If the white one is the ex Chris Evans car in the UK then it is now back to red.
I noticed that US specs don’t have Fog Lights on the back bumper! Where are they ? Or in US its not necessary to have them ?
I was nearly caught out by almost identical registrations and not enough time to check properly but I think the ex-Chris Evans car is featured in an article in the latest UK FOC magazine. This car has almost the same registration as the ex Christian Philippsen car. If the cars are the same I am pleased to confirm that the white/blue one is now rosso corsa/nero/rosso stoffa vigonga again.
Sorry for the bad quality I had some problems with my camera that day. But as you can see the A-pillar is undamaged. Image Unavailable, Please Login
From Cavallino three weeks ago. The first photo is a euro spec car and the second shows two US versions. Given the venue, you can be certain that they are correctly configured. Clearly the US variant does not have rear fog lights, so I suspect they were not DOT required. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I always said I like the U.S. version of the F40's front end better. But looking at the rear view, I think I like the Euro version better. Your opinions...
The USA version F40 looks more complete with the black front spoiler and the black trim below the tail lights. The euro version reminds me of those cars where the front and rear bumpers have been removed; something often seen missing from the old 275 GTB cars years ago. The Euro version body looks unfinished but no contest for the interior with those special F40 euro seat pattern designs! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Since the Euro car is the original design that came before the USA cars, the perceptive should rightly be that the USA cars have appendages added-on, rather than the notion that the Euro cars have anything missing. Also note that those seats with the diamond-pattern padding were only used in some prototypes and F40 LMs, those are not the standard Euro F40 seats.
However in the the Ferrari lineage the previous 288 GTO featured massive front and rear bumpers that were nowhere to be seen on the follow up F40 model. Certainly a cleaner look for the F40 than the out there 288 GTO bumper design. The larger black trim on the USA version was actually a subtle change that the casual observer would be hard pressed to spot. Though I would note there are few casual observers here! The front spoiler was actually the really obvious change as seen in the photo comparison below. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Regarding the seats the USA version seemed to have a bit more stylish design detail than the basic appearing standard euro seat. Image Unavailable, Please Login The seat I noted as 'special' also came in a rectangular as opposed to diamond pattern on the F40 LM. Interestingly, the rectangular pattern seat design was adopted by Ferrari tailor made for their customers. Image Unavailable, Please Login
The practical distinction between the USA seats and the Euro/ROW seats are that the USA seats are two-piece folding items adjustable for upper section rake, as opposed to the one-piece bucket items of the Eu/ROW cars. The benefit of the USA seats is they allow more space and therefore more headroom in the car, as you can sink deeper into them by virtue of the fold, and as we all know, 1" can make all the difference. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
DOT mandate in effect circa 1989. Most people simply disconnect the automated unit and employ the belts manually.
