One to Buy: 750km from new 1 owner 1990 Ferrari F40
Although the highly anticipated Ferrari versus Porsche battle for Group B circuit racing honours never materialised, the GTO programme embarked upon in Maranello did spawn arguably the ultimate supercar of its generation: the Ferrari F40.
The F40 was a direct descendent of the 288 GTO Evoluzione which would have raced as Ferrari’s opposite number to the Porsche 961.
While the 288 GTO ultimately proved one of the few commercial successes of the Group B era with the entire production run pre-sold before production got underway, the F40 took things to another level with potential customers queuing up to get their hands on arguably the hottest property in the booming collector car market.
As a consequence of high end motors having been considered a new high yielding asset class (a direct effect of the late 1987 stock market crash), a sizeable number of vehicles were bought to be tucked away and never turn a wheel in anger.
During the long drawn out economic slump of the early-to-mid 1990s, most of these vehicles emerged from storage to be sold at below list price and today, very few ‘as new’ examples remain from that crazy period.
One such machine is currently on offer with Bingo Sports in Tokyo.
Chassis 86144 emerged from the Ferrari factory at the height of the speculator-driven madness, 1990, since which time it has accumulated a mere 750km in the hands of just one owner.
Effectively presented in brand new condition, it represents a rare opportunity to buy a one owner F40, let alone an example with less than 1000km from new.
Reprinted below is Bingo Sports’ description:
VIN: 86144
Delivery miles (750km on the odometer)
Kept in storage from shortly after purchase – kept as brand new
One owner from new, originally delivered to Japan
Original exhaust included
