| I guess the 1980's had to leave many a legacy | | | | was, wait for it a staggering $328,000. There |
| of which, greed, avarice, dodgy haircuts, box | | | | were only ever 1315 of the F40 made between |
| jackets and designer stubble were but a few! | | | | 1997 and 1992. |
| Their was however another hidden legacy that | | | | |
| carried right through to the 1990s and that | | | | The Jaguar XJ220 on the other hand had a 24 |
| was the development and manufacture off | | | | valve V6 3498cc engine that developed 542bhp |
| ridiculously expensive and massively | | | | @6500 rpm and had a maximum torque of 473lb |
| overpowered very elite road cars. | | | | ft @4500 rpm. It had a five speed all-synchro |
| | | | transaxle driven from the rear wheels. It had |
| I guess if you had the cash to splash around | | | | servo assisted ventilated disc brakes and a |
| on any of the beasts that we're about to talk | | | | naught to 60 of over a staggering 3.6 |
| about then you didn't really have to worry | | | | seconds! The top speed was reputed to be |
| about most of the day to day mundane issues | | | | 211.9 miles an hour and the price tag at the |
| that most of the rest of us have to fret | | | | time would have set you back a cool $850,000! |
| about. | | | | Was there any surprise that there were only |
| | | | ever 218 of these cars ever built between |
| Here we are going to take a nostalgic look at | | | | 1991 and 1992. |
| the Ferrari F40, the Jaguar XJ220 pounds and | | | | |
| last but not least the Bugatti EB1 10SS. | | | | Lastly let's look at the Bugatti. The EB11 |
| | | | OSS had a 60 Valve V12 3500cc engine that |
| These were really well and truly the big | | | | developed 603bhp @8250rpm and had a maximum |
| beasts off their day and quite frankly had | | | | torque of 479lb/ft @ 4250rpm. The Bugatti had |
| performance figures and specifications that | | | | a six speed manual transmission that was |
| would frighten you almost as much as the | | | | driven from all four wheels. Like the HJ 228 |
| price tag. | | | | had servo assisted ventilated disc brakes and |
| | | | claimed a naught to 60 of 3.1 seconds! The |
| I guess though, as is being said on many an | | | | top speed of the Bugatti was again claimed to |
| earlier article if you had the cash to splash | | | | be 218 miles an hour. The prize tag was a |
| on any of these three vehicles then you | | | | mere $576,000. Again like the XJ220 |
| wouldn't really have to give a damn about | | | | production tally barely got into three |
| many other problems anyway. | | | | figures with 123 cars being built between |
| | | | 1992 and 1995. |
| Let's take a look briefly at the various | | | | |
| specifications of these beasts. The Ferrari | | | | Truly it could have been said that if you had |
| F40 had 32 valve V8 2936cc engine that | | | | been a proud owner of any one of the above |
| developed 478bhp @7000 rpm and had a maximum | | | | and actually took it out on the road to drive |
| torque of 426lb/ft @4000 rpm. It had a five | | | | then you possibly had more money than sense. |
| speed manual transmission driven from the | | | | That having been said, again if you actually |
| rear wheels, rack and pinion brakes and a | | | | had the money to own one of these cars then |
| naught to 60 of 4.6 seconds and a speed that | | | | you wouldn't have had to give a damn about |
| topped out at almost 3 times the legal speed | | | | what other people thought anyway! |
| limit at 202 miles an hour. The price tag | | | | |