This Ferrari F40, one of the few copies of an extremely limited edition, could be at an auction next month during the Monterey Car Week break a record.
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The auction that on August 16 of RM Sotheby’s is organized, one of the 19 extremely rare copies of the Ferrari F40 LM GTC.
This special vehicle with the chassis number 95448 is the 14th LM model and corresponds to the GTC standard, which was intended for the European FIA GT championship.
He was from Michelotto Based on the 1987 F40 and is one of the highest performance of the vehicles produced, with impressive 760 hp – almost 300 hp more than the standard 480 hp.
This increase in performance is on larger turbochargers, Behr-Laden air cooler, revised camshafts, new electronic maps and a newly designed intake system.
In addition to the engine, the vehicle received other modifications, including a completely revised aerodynamics with a newly designed front spoiler, bonnet with large ventilation openings, flat underbody with a venturi effect and a large, adjustable rear wing.
In addition, the chassis was lowered, the brakes were used by a high -performance system of Brembo replaced and the bikes were widened and with Slick-tires.
The model was completed in December 1992 and the Swiss collector Walter Hagmann hand over. Since then it has participated in several events and changed the owner several times.
Now expected RM Sotheby’s A sales price between $ 8.5 and 9.5 million. If this expectation fulfilled, the vehicle would set up an auction record, because the last F40 LM, which was auctioned, achieved a price of 4.84 million euros in 2019.
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