Is The USA F-40 Better than the English or Euro F-40?

Is it too wet to drive the car again? You should maybe move the illustrious motor car to spain at your beach house where you would be able to enjoy it more!

 

Graham, before people endeavour to answer this (interesting and emotive) question, can you tell us what the difference between the UK, Euro and RoW F40's are ? I was (maybe wrongly) under the impression that everyone except the USA all got the same model - eg they didnt make a different F40 model for any market except the USA

 

US F40 is where it's at.

1) It's got more top end.

2) Most of them are in the USA.

Someone might as well close this thread down right now, case closed.

 

the rubber bumper add ons have a rather 'tacked on' look about them...the american obsession with big bumpers is also evident with the poor old 308 series, and any number of other automobiles

Euro F40 thankyou

 

Always Euro. In all exotic cars. I LOATHE the side warning lights in all US versions. They ruin the original design.

Same with those hideous bumpers for the american models, like in the Countach. Those things can make me puke.

 

I thought this had already been asked?

 

Has anyone either weighed or dynoed a US + ROW F40 back to back, same equipment and conditions?

 

Dear Graham,

The F40 was produced in very few variations, and there are only two main categories: the Euro version and the US version. The Euro version was changed in detail a few times during production, such as the addition of the front rubber lip and the addition later on of cat converters due to the emission regulations. Also, some cars were indeed produced and ordered with the race style doors and sliding windows (106 cars were of this type). But basically, it is the same car. The US version is something dfferent, with different engine mapping, different chassies front and rear, aluminium tanks, different seats and of course, the obvious bumpers and side lights. The US cars are fewer in numbers and it is not a real matter of taste, because the US clients had only this option to go by, and the US version was never sold in Europe.

I have had both the Euro versions, with and without cats, and with both sliding and normal windows. The difference is not possible to notice, either due to power delivery or wheight. It is just a fantastic car that does what very few others can do, Enzo included. It transfers the undiluted driving experience to the driver for a magic part of life, for a moment. Someone once compared it to having sex, and it is not far fetched...*L*

So which is best? Simple answer - the F40 is one of the most famous Ferraris of all time, and needed some adaptions for its different markets. In the US, the car they have is the F40 to them, and in Europe, we got the car for our market. Both are basically very similar and an exquisite example of motoring at its very best. So the answer must be the obvious: the F40 is best, in any form that the great man himself gave us his final reincarnation.

This is a combination of hard facts, and my humble view!

Kind regards, Caley!

 

Loving this answer

 

English F-40?? Graham there is no such thing, maybe a British F-40 but not an English F-40.

 

That's false. They are all quoted the same.

The highest tested top speed was actually made with a Euro car, 202.5 MPH.

 

Power wise the USA cars are said to have a few more ponies to make up for the added weight. This has never been officially confirmed though.

The Euro cars do weigh a few hundred pounds less then the USA cars though.

 

So i suppose Wales is another colony of England then, anyway all F-40s are Italian and loaned to our colony.

 

Bottom line is this, there are only two specs of F40's.

Euro spec and USA spec.

Some are just to thick headed to realize.

 

Or just in denial

 

all F40s are of course, a simply glorious bit of kit

it is just a shame, that, as in many other examples over the years, the americans take a car and add protruding rubber bits and enough reflectors to highlight a freeway construction zone

 

i agree.
however i wouldnt call it a Euro F40 - more THE F40 eg the car designed for the World.

no the entity is the the UK.
Wales, England etc are just parts of the whole thing.

graham tbh theres no such thing.
theres the United States F40 and THE F40 (as originally designed and produced for the world, including England and the rest of the UK)

 

Dear Graham,

the plans for the F40 was initially to produce 400 cars. But such was demand, that the factory did not want to repeat the 288-story of selling the cars at list price, and just watching them escalate on the market. They also had some dear but angry clients whom had not got either the 288 GTO or the F40, so the run was first increased to 700 and then to 900 cars. And the US-versions were added once it was made clear that it could be approved with modifications that did not change its character. In the factory and among the production team, the term "Lightweight" was never used to separate the Euro cars from the US cars. The only time the term was ever used, was for the 106 cars with sliding windows, which actually are a little lighter, but not by much. So by judging from your pictures, your car is not a "Lightweight", but a beautiful example of the Euro spec. And of course, there were never any special cars made for England or any other country. The factory even decided against the quite normal variation RHD for England and Japan. But I am sure that you all know this already, and there will be no need for Mr Sackey to decide in this matter, because it is a fact, and not an open question.

As for the competition of which is best, let me remind you of the market regulations behind the 2 versions. The US car is best for the US since it is the only model they can use. For us in Europe, it is the Euro version, since this is the F40 for use in this region. No need to rank between to optimal products from the finest make in the world, and make allowance for taste - what you like is simply the best. So your car is the best for you Graham, like mine is for me. Easy, is it not *L* ?

Kind regards from Caley