{"product_id":"ferrari-f40","title":"Ferrari F40","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA comprehensive look at one of Ferrari’s greatest and most revered cars – the F40\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ferrari F40 wowed the motoring world when first unveiled in June 1987. The model took its name from the ‘F’ of Ferrari and ‘40’ as a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Ferrari car production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCustomers could have an F40 in any colour they liked, as long as it was red! It was fast, radical in appearance, and bereft of interior appointments, with a totally minimalist approach and extensive use of composite components in its construction, with a 478bhp, twin-turbo, 2,963cc, 90° V8 engine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompetition examples competed successfully in top-level national and international racing from 1989 to 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lavishly produced book, covering every aspect of the F40 in-depth, is essential reading for all motoring enthusiasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Rl65b35yFUw\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLavish production, large-format, and extensively illustrated with over 400 images, including factory production, racing and ‘under-the-skin’ imagery showing the car’s componentry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFascinating and authoritative text from Ferrari marque expert Keith Bluemel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendices covering production data, specifications and the full racing history of the F40, event-by-event, and chassis-by-chassis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterviews with Nicola Materazzi, widely regarded as the father of the F40, and Dario Benuzzi, Ferrari’s F40 development driver.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComprehensive chapters covering Ferrari’s roots, the F40’s ancestry, design and production; under the skin of the F40; the F40 racing story and owning and running an F40 today.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e300mm x 300mm | Jacketed hardback | 240 pages | Over 400 illustrations | ISBN: 978-1-913089-42-9 | Publisher: Porter Press International | First published: September 2022, reprinted April 2023 | Author: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/porterpress.co.uk\/collections\/keith-bluemel-books\" title=\"Author Keith Bluemel\"\u003eKeith Bluemel\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author – Keith Bluemel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKeith Bluemel started writing about Ferrari in 1980, initially as a contributor to the Ferrari Owners’ Club magazine Ferrari, for which he still writes regularly. He then broadened out to work for many Ferrari-specific magazines around the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is a long-time contributing editor to the respected American Ferrari magazine Cavallino and has been its competition editor since 2004. He also contributes to Ferrari Magazine (the official magazine produced for the factory by Condé Nast), Prancing Horse (the official magazine of the Ferrari Club of America) and Ferrari Club (the official magazine of Club Ferrari France). He is also a regular contributing editor\/photographer to two Ferrari-themed websites: www.barchetta.cc and www.anamera.com.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrior to his ‘Great Cars’ GTO book for Porter Press, Keith co-authored (with Jess G. Pourret) Ferrari 250 GTO (Bay View, 1998) and was a contributing editor to GTO Book (Fink Presse France, 2009). He has also written four titles about other models of Ferrari: Original Ferrari V8 (Bay View), Ferrari: The Road Cars (Sutton), Original Ferrari V12, 1965–73 (Bay View) and Ferrari: The Racing Cars (Sutton). He was the technical editor for Jeremy Clarkson on Ferrari (Lancaster Publishing, 2000) and co-author of a book on the Ferrari 250 GT ‘Breadvan’ (Parker House Publishing, 2010).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKeith is a life member of the Ferrari Owners’ Club and a Ferrari Club of America concours judge. He has been a Ferrari class judge at Concorso Italiano, the Winter Park Concours, Concours on the Avenue (Carmel), Pebble Beach, Salon Privé and the Ferrari factory’s 60th Anniversary Concorso d’Eleganza in 2007.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Porter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55891461538177,"sku":null,"price":69.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/0233\/6725\/files\/ferrari-f40-book.webp?v=1783515967","url":"https:\/\/store.hero-era.com\/products\/ferrari-f40","provider":"HERO Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}