Ferrari F40

The Ferrari F40 was THE car of the 1980s supercar boom. It was THE poster car on the wall of nearly every teenage boy in the world. Its combination of towering performance, aggressive styling and outstanding handling hailed it as one of the best of the era. But it also benefited from the speculative boom in supercar values that drove up demand to unsustainable levels. Just over 1,300 Ferrari F40s were produced over a period of 3 years, making it one of the highest volume ultimate supercars that Ferrari have ever produced.... and still my favourite. I'd have it over any Ferrari any day!The F40 had a light weight of 1100 kg and very high power output of 478 hp @ 7000 rpm. This gave the F40 outstanding acceleration, and a top speed that wouldn't embarrass most supercars of today. Road tests have produced 0-60 times as low as 3.6 seconds, with 0-100mph in 7.6 seconds, just out performing anything on the road at that time. From the time it was introduced in 1987, it held the record as the world's fastest production car, with a top speed of 201 mph; only to be broken by the RUF CTR "Yellowbird" doing 211 mph in 1989 - although the F40 could still outrun the RUF to 60 mph.