In Italy, it seems someone was really missing the 80s again. Because Ferrari decided to create a new F40. Well, almost. The customer said so — therefore, it shall be so. This is how the Ferrari SC40 was born — a unique supercar, handcrafted with an individual approach, two years of work, and, probably, a price that is better left unmentioned.
Technically, it’s a regular Ferrari 296 GTB, just wrapped in new packaging. A kind of “restyling fantasy” on the theme of old legends. But, let’s agree, the SC40 looks not like a modern successor to the F40, but rather like a 288 GTO that has lived long in the sun — it became wider, smoothed its edges, and found the meaning of life in glossy shades of red.
The aesthetics were handled by Flavio Manzoni himself, Ferrari’s chief designer. And although the client asked for an “F40, just a new one,” the result is something closer to a Testarossa from the future. Or, if you prefer, to what Pixar would create if they were drawing a Ferrari in a cartoon about a supercar collector’s midlife crisis.
The interior, of course, was not left aside either — here you’ll find Kevlar, composite materials, an open texture, and steering wheel paddles made, it seems, from pieces of Scuderia’s own pride. Everything is as light, technological, and utterly impractical as it should be for a Ferrari you would never leave in a supermarket parking lot.
Under the hood — a familiar tune. Everything here is classic: a 3.0-liter V6 with two turbos (663 hp), plus an electric motor adding 167 horses, totaling over 830 hp of goodness that shreds the rear tires in seconds. Eight speeds, rear-wheel drive, and a sound that makes the neighbors call the police — even if you’re just starting the engine in the garage.
The official price is a secret. Unofficially — somewhere between “you could buy a yacht” and “you could buy a small island.” But does it even matter? The main thing is that Ferrari has once again proven: if you have the money, the patience, and a bit of a childhood dream — they will make you a car that looks like an F40. Well, almost.