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Car Of The Day: May 24, 2018; Matchbox '88 Ferrari F40
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Topic Started: May 24 2018, 03:16 AM (131 Views)
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Dean-o-mite
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May 24 2018, 03:16 AM
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Today's car of the day is Matchbox's 1988 Ferrari F40.

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The Ferrari F40 is a mid-engined, rear-wheel drive sports car built from 1987 to 1992, with the LM and GTE race car versions continuing production until 1994 and 1996 respectively. As the successor to the Ferrari 288 GTO, it was designed to celebrate Ferrari's 40th anniversary and was the last Ferrari automobile personally approved by Enzo Ferrari. At the time it was Ferrari's fastest, most powerful, and most expensive car for sale. The car debuted with a planned production total of 400 and a factory suggested retail price of approximately US$400,000 in 1987 ($860,000 today), although some buyers were reported to have paid as much as US$3.6 million. One of those that belonged to the Formula One driver Nigel Mansell was sold for the then record of £1 million in 1990, a record that stood into the 2010s. A total of 1,311 F40s were manufactured with 213 units destined for the United States.
As early as 1984, the Maranello factory had begun development of an evolution model of the 288 GTO intended to compete against the Porsche 959 in FIA Group B. However, when the FIA brought an end to the Group B category for the 1986 season, Enzo Ferrari was left with five 288 GTO Evoluzione development cars, and no series to enter them into competition. 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. In response to the quite simple, but very expensive car with relatively little out of the ordinary being called a "cynical money-making exercise" aimed at speculators, a figure from the Ferrari marketing department was quoted as saying "We wanted it to be very fast, sporting in the extreme and Spartan," "Customers had been saying our cars were becoming too plush and comfortable." "The F40 is for the most enthusiastic of our owners who want nothing but sheer performance. It isn't a laboratory for the future, as the 959 is. It is not Star Wars. And it wasn't created because Porsche built the 959. It would have happened anyway." The F40 body was designed by Leonardo Fioravanti and Pietro Camardella of studio Pininfarina, under the guidance of Nicola Materazzi, the engineer who designed engine, gearbox and other mechanical parts of the car and had previously designed the bodywork of the 288 GTO Evoluzione, from which the F40 takes many styling cues from.

For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Ferrari F40


Here is another red Ferrari to compliment the one that was COTD ten years ago. These Matchbox 8-dot wheels look good on a huge variety of cars, from sedans to exotic Ferrari super-cars. This wheel style remains one of my favorite generic wheel styles.

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Power came from an enlarged, 2,936 cc (2.9 L) version of the 288 GTO's IHI twin turbocharged V8 engine producing a peak power output of 471 hp as stated by the manufacturer. Gearing, torque curves and actual power output differed among the cars. The F40 did without a catalytic converter until 1990 when US regulations made them a requirement for emissions control reasons. The flanking exhaust pipes guide exhaust gases from each bank of cylinders while the central pipe guides gases released from the wastegate of the turbochargers. The suspension setup was similar to the GTO's 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 for later cars. 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 employed. Weight was further minimized through the use of a plastic windshield and windows. The cars did have moderate air conditioning, but had no sound system, door handles, glove box, leather trim, carpets, or door panels. The first 50 cars produced had sliding Lexan windows, while later cars were fitted with wind down windows. Cooling was important 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 engine, but the engine bay was not sealed. It had a drag coefficient of 0.34.


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May 24 2018, 03:20 AM
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Not my cup of tea as a car, but I have always liked this MBX casting a lot. My favourite is a Tyco era version in white which has a large Ferrari logo horse on the hood and a red stripe
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May 24 2018, 07:12 AM
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May 24 2018, 08:19 AM
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I've never been a fan of these Matchbox wheels, ESPECIALLY on such a nice F40. Needless to say, I do love the F40 in general!
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May 24 2018, 09:08 AM
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A much nicer Ferrari offering than the Muky casting from ten years ago. Pretty nice looking red Ferrari from Matchbox - a brand that has made many appearances in their line-up!
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May 24 2018, 03:49 PM
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a very nice casting.
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May 24 2018, 05:28 PM
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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A decent Ferrari by MBX. We'll never see this one again in their mainline.
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May 24 2018, 11:16 PM
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I have a couple of these little F-41's, and the graphics are slightly different between the two of them. I wish I could remember where they were so I could show the differences. Great little Ferrari in great condition.
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May 27 2018, 02:57 AM
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A few more, just for fun.
early Tyco era gold wheels

Collectors Choice series

Premiere


from 1999 mainline

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