If free, which of the 4 supercars would you pick?

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All the best,
Andrew.

 

1. F40

2. 288 GTO

3. The F50 Engine, for the sound

4. No thanks.

 

I would take the Enzo, sale it get a F40 and keep the remaining money.

If the Genie held a gun to my head and told me I had to keep the car I would pick the F40.

I think the 288 in 20 years will be worth the most, lowest production volume and oldest.

 

I think all of them are truly great cars

- I remember my F40 very fondly and I am sure Alex enjoys it fully
- I made the mistake of passing on a beautiful F50 last year. Thankfully a friend bought it so I might get a second chance in the future
- I adore my Enzo
- A 288 will join the stable next month if a deal I am working on comes through

The F50 is the greatest driver's car in my humble opinion. Perhaps it lacks a little torque low down, but it is a perfect mix of balance and aggression for me
The F40 is the most exciting and no one ever forgets the first time they drove one
The Enzo is the fastest and most usable, but it is going through a quiet phase value-wise now
The 288 will ultimately be the most valuable and is clearly the most beautiful

VERY HARD CHOICE guys... Whichever you take, you will always crave the others. I know I do...

 

Question 1 = f40

Question 2 = f50

 

+1

 

F40 all the way.

It's a *explicit deleted* race car. The idea of the real first stripped out Ferrari, two amazing racing counterparts, and a development car of legend makes the F40 everything a Ferrari should be. Not to mention it was the last car Enzo had anything to do with. Amazing in every way. I'd go to see an F40, F50 and Enzo a couple times a month and the F40 was always the one I got closest to. The one that really seemed to hold the "legend" the strongest.


_J

 

That's simple ---- ENZO

I would drive it for a year, then I would turn around and trade it even across for an F40 AND a 288 !!!

....forget about the F50.....worst of the bunch by far, IMHO.

 

Has any Ferrari before or since offered a similar driving experience?

 

No Ferrari in my opinion has offered the race-car experience in a street car so accurately since the F40. As far as a car predating the F40, most of the early Ferraris were almost unchanged from the track to the street. With the Stradale, the take was mostly from the 360 Challenge cars, though the F40 reached from sports car racing/Le Mans in a time which was much more raw. My humble opinion at least.

_J

 

No argument here.

 

Wasn't the 288 GTO the only one of these 4 cars designed for an actual race series?

 

You cant do that anymore I'm afraid.. you'd need to add cash to get both.

 

And even those didn't bring the levels of mechanical grip (or brace of turbos!).

 

Really? That's a drag.....

$675K (288GTO) + $375K (F40) = $1050K (Enzo)

Which part of this math doesn't hold true, anymore?

 

The $375k part for a great F40. Try $500k plus.
The $675k part for a great 288 GTO. Try $700k plus.
The $1050k part for a great Enzo. Try $950k.

This assumes "great" = no stories, no deferred maintenance and no current issues. It also assumes all 3 cars being referenced are reasonably low-mileage examples, as defined by the discussion in the other thread.

As suggested you'd need to trade in the Enzo and come up with $250,000 in cash to get the other two.

Best,

 

Hmmmmm..... If someone would kindly "give" me the Enzo, I'll gladly come up with the $250K, somewhere

 

Sure. Its fun to dream, nothing wrong with that at all.

 

Thinking about this every one of these car is awesome in its own way but for me perhaps the F40 is just that little bit ahead of the others, I still have a poster of one on my wall and my most vivid article on an F40 was one the one done by one of the UK Classic car magazines on Joe's F40, the pictures in that article are to me the best I have ever seen of a F40. To me that shape will remain timelous.

Those that have driven an F40 down here and they are very few in number but one happens to be a guy thats driven every Ferrari made in the last 20 years, well he works on them. He describes the F40 is scary, the power comes in with a rush and its a thrill to drive and totally un forgiving.

Being greedy the perfectly matched pair would be the F40 and Enzo, V8 and V12.

 

That was 10 years ago!

Here are some original images from that shoot which I dont think they used in the article. In the head-on shot the photographer was hanging out of the trunk of a car at speed and I thought if he slipped & fell I would run him over! It was a lot of fun though, good times...
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1) F40 = 288 GTO tie
2) Enzo
3) F50

 

1) 288 GTO, easily.

2) Scuderia Glickenhaus P4/5, easily. (I know that's cheating)

 

1. F40
2. 288 GTO

 

Tony I reckon you'll have to spring for both!

 

id go an Enzo any day of the week