shigginsrx8

I have decided to start car of the week threads.

My self proclaimed great taste in motor vehicles has led me to start this thread and get opinions on some of histories great cars.

I want to hear some ratings too, 1-10.

I am only going to look a high performance cars because, well, for the most part, I just dont give a rats *** about tuner cars. I don't care how fast a civic is with a big fat turbo on it. You can polish a turd as much as you want, it is still a turd.

So with the thread premise out of the way, lets get to week 1

We will start out easy, with inspiration from the ferraris thread

The Ferrari F40
http://www.fast-autos.net/ferrari/ferrarif40.html

Personally, I have lusted after this car since I first laid eyes on it at Mosport in 1993.
Rating: 9.0

shelleys_man_06

I'd give it a 9.5 for its twin turbo V8. I believe this car still pwns newer Ferraris. Wasn't this car one of the last ones built while Enzo Ferrari was alive?

JimW

This car is most peoples fantasy and knowing most of us will never own it will keep us dreaming, doesn't that make it a 10+.

rotaryxlr8

9. Would get a 10 but no stereo and shifter looks like it came from a semi truck.

P.S. Shiggins...I like the girls in your signature. Bet the 750 can beat the Ferrari in 1/4 mile.

shigginsrx8

No doubt all my street babies could toast an F40 in the quarter. But, I would probably take her easy so I could stare at the car for an entire 1/4 mile of turbo V8 bliss

shelleys_man_06

Why would an F40 need a radio? I don't know why I gave it a 9.5. I think I'm drunk. 10 please! :D

WilliamT

I saw one of these a few years back on the road. We were at Tysons Corner, VA and the F40 was at a stoplight. We were on the opposite side of the road at the light so we got a pretty good look of the front and side. The car barely fit in the lane. As we were sitting idle at the light in our rusted chevette, I told him that the Ferrari (a brand he never heard of) cost around $350k and he just couldn't believe any car could cost that much. He thought I was joking. I was in awe as the light went green and he drove by. You could easily hear the engine from across the street. Its one of those days you don't forget.

I believe it was developed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ferrari. (hence F40).

I would give it a 9.

DOMINION

Well its a Ferrari so it get a 10.

Feras

iTrader: (1)

this car is definitely a 9.5...being a member of the 200+ mph an hour club is enough to get a 9, the rest comes from the thing i had a thing for this car when i was a kid and its simple perfection, great lines classic look awesome performance...still awesome performance. I'd like to get my hands on one of these.

lilbigman

I give it a 4.0
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ol j/k I give it a 9.5 :D

northern-8

As you can tell from my Avatar I'm a huge Ferrari fan, but the F40 was never my favorite. Just never really liked the lines.
I really lusted after the car that preceeded the F40, the 288 GTO.

Anyways, I give the car an 8.0 --- 6 for being a Ferrari and another 2 for the performance.

ArvinC

...Ferrari-isti and Porsche-phile. The F40 definately deserves a ten in my book. To answer the question, this was the last car officially commisioned by the Commandedore (sp?) himself, Enzo Ferrari.

Had a chance to sit in one once...very spartan and specific: Nomax covered the seats, floor and dash, the pedals were huge and the controls were all so firm. But, that engine! Brute force to match what was an imposing presence.

This was, without a doubt, the most demanding car Ferrari ever made for public consumption...even more so than the famed GTOs.

Arvin

Don Vito

8.0, the interior could be better.

WilliamT

Car of the week? That seems like a long time.

rloewy

8

Cool car, but very big/wide (physically) and not exactly pretty. If I had to choose an F-car from the 80's I would take the 288 GTO - Better looking, relative "Stealth" Ferrari (most people in the know will think it's a "lowly" 308), enough performance for what I need, smaller and more manageable in real life.

Still - a lot of good things in the F40 that they managed to ruin in the F50 and to a lesser degree Enzo.

Ron.

Lawerence

I'd give it a 9.

Its nice, but I was never too into ferrari. And this design while semi-eye pleasing is kind of sore around the rear. And it looks a tad dated...well like a 90s super car lol.
I've always liked the looks of smoother flowing ferrari's such as the modena and 575 (550)Maranello(sp?).
Plus if I was going for a ferrari it would have to be a 12cyl.

In the end there are a good # of "dream cars" that are in my line before that paticular ferrari, though it is still high up there

SuPerHerO::tOnY

erf...the car is fast and all but iono the styling is too yesterdya to me so i give it a 5.

magixpuma

ok, here is the new car of my week

shigginsrx8

NO NO NO, only I, the great shiggins may select cars of the week! :D
haha

that car is alright, I wouldn never buy a convertible, nor an awd car, so I give it a 3

magixpuma

sorry shiggins i just like that car my family used to have an a.6 it was so comfartable but still firm and strong with the power.... It reminded me of teh movie ronin when i had the audi oh i miss it now and ronin is a greeat car chase movie.

picosrx8

This thread series is a awesome idea. But your first car is F40? What did you expect with this one? If it has a prancing horse it automatically gets an 8. Mated with the performance of this model, Id add 1.5 points. However, this is not anywhere near my favorite body style and no cup holders (lol), minus .5 points. Grand total is 9 IMO. Which seems to be the average vote.


BTW...Please dont limit this to supercars shiggins...youll get 9s every week.

shigginsrx8

I like this thread too, it should be fun.

I just wanted to start out with something easy, so lots of people commented on the car, lots of replies.

I'm not going to limit them to supercars necessarily, but certainly only high performance cars from all eras and countries. I certainly wouldnt be entertained rating a 72 Chevy Vega or a Turbo'd civic

shigginsrx8

This week I decided to pick the Bugatti EB 110 for our viewing pleasure.

EB110 GT

EB110 SS

shelleys_man_06

Has it been a week, or are you lying?

Whoa. That Bugatti looks like a slightly modified Diablo. I love the fact it's a 600+ hp, 3500 cc V12. Insanity!

SuPerHerO::tOnY

wah ... yu gyus should hvae started out small... like a damn civic Si or something