First some statistics: There were 272 Ferrari 288 GTOs built between 1984 and 1986; a relatively whopping 1,315 F40s built from 1987 to 1992; a one-less-than-they-thought-they-could-sell 349 F50s from 1995-1997; and depending-on-who-you-believe, 401 Enzos were built from 2002-2004.
The question: I wonder how many people own one of each?
Can anyone guess what the blue car at the base of the photo is?
Yes, only the three earlier cars are present to be photographed together; I gather the man’s Enzo sees a bit more driving time, despite it is not road-legal in this country due to the LHD configuration and no doubt a host of nit-picking items.
If this F50 interior does not look luxurious, compare it to an F40!
This is surely the answer to a lot of boyhood dreams.
Enzo not legal due to lhd. Sorry which country is this?.
I’m guessing Singapore
I think in Australia LHD isn’t legal until the car is a certain age.
Yes, in general cars have to be over 25 years old to stay LHD. There are exceptions for some vehicles such as heavy cranes.
Usually, I charge for viewings in my garage…..;-)
They actually do charge, but all the money goes to charity. All guides are volunteers too.
I love the GTO and the F40, both looked like 308s on steroids. The F50 and Enzo do nothing for me though.
From the inside that F50 looks like a 60’s car with the spartan interior and upright windshield.
Thank goodness I’ll never have to deal with that. 🙂
With the relative handful of cars they make in each model, I can see why they cost so much, yet don’t really make a lot of profit. The spare parts end of the business is where the real money is made.
Just imagine the R&D, safety testing, emissions, meeting all the different regulations around the world, and then making the tooling to make the cars. A KIA would be around a $100K if they made it in these volumes.
saleen s7?
I’m afraid I just wouldn’t be able to help crying when they crashed one of these, to satisfy the edicts laid down by some worthless petty bureaucrats in Washington DC (doesn’t that describe just about all of them?)
The Blue car looks like a jaguar xk220.
288 was the best looking of this bunch but also the weakest in terms of performance.
Oh, I recognise this place 🙂 Its the Lindsay Fox collection in Melbourne, Australia.
I visited it in 2008.
Its in the Queen’s Warehouse building in Collins Street, down in Docklands, near the football stadium. I think the building was originally the old Melbourne mint.
Fox owns a big trucking company here in Australia.
The collection used to be only open to the public for one day a week, but its open a couple of days a week now.
The blue car is a Jaguar XJR15, though he does have a silver XJ220 in the collection.
Definitely worth the visit, if you ever find yourself in Melbourne.
http://www.foxcollection.org.au/index.html
Spot on Prime, including identifying the XJR-15! This is actually rarer than the Ferraris, with only 53 built. It is also closer to what the XJ220 was originally intended to be with a 6L V12.
In my opinion:
F40 > 288 GTO > Enzo > F50
Not in order of performance, just in order of the “pull” they exert on me. When I was growing up, the F40 was king, and it’s still perhaps the ultimate supercar to me. The F50, on the other hand, has never done a thing for me. Perhaps I was tired of Ferraris by age 15? 🙂
You nailed that order, 100%.
I’m pretty sure every car enthusiast who’s ever dreamed of winning the lotto has this collection, plus an Enzo (and now the LaFerrari) at the center of their imaginary collection, slowly rotating on gleaming display pedestals, not to far from the entrance to their private racetrack…Ahhh, dreams.
I would bet more then 20 but less then 80.
People who can afford the 288 and the Enzo can buy whatever they want. Why not buy an F40?
The F50 is a different fish. You would have to want a complete collection to put it in the same room.
Even the Enzo has too many concessions to be in this company, but it gets a pass, for being soooo awesome (despite the lack of roof), it is an achievement of engeineering over common sense.
Classic Ferrari.
If I could afford any of these I would take the F40.
I think you are right, and I bet most people who own a 288 GTO own at least one of the others too.
I agree on the F40 as still the pinnacle of this type of car, but the 288 ‘does it’ for me too. The new LaFerrari/918/P1 will be faster, but I doubt they will be as involving to drive. Seeing Randy Pobst’s test of the 918 & P1 on Motor Trend Head to Head reinforces this.