(Interesting comparison of two 1980's iconic supercars, the Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959 - Rolf)
Ferrari F40 against Porsche 959
300 km / h-plus ultra-super sports car 80
They were the ultimate in sports car world in the 80s and put anything ever before mercilessly in the shadows: Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959 - today unattainable dream car.
Caution sauschnell! ", Would Porsche clearly visible in the dashboard of the can mill 959th Instead flowed in the preface of the manual the alert that under optimal conditions the braking distance on 320 km / h at 428 meters. 30 years ago, this raised finger was justified because to date no approved for road production car had reached such speeds.
In 1985, the 959 at the IAA presented in Frankfurt. The professional world was celebrating him as the new king of the sports car, as a car and as a technological miracle. But what requirements in terms of body design were probably in the specifications of the Swabian sports car manufacturer?Probably: "Just do not stand out." In spite of the rear wing provides the 959 purely as a somewhat muskulöserer 911 from.
Discreet Porsche 959 and Ferrari F40 brutally striking
In ecstasy so nobody falls well when looking at the Porsche 959 - these are the constructive details more interesting. The core of the car is made of galvanized sheet steel safety cell, doors and bonnet are made of aluminum, the front apron made of PU integral foam and the fender and the roof skin and the rear of aramid and glass fiber-reinforced epoxy resin.
And already we are in the middle in the numerous technical innovations that this Porsche 959 do so fascinating. As would be the magnesium wheels with hollow cast spokes, the tire pressure monitoring system and more. But now we get only one once.
At the time, miles ahead
Again, Elfer drivers feel at home, but the five round instruments contain large numbers, lights and special symbols. Sure, the Porsche 959 was preceded by a high-tech sports car and its time for years. So he has a permanent but variable all-wheel drive and four programs for different road conditions. The programs, which are selected via a small pitman arm, affect the distribution of torque between front and rear axle as well as the effect of Hinterachsdifferenzialsperre.
Further, the hardness of the shock absorbers can be varied and the ground clearance. The latter is missing in our test car, just like the right outside mirror, because it is the Sport version. It is started by turning the ignition key to the left of the steering wheel, and you will immediately hear the familiar sound of the 911 and the typical howling of the axial fan. But air cooling is not enough of the six-cylinder Porsche 959, its cylinder heads are also water-cooled.
The former project manager at Porsche, Manfred Bantle, called the Porsche 959 a Super 911 Turbo, and what he means, you realize if you are gas. In the lower speed range initially operates a smaller, fast-response turbocharger - but if then / switches on at about 4,300 rpm, the second loader, all hell breaks loose. The car rises suddenly out of bed and takes it when he tried to stand in the next second.
The 959 goes far beyond 300 km / h
Time to weave some readings: Auto Motor und Sport, established for the sprint to a hundred breathtaking 3.7 seconds, to 200 km / h took only 13.3 seconds. The peak was at 317 km / h during a 515-hp, 29-times-selling S-version even 339 km / h were measured. But despite these dream values which is Porsche 959 is a rather comfort-oriented sports car that there was air conditioning, ABS and power steering, which was suitable for everyday use and relatively easy to control and which has not been designed for achieving top marks on a racetrack.
That, in turn, the domain of just two years after the Porsche 959 was presented Ferrari F40. The new speed king among sports cars was built outrageously uncompromising for speeding - and it also looks: on a tube frame with additional supporting carbon-fiber reinforced plastic elements rests the broad and flat body with the wild rear wing. It consists of synthetic resin, are embedded in the fiberglass, carbon fiber and Kevlar, and is coated with a hint of color, so that by the carbon fiber structure appears in several places.
Ferrari F40 calls rugged qualities
Not only with regard to the optics, calls for a Ferrari F40 by its owner up some rugged qualities. The only comfort element is the air conditioning, which prevents the driver burns up in the summer months in the cockpit.Otherwise there is no carpeting in the interior still ABS or power steering. Yes not even a brake booster, giving an incredibly courageous step requires when braking the Monsters on perforated brake pedal.
For the Ferrari F40 Tamer Ferraris may experience accumulated racing experience on public roads, pure and without filters. When the starter button is pressed, the trimmed in lightweight bullet with the countless louvered awakens in the body dress to life.
Just not at full throttle when starting
When starting an emotional engagement is advisable and to avoid too heavy step on the accelerator. This protects the twin-disc clutch and the rear rubber rollers which would dissolve in smoke on the spot, because they do not succeed despite their lush format of 335/35 ZR 17 to transform the enormous torque of the Ferrari F40 in propulsion.
The mounted directly in the back of the driver V8 biturbo generates 478 hp at 7,000 / min, and as he brings the only around 1,200 kilos of Ferrari F40 in momentum, is the sheer madness. Once the needle of the rev counter passes the 3,000 mark, is suddenly a brutal thrust, accompanied by barbarous roar. A delightfully eerie soundscape. A short Lupfen the accelerator pedal when switching animates the wastegate valve to a ghostly hiss before again pressed the driver when accelerating in the seat.
10 seconds at 200
The by auto motor und sport measured acceleration to a hundred with 4.6 seconds does not sound nowadays so dramatic, but that in the Ferrari F40 takes just 6.4 seconds further to 200 km / h makes this almost 30-year-old car against fast current sports car shine.
With a significant suspension comfort of the Ferrari F40 can not serve, but he impressed with his driving. He is surprisingly agile, seems to stick in long fast bends on the road, and at sharp braking into bends or when weasels by a serpentine him be relatively light weight benefits.
As long as the road is dry, the Ferrari prepares F40 unlimited pleasure, especially on a closed track without Speed Limit. But alas, it is wet, then takes on the dashboard of light Notice: "Caution, saugefährlich!"
So much free Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959
The two super sports are today toys for millionaires, because the prices are moving at a very high level. For the Porsche 959 are Classic-Analytics in state 2 after all, already 780,000 euros to - with clear upward trend. The Ferrari F40 is with 980,000 euros for a state-2 copy very shortly before the million mark.Both no-state 4-prices are indicated, because the market is too small. While the Ferrari F40 between 1987 and 1992 copies have been produced at least 1,311, emerged from the Porsche 959 in the years 1987 and 1988 only 292 units.
TECHNISCHE DATEN
Ferrari F40
(Porsche 959)
Motor und Kraftübertragung
Zylinderzahl / Motorbauart 8-Zylinder V-Motor (6-Zylinder Boxermotor)
Hubraum 2936 cm³
Leistung 478 PS bei 7000 U/min. (450 PS bei 6500 U/min.)
max. Drehmoment 577 Nm bei 4000 U/min.
Antriebsart Hinterrad (Allrad)
Getriebe 5-Gang Schaltgetriebe (6-Gang)
Abmessungen und Gewichte
Radstand 2450 mm (2272 mm)
Außenmaße
(Länge × Breite × Höhe) 4358 × 1970 × 1124 mm (4260 × 1840 × 1280 mm)
Karosserie
Türen / Sitzplätze 2 (2)
Testwagenbereifung
Felgen (vorne/hinten) 8 J x 17 / 13 J x 17
Beschleunigung
Höchstgeschwindigkeit (Herstellerangabe) 321 km/h (317 km/h)
Ferrari F40 against Porsche 959
300 km / h-plus ultra-super sports car 80
They were the ultimate in sports car world in the 80s and put anything ever before mercilessly in the shadows: Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959 - today unattainable dream car.
Caution sauschnell! ", Would Porsche clearly visible in the dashboard of the can mill 959th Instead flowed in the preface of the manual the alert that under optimal conditions the braking distance on 320 km / h at 428 meters. 30 years ago, this raised finger was justified because to date no approved for road production car had reached such speeds.
In 1985, the 959 at the IAA presented in Frankfurt. The professional world was celebrating him as the new king of the sports car, as a car and as a technological miracle. But what requirements in terms of body design were probably in the specifications of the Swabian sports car manufacturer?Probably: "Just do not stand out." In spite of the rear wing provides the 959 purely as a somewhat muskulöserer 911 from.
Discreet Porsche 959 and Ferrari F40 brutally striking
In ecstasy so nobody falls well when looking at the Porsche 959 - these are the constructive details more interesting. The core of the car is made of galvanized sheet steel safety cell, doors and bonnet are made of aluminum, the front apron made of PU integral foam and the fender and the roof skin and the rear of aramid and glass fiber-reinforced epoxy resin.
And already we are in the middle in the numerous technical innovations that this Porsche 959 do so fascinating. As would be the magnesium wheels with hollow cast spokes, the tire pressure monitoring system and more. But now we get only one once.
At the time, miles ahead
Again, Elfer drivers feel at home, but the five round instruments contain large numbers, lights and special symbols. Sure, the Porsche 959 was preceded by a high-tech sports car and its time for years. So he has a permanent but variable all-wheel drive and four programs for different road conditions. The programs, which are selected via a small pitman arm, affect the distribution of torque between front and rear axle as well as the effect of Hinterachsdifferenzialsperre.
Further, the hardness of the shock absorbers can be varied and the ground clearance. The latter is missing in our test car, just like the right outside mirror, because it is the Sport version. It is started by turning the ignition key to the left of the steering wheel, and you will immediately hear the familiar sound of the 911 and the typical howling of the axial fan. But air cooling is not enough of the six-cylinder Porsche 959, its cylinder heads are also water-cooled.
The former project manager at Porsche, Manfred Bantle, called the Porsche 959 a Super 911 Turbo, and what he means, you realize if you are gas. In the lower speed range initially operates a smaller, fast-response turbocharger - but if then / switches on at about 4,300 rpm, the second loader, all hell breaks loose. The car rises suddenly out of bed and takes it when he tried to stand in the next second.
The 959 goes far beyond 300 km / h
Time to weave some readings: Auto Motor und Sport, established for the sprint to a hundred breathtaking 3.7 seconds, to 200 km / h took only 13.3 seconds. The peak was at 317 km / h during a 515-hp, 29-times-selling S-version even 339 km / h were measured. But despite these dream values which is Porsche 959 is a rather comfort-oriented sports car that there was air conditioning, ABS and power steering, which was suitable for everyday use and relatively easy to control and which has not been designed for achieving top marks on a racetrack.
That, in turn, the domain of just two years after the Porsche 959 was presented Ferrari F40. The new speed king among sports cars was built outrageously uncompromising for speeding - and it also looks: on a tube frame with additional supporting carbon-fiber reinforced plastic elements rests the broad and flat body with the wild rear wing. It consists of synthetic resin, are embedded in the fiberglass, carbon fiber and Kevlar, and is coated with a hint of color, so that by the carbon fiber structure appears in several places.
Ferrari F40 calls rugged qualities
Not only with regard to the optics, calls for a Ferrari F40 by its owner up some rugged qualities. The only comfort element is the air conditioning, which prevents the driver burns up in the summer months in the cockpit.Otherwise there is no carpeting in the interior still ABS or power steering. Yes not even a brake booster, giving an incredibly courageous step requires when braking the Monsters on perforated brake pedal.
For the Ferrari F40 Tamer Ferraris may experience accumulated racing experience on public roads, pure and without filters. When the starter button is pressed, the trimmed in lightweight bullet with the countless louvered awakens in the body dress to life.
Just not at full throttle when starting
When starting an emotional engagement is advisable and to avoid too heavy step on the accelerator. This protects the twin-disc clutch and the rear rubber rollers which would dissolve in smoke on the spot, because they do not succeed despite their lush format of 335/35 ZR 17 to transform the enormous torque of the Ferrari F40 in propulsion.
The mounted directly in the back of the driver V8 biturbo generates 478 hp at 7,000 / min, and as he brings the only around 1,200 kilos of Ferrari F40 in momentum, is the sheer madness. Once the needle of the rev counter passes the 3,000 mark, is suddenly a brutal thrust, accompanied by barbarous roar. A delightfully eerie soundscape. A short Lupfen the accelerator pedal when switching animates the wastegate valve to a ghostly hiss before again pressed the driver when accelerating in the seat.
10 seconds at 200
The by auto motor und sport measured acceleration to a hundred with 4.6 seconds does not sound nowadays so dramatic, but that in the Ferrari F40 takes just 6.4 seconds further to 200 km / h makes this almost 30-year-old car against fast current sports car shine.
With a significant suspension comfort of the Ferrari F40 can not serve, but he impressed with his driving. He is surprisingly agile, seems to stick in long fast bends on the road, and at sharp braking into bends or when weasels by a serpentine him be relatively light weight benefits.
As long as the road is dry, the Ferrari prepares F40 unlimited pleasure, especially on a closed track without Speed Limit. But alas, it is wet, then takes on the dashboard of light Notice: "Caution, saugefährlich!"
So much free Ferrari F40 and Porsche 959
The two super sports are today toys for millionaires, because the prices are moving at a very high level. For the Porsche 959 are Classic-Analytics in state 2 after all, already 780,000 euros to - with clear upward trend. The Ferrari F40 is with 980,000 euros for a state-2 copy very shortly before the million mark.Both no-state 4-prices are indicated, because the market is too small. While the Ferrari F40 between 1987 and 1992 copies have been produced at least 1,311, emerged from the Porsche 959 in the years 1987 and 1988 only 292 units.
TECHNISCHE DATEN
Ferrari F40
(Porsche 959)
Motor und Kraftübertragung
Zylinderzahl / Motorbauart 8-Zylinder V-Motor (6-Zylinder Boxermotor)
Hubraum 2936 cm³
Leistung 478 PS bei 7000 U/min. (450 PS bei 6500 U/min.)
max. Drehmoment 577 Nm bei 4000 U/min.
Antriebsart Hinterrad (Allrad)
Getriebe 5-Gang Schaltgetriebe (6-Gang)
Abmessungen und Gewichte
Radstand 2450 mm (2272 mm)
Außenmaße
(Länge × Breite × Höhe) 4358 × 1970 × 1124 mm (4260 × 1840 × 1280 mm)
Karosserie
Türen / Sitzplätze 2 (2)
Testwagenbereifung
Felgen (vorne/hinten) 8 J x 17 / 13 J x 17
Beschleunigung
Höchstgeschwindigkeit (Herstellerangabe) 321 km/h (317 km/h)
