GT5 Transcripts/Ferrari F40 '92

A very special Ferrari was announced by company founder, Enzo Ferrari, in July 1987. Dubbed the F40, this car was to mark the company's 40th anniversary, billed as Ferrari's "street-legal racing car".
Signore Ferrari spared no costs when building this dream machine. The F40's structure utilized a steel-tube frame in the same manner as other Ferrari road cars of the 1980's, but various internal and external chassis components were composed of carbon-fiber and Kevlar, the newest, lightest, high-tech composite material available at the time.
The car's body panels were a structural part of the chassis, and its tube frame foundation was constructed from Kevlar and aluminum honeycomb sections, the preferred manufacturing method for racing cars at the time.
Powering the lightweight car was a twin-turbocharged, 2.9-liter DOHC V8 with a 90 degree bank angle, based on the power plant for the Ferrari's Group B 288 GTO; however, the one in the F40 had a larger displacement and altered boost pressures. As a result, the F40 produced an amazing 478 HP and 425.2 lb-ft of torque. The 1100 kg car could run to 62 mph in about 4 seconds and reach a top speed of , making it the fastest production car in the world at the time.
It was truly fitting that the F40 represented the final road car produced by Enzo Ferrari, and it's as appealing and awe-inspiring today as the day it first appeared more than 20 years ago.
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