same car up close. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1800x1200, 477 KB) Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ferrari F40 ...

Shows louvres over engine. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1800x1200, 514 KB) Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ferrari F40 ...

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Ferrari F40

• Buckley, Martin & Rees, Chris (1998). World Encyclopedia of Cars. London: Anness Publishing. ISBN 1-84038-083-7. 
• Ferrari F40 Crash Gallery
• Ferrari F40 information
• Ferrari F40. Ferrari Forum. Retrieved on January 17, 2007.
• Ferrari F40 No.92708
• [3]
• [4]
• [5]
• [6]