This Newly Restored Ferrari F40 Burned To The Ground On Its First Drive
Something truly terrible has happened. A recently restored Ferrari F40 – arguably the world’s most famous supercar – burned to the ground on its maiden appearance back on the road.
A post by a user in the Ferrari Chat forum showed several images of an F40 in the UK completely burned to a crisp, with pretty much the entire car being destroyed.
There isn’t much information about what happened but by the look of the damage, the fire could have started from the engine bay and spread to the rest of the car.
According to the poster, Paul5000, the car had just been completely restored and was on its first drive when it caught fire.
We don’t know if anyone was injured or how the incident started. But what we do know is the car has burned to the ground and will never be used again.
Later in the post thread, Paul5000 said if the car is classed as a “category B” salvage vehicle, it will have to be stripped and the chassis crushed .
Any parts that were not damaged can be taken off the car and removed, but it seems unlikely that much will be useable from this F40.
We’ll see what happens but it doesn’t look good for the crispy remains of this F40, which hits us right in the feels.
Comments
how much for the ferrari logo?
Clearly wasn’t restored very well then 😂
I mean, at least the rarity is higher?
In first picture it looks like this
Can’t someone buy this and put it on display somewhere, instead of having it crushed? like, it’s still an F40. Yeah it’s burned out and practically worthless other than like, the wheels and the left headlight, but they often display burned out, partially blown up WW2 tanks in museums, so why not do the same with ultra-rare cars that get destroyed in unfortunate accidents?
It’s just not the same, Tom..
Tom, tanks and cars are not the same thing. Lol. Yes some people put up ruined or partially damaged tanks for display but I don’t think anyone, a car enthusiasts in particular, would display a burned out supercar.
Destroyed tanks can normally be displayed in museums…because they are tanks. It’s not unusual to have a tank destroyed because that’s how they were built.
Unless you consider that Ferraris are meant to catch fire, then we can have it displayed. :)
You just call Ferrari and order all the parts you need
I am sorry for the loss… How much for the wheels?
Why do nice things happen to amazing cars like the f40 why world why must you do this 😭😭😭😭😭
The pain is unreal