A classic 90s Ferrari F40 – with just one owner for the last 31 years – is set to fetch £2.8m at auction.
The 1991 bright model is in the supercar maker’s trademark red and can zoom to 201 mph.
The F40 was the ultimate supercar and is historically significant as the first production passenger car to have claimed that speed.
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It is also the last Ferrari model to be personally approved by Enzo Ferrari prior to his death in 1988.
A mid-engined, two-seater berlinetta, the F40 was a development of the limited-production 288 GTO.
And like the latter – but unlike the preceding 308 series – mounted its power unit longitudinally rather than transversely, as reported by Whats The Jam.
The model is easily identifiable from its rectangular spoiler.
Late footy legend Diego Maradona, opera singer Luciano Pavarotti and F1 drivers Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost all had one.
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The current owner has had it for over three decades and there was only one before it.
The flash motor has only done 5,343 miles and benefits from a £48,930 service at marque specialist Autofficina in February 2025.
Ferrari developed the F40 from drawing board to dealers’ showrooms in just 13 months.
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It has a 2,936cc quad-cam V8 engine with four valves per cylinder and twin IHI turbochargers to produce 478bhp at 7,000rpm.
This could be boosted by 200bhp by means of a factory tuning kit.
The F40 also drew on Ferrari’s Formula 1 experience in its use of composite technology.
The moulded plastic body was bonded to the tubular steel chassis to create a lightweight structure of immense rigidity.
The doors, bonnet, boot lid and other removable panels were carbon fibre.
The F40 incorporated the latest aerodynamic aids in the form of a dam-shaped nose and high rear aerofoil.
With a top speed of 201mph it also has a low drag coefficient of just 0.34.
Only 1,311 of them were built.
It is being auctioned by RM Sotheby’s in London, on Saturday (1 Nov).
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