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Autocar concluded its test thus: ‘on a smooth road it is ascintillatingly fast car that is docile and charming in its nature; acar that is demanding but not difficult to drive, blessed as it is withmassive grip and, even more importantly, superb balance andmanners. You can use its performance - the closest any productioncarmaker has yet come to race car levels - and revel in it. ...there’slittle doubt it is the very personification of the term sports car.’ Eventoday the F40 has the power to impress.Reacquainting himself with the F40, F50 and Enzo Ferraris forOctane magazine (July 2014 edition) racing driver Mark Halesdeclared: ‘The F40 is for me, the special one. Not just becauseI have spent so much time in them, but because it was such anexplosive, other-worldly creation when it first appeared, and it stillretains much of that character.’ Enough said.This particular F40 has the electric windows option and wasdelivered on 15th March 1990 via the then Ferrari main dealers forFlorence, Auto La Rotonda SpA. According to the accompanyingMassini report, it has the assembly number ‘01410’ and is thereforea rare early example of the F40 in its purest form: without ABS,catalytic converters or adjustable suspension.Importantly, the car comes with its original tool kit including theunused tyre repair aerosol as well as the original handbooks andservice book in their original tan leather wallet.The F40 remained with its first owner, who resided near Florence inTuscany, until 2004 when it was purchased by the current vendor,who has kept the car in his private museum in northern Italy untilnow. The last official entry in the aforementioned service bookdates from 1994 at 10,000 kilometres. We are advised that the carhas been maintained in-house by the museum’s staff and currentlydisplays a total of some 13,400 kilometres on the odometer.Described as in original, un-restored condition, this F40 has alwaysresided in its native Italy and comes with Italian registration papers(libretto and Certificato di Proprieta).£450,000 - 550,000€550,000 - 680,000164 | Goodwood festival of speed