Ferrari F430 2.9L V8 Twin-Turbocharged Engine

Ferrari F40
 
There are great Ferraris, and then there is the F40.
 
Introduced on 21 July 1987, it was the last road car personally approved by Enzo Ferrari, and the car that broke the 200 mph barrier while the rest of the world was still dreaming about it. A twin-turbocharged V8, a body of Kevlar and carbon composite, and almost nothing between the driver and the road. Nearly four decades on, it remains, for many, the purest supercar ever built.
 
We are proud to present this particular example, a European-specification F40 delivered new in 1991 through Ferrari Deutschland GmbH, the official importer in Wiesbaden. After its early years in Germany and a move to England in 1997, it has been kept in one private London collection for the past 25 years. That is an unusually settled life for a car like this, and the reason its history reads so cleanly.
This is the catalytic-converter, non-adjustable-suspension specification, finished in Rosso Corsa over Stoffa Vigogna. It shows about 20,900 km (13,000 miles) and change from new and carries a fully documented service history, every cam belt, every recommissioning, every detail accounted for by the marque’s leading specialists.
 
Just as important, this is an original car in the fullest sense. Not only do the engine, gearbox and major components match, so do the body panels. At the time, Ferrari did not stamp panel numbers into the metal. They were hand etched with a scalpel, which means the moment a panel is repainted, sanded or primed, that etching is lost forever. This car still wears its original etched panels under its original factory paint. Most F40s have been repainted somewhere along the way, and the very best of those go to Carrozzeria Zanasi, the Modena house that finished these bodies when they were new and about as close to original as a repaint can ever come. This car has simply never needed it. For a car that has covered more than 20,000 km to still wear untouched factory paint tells you everything about how carefully it has been kept, and it is the hardest proof of originality a buyer can ask for.
 
Confirming all of it, the car has just completed a fresh Ferrari Classiche certification, obtained in August 2026 through HR Owen in London, one of Britain’s longest-established official Ferrari dealers. Classiche is Ferrari’s own authentication programme, the factory itself confirming in its Red Book that a car remains genuine and true to original specification. It is the single most reassuring document a collector-grade Ferrari can carry.
 
There is a particular kind of F40 that spends its whole life in climate-controlled storage, delivery miles intact, never driven, because its owner dare not. This is not that car. It has been driven and enjoyed as Ferrari intended, and yet it remains concours ready, the sort of car that could take to a show lawn and, on the strength of its history, win. Every piece of preventative maintenance has been attended to, down to the fuel tanks and every last rubber fuel line, which makes it a far better car to own than a static, four-digit-mileage example quietly hiding decades of perished rubber. It asks nothing of its next owner but the keys. Proof, if any were needed, that you can still drive one of these and love it without ever giving up its value or its heritage.
 
We regard it as one of the finest slices of Ferrari history available anywhere today, and to the discerning collector that completeness commands a premium of its own, the kind written in at concours level. By our estimate, fewer than 35 F40s of this calibre and provenance exist in the world. For some it will always be the greatest Ferrari. For others, the greatest supercar ever made.
 
 

Specs

• General5

  • MakeFerrari
  • ModelF430
  • LocationDubai
  • Fuel typePetrol
  • ColorRed

• Performance & Safety5

  • Engine capacity2.9L
  • Cylinders8
  • Horsepower478 HP
  • TransmissionManual
  • Drive typeRear Wheel Drive

• Interior & Infotainment3

  • Steering sideLeft hand
  • Seats4 seater
  • Interior colorRed

• Exterior2

  • Body typeCoupe
  • Doors4 Doors

• Dimensions & Wheels1

  • Wheel size (inches)19´

Please note: Specs and features are based on the standard specification for this vehicle and confirmed by the seller. Some cars differ because of optional extras, market version or changes after purchase, so please check with the seller before you buy. DubiCars does not accept liability for the accuracy of this information.

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