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