Ferrari F40: the greatest Ferrari ever?

Over the last couple of months, when the car industry has been very quiet and I have no new cars to think about and fantasise about ownership, I always think about the best cars ever. Not the newest, not the fastest, not the prettiest, but just the best. Vague, I know, but there are some cars that, to me anyway, are just undoubtably the best. Lamborghini Muira? Check. Audi Quattro? Check. Shelby Cobra? You bet. Ford Mustang Mach 1? Yep. But to me at least there is one car that I always come back to in these times of automotive pondering. The Ferrari F40. The best Ferrari accolade is a very tough one for anyone to give. Especially if they value their life. So let's consider the evidence for the F40.

The F40. The last car to be approved by Il maestro himself: Enzo Ferrari. It was also the first production car to pass the magic mark: 200mph (albeit only by 1mph). Powered by a twin-turbo V8, it generated a not-very-mighty-in-today's-world 471bhp but did have 426 torques and only weighed 1100kg's. It subsequently hit 62 in an amazing-for-1987 4.1 seconds. And had pop-up headlights. Seriously, if that doesn't change your mind I don't know what will. With a low and sexy shape and an eyebrow-raising rear wing, it's no wonder that it's value today can get to astronomical value of £750,000. That's more than a new Porsche 918. And if a car from 1987 is still worth more than a brand new hypercar, it must be good. The best? Absolutely

Nev