Ferrari F40: Gearhead Posterchild


Sat down at my desk this morning and saw a Facebook post indicating that there was a Ferrari F40 parked a little over a block away at Classic Car Club Manhattan. I put my scarf back on so quick I almost got scarf burn.

As far as dream cars go, every gear-head I know had either a Countach, an F40, or both on their wall as a child. Seeing an F40 up close is a magical experience, it’s so other-worldly but at the same time familiar in the spectrum of the era it came from.

The late 80s brought us some of the most spectacularly boxy and insanely well engineered vehicles to date; BMW E30 M3, Mercedes 190E Evo, Audi Sport Quattro, Lancia Delta Integrale, etc.

In my mind the F40 sits atop this beautiful pyramid of squared designs and screaming motors unbridled by electronic nanny nonsense. The purest of the pure.

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