- Rumors suggest that Ferrari might be about to revive the F40.
- If true, it would be built in limited numbers as part of its Icona line.
- Lamborghini has done the same with the Sián-based Countach in 2021.
It sounds a bit wild, but Ferrari might just be about to pull a Lamborghini move and resurrect arguably its most iconic model ever: the F40. If these rumors hold water, we could soon witness what an F40 would look like if Ferrari built one in 2024 or 2025. Has hell officially frozen over?
Not so long ago, this sort of revisionist history would be sacrilegious. In fact, Lamborghini’s CEO at the time even said that the brand would never put something like 2006’s critically adored Miura concept into production, as it was built purely to celebrate the original’s 40th anniversary. However, in 2021 that same brand launched an updated Countach on the platform of the Sián. Ferrari might be about to do the same, at least according to Top Gear.
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The British publication claims that, according to “highly reliable sources”, a modernized F40 could be in the works as part of their limited-run “Icona” model line. Adding fuel to the fire, Ferrari has already built a few cars that harken back to older models. Both the Monza SP1/SP2 and Daytona SP3 demonstrate that propensity for calling on the brand caché with retro-inspired, limited-run (and ultra expensive) supercars.
The report asserts that Ferrari actually did something with F40 vibes in the SP38 Deborah. That one-off was based on the 488 GTB and, like the last Prancing Horse to be signed off by Enzo Ferrari, featured a twin-turbo V8 and a slotted engine cover, but that’s about where the similarities ended. This new creation, though, will sport some of the same design features and overall ethos of the F40.
That might sound like an answer to Lamborghini’s own Countach revival but perhaps it’s less of an answer and more of an admission they were waiting to see how the market would react to Lamborghini’s revived Countach.
Seeing as people lined up to pay millions for the new Countach, which was in essence a re-bodied Sián (itself based on the Aventador), a new F40 will likely garner similar buyers – and also face the same backlash from purists. Well, at least Ferrari never claimed that it wouldn’t do this sort of thing only to go back on its word.
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