The Ferrari F40 is one of the most iconic supercars ever made and while most will never get the opportunity to drive it or at least ride shotgun, this excellent POV video provides us with the next best thing.
This F40 is owned by an Instagram user who goes by the name Drive N Slide and even though just over 1,300 examples were built, he clearly isn’t afraid of pushing the car to its limits and driving it exactly the way Ferrari intended for it to be driven.
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Throughout the six-minute video, the owner pushes the F40 through some nice country roads and has apparently perfected his heel-and-toe shifting. At one point, he even performs an impressive powerslide while pulling out of a corner. A GoPro camera mounted to an arm extending out from the rear of the F40 also shows its exhaust spitting flames as it bangs against the rev limiter. It really is a sight to behold.
Compared to a modern-day Ferrari, the F40 could be viewed as underpowered with its 2.9-liter twin-turbocharged V8 capped at 471 hp at 7,000 rpm and 426 lb-ft (577 Nm) of torque – yet at its time, it was Maranello’s fastest, most powerful, and most expensive production car. Moreover, it is lighter than any current Ferrari, tipping the scales at around 2,500 lbs (1,133 kg) dry and without any fluids. For tight, twisty roads, it offers more than enough performance and the manual transmission makes it even more enjoyable to drive.