Amalgam Ferrari F40

Children of the 1980s know it as a poster car, older readers possibly as a dream car. When Ferrari presented the F40 in 1987 as a significant evolutionary stage of the 288 GTO, they created a new sports car legend. Today there are countless model cars in different scales, but only one in the king’s scale of 1:8. Recently, Jason Franz, sales manager of the DACH region for Amalgam Collection, showed us this fantastically detailed miniature in our office in Munich. Now let’s take a closer look at the red wedge with its large rear wing.

As with the original, the two doors as well as the front and rear hoods can also be opened at the 1:8 scale model car. As a result, you can not only have a closer look at the red sports seats, but also the superbly featured Kevlar and carbon structures and the powerful engine. In order to set up the huge rear hood, the model comes with a foldable rod, which is also used at the original car and lies in the engine bay when the hood is closed. The fact, that the grids on the air in- and outlets are actually open and allow another view into the components is a matter of course for a model car made by Amalgam Collection.

The F40 not only enjoys a legendary status among Ferrari collectors, because it was the first model from Maranello that was faster than 320 kph. This supercar was also the last vehicle whose presentation the company founder Enzo Ferrari witnessed before his death. Its naming was based on the 40th anniversary of the brand. Originally only 450 copies of the car should have been built, ultimately there were more than 1,300. Fans distinguish between early cars with sliding windows and later ones with crank-down windows as replicated by Amalgam Collection. In the rear, the V8 biturbo engine from the 288 GTO remained, but now increased to 2.9 liters of displacement and upgraded to 352 kW/478 hp. Various cars were even more powerful on the dyno. The death of Enzo Ferrari caused a speculation bubble, which especially attracted the F40. From the original selling price of 444,000 DM in Germany, some cars went up to a whopping 3.2 million DM in 1989. Today, depending on the individual history of the car, the prices are at about 1 million euros. Less than 20 vehicles were originally delivered in other colors than the typical Ferrari red (Rosso Corsa).

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