Ferrari F40 VS Porsche 959?

[Matra et Alpine]

Originally Posted by Ferrer

Try comparing both cars endurance racing record.

at least it was capable and tried, winning first in class in it's race version - the 961
How many F40 entries in rallying ??

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine

at least it was capable and tried, winning first in class in it's race version - the 961
How many F40 entries in rallying ??

Well the thing is the Ferrari Group B contender should've been the 288 GTO, not the F40.

Which anyway didn't enter anything either.

[NSXType-R]

Originally Posted by Matra et Alpine

WHich 959 ? I remember a car test in the 80s where they took a lightweight, no frills added F40 and put it up against a COMFORT version of the 959 and then proclaimed the F40 the better. Felt back then it was a clear editorial bias as they should have pitted the Sport 959 whci was the lighter and faster.

But even then, the 959 couldn't keep up with an F40, the 959 just wasn't geared enough to keep pushing hard beyond 140-150.

However, how many DAKAR did the F40 win ?

I didn't know they made a 959 sport.

Either way, both cars were blisteringly fast for their time period. Instant classics.

[broken]

Porsche is my favorite car company and I love the 959 but I'm going to have to go with the F40 on this one. Just for the fact that it's Enzo's last design and it's the last pure Ferrari IMO. Put it this way, if you tell a little kid to draw a sports car, he'll draw an F40.

[jump15vc]

f40 just because, a 959 looks like a stretched 911, an f40 looks entirely unique

[gtsgtsgt]

well f40 is for me, every thing about it was so brilliant, 959 was a very good car but f40 was just better.

[wt888]

The F40 is a great drivers car, the Porsche 959 is a great piece of engineering but does not involve you the same way the F40 does. I know two owners who recently sold the 959's and bought F40s.

[dydzi]

Originally Posted by NSXType-R

I didn't know they made a 959 sport.

Either way, both cars were blisteringly fast for their time period. Instant classics.

even more surprising than you'd've thought... Porsche 959 Paris Dakar

F40 for me. better in every aspect

[kigango123]

F40 seems the more satisfying choice in both a collector and racing aspect

[Ferrer]

Originally Posted by dydzi

even more surprising than you'd've thought... Porsche 959 Paris Dakar

F40 for me. better in every aspect

Well that was the point. The 959 was supposed to be a development for a Group B rally car.

[NSXType-R]

Originally Posted by dydzi

even more surprising than you'd've thought... Porsche 959 Paris Dakar

F40 for me. better in every aspect

Well I knew that it had a Dakar rally variant. I just didn't know that they had a sport version of the 959.

[60Valves]

F40 for me. However I recent read article by a guy who owns both and says the F50 is an even better car:

Ferrari Life Quarterly, The International Magazine About Ferrari & Lifestyle - Ferrari Life

Issue #7

[Torocojonudo]

The 288GTO Evoluzione never made it to a race and Ferrari took from there for the F40. A F40 is way faster than a 959 in everything, but in the rain the 959 will easily beat the F40. Anyway I don't care, just a F40 for me.

[wt888]

Originally Posted by Torocojonudo

The 288GTO Evoluzione never made it to a race and Ferrari took from there for the F40. A F40 is way faster than a 959 in everything, but in the rain the 959 will easily beat the F40. Anyway I don't care, just a F40 for me.

On a F1 type track, the 959 and F40 will be very close. In fact the 959 might be slightly quicker.

[60Valves]

Originally Posted by Torocojonudo

The 288GTO Evoluzione never made it to a race and Ferrari took from there for the F40. A F40 is way faster than a 959 in everything, but in the rain the 959 will easily beat the F40. Anyway I don't care, just a F40 for me.

On a track, the 959 has ABS. This will allow it to brake a bit later and get on the power earlier coming out of a corner. Hence it will be slightly quicker than an F40.