A rare Ferrari F40 has been destroyed by an inferno in Japan.

The Italian supercar was being driven along the country’s famous Hakone Turnpike on Saturday, May 8 when the couple inside the car noticed smoke seeping from the engine bay, prompting them to pull over. Soon after, the F40 caught fire.

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Footage from local media outlets shows that fire crews arrived on the scene while the Ferrari was still burning but they were unable to extinguish the blaze before the car was completely destroyed and left as nothing more than a melted mess of steel and carbon fiber.

Ferrari only ever produced 1,315 examples of the F40 and sadly, there is now one less on the roads. Fortunately, neither the driver nor the passenger were injured in the blaze.

Ferrari first introduced the F40 in 1987 as the successor to the potent 288 GTO. It left the factory with a 2.9-liter twin-turbocharged V8 producing 471 hp at 7,000 rpm and 426 lb-ft (577 Nm) of torque at 4,000 rpm, coupled to a five-speed manual transmission driving the rear wheels. While the F40 was later replaced by the F50 which itself made way for the Enzo and then the hybrid LaFerrari, many still consider the F40 to be the greatest Ferrari ever created.

While it’s impossible to say what exactly triggered the fire, all we can hope for is that the car’s insurer will fully cover the cost of the prized mid-engined icon.

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