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Ferrari F40: The Last Car Enzo Ferrari Ever Approved
In the late 1980s, Ferrari faced a crisis of identity. Porsche had just unleashed the 959—a computer-controlled, four-wheel-drive technological marvel that snatched the title of the fastest production car on Earth. Witnessing this digital revolution from Maranello, an aging Enzo Ferrari grew desperate to take the crown back before he died. Rejecting the wrong future of electronic driving aids, he ordered a no-compromise, analogue weapon built for exactly one purpose: to beat the computer without becoming one. By combining a raw spaceframe chassis with cutting-edge carbon fibre and Kevlar…
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