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@kentarostory9961

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't have said it any better!!!💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

This episode should be in the national archives. Total classic.

@rockolutheran

4 жыл бұрын

I support this message.

@sirloin4372

2 жыл бұрын

Uh no, why would we put Ferrari in our archives?! Italy can do that…

@StuPedassol

5 ай бұрын

​@sirloin4372 this is produced in America, by American enthusiasts and journalists... why are you being a contrarian prick? If you don't like Motorweek or it's fans, go watch some car shows that have commenter that want to engage with someone who's unhappy with them and the content.

well he wasnt lying i still have my childhood f40 poster up in my garage over 25 years later

@Jdalio5

4 жыл бұрын

Post a picture of it if you can, I wonder if it's the same as mine. Which I have still in storage.

@gokeyinspections8552

4 жыл бұрын

i cant find my little F40 model car, I saw one exactly like it in this filming at the factory I think it was. I lost it in between moves!!

@anibalbabilonia1867

Ай бұрын

👌😂👍same here! I have built models of that car that I still have!

This is the caliber of automotive journalism that many others have attempted to reach, and failed to accomplish!

@12ealDealOfficial

3 жыл бұрын

Savagegeese really, really tries, but he lacks the budget of Motorweek. Guy does make some awesome stuff though. Highly recommend his Lexus LFA video, coming in at almost an hour long.

I remember watching this episode as a little boy! I was still in elementary school (I think the 4th grade) and fell in love with cars that day!

@automotivetv9861

4 жыл бұрын

Daimmm, how old are you now ? 40 ?

@TrestanSKYWALKR

4 жыл бұрын

LifeStoriesTV yes.

More people should be watching these retro reviews. Nothing beats it to this day.

This is a certified hell YEAH moment

Carbon fiber In 1988.... Rare

The idea that MotorWeek was still sitting on something this great in their archives is amazing to me!

@gokeyinspections8552

4 жыл бұрын

im sure they still have a lot of good stuff. some they probly arent allowed to put up yet and some they probly think it isnt anything good but to us its gold

@sirloin4372

2 жыл бұрын

This aired on tv tardo they didn’t just sit on it till KZread…

@StuPedassol

5 ай бұрын

I'm sure he knew that. Who went in your cornflakes?

my new favorite car video on youtube, takes me back to being a little kid and seeing this show!

80s was great era for Ferrari! F40, Testarossa, GTS... ❤

@gokeyinspections8552

4 жыл бұрын

yes and the 90s IMO as well. Now its all paddle shifter this and that,,, boring.

@squidproquo2241

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, 80's because in 1990, Honda brought the NSX into the market and educated them on making proper sports/super cars.

@sirloin4372

2 жыл бұрын

No it wasn’t. Ferrari was shown to be the garbage it is. Beaten by Buicks in the 80’s and a gmc syclone/typhoon in the 90’s…

@V8AmericanMuscleCar

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirloin4372 maybe you're right. They may not have been great quality cars but I like the models from the 80s.

@StuPedassol

5 ай бұрын

​@@sirloin4372until a curve came.

Not surprised that I didn't see Morris Frye's 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California. That SOB never takes it anywhere.

@HoosierDaddy_

4 жыл бұрын

He just rubs it down with a diaper.

Hats off to the mate chucking that 40 sideways through the bends like what we all want to see. Even the bikers wanted to see it, posthumously perhaps.

@L.L.2045

3 жыл бұрын

Haha YES

14:10 Very aggressive driving and very lucky bicyclists!

Having seen Testarossa’s several times including being behind one in traffic you notice how very wide the car is compared to how tall it is.

I will forever have the MotorWeek address seared into my memory after watching it every weekend with my dad growing up. Always loved the way the announcer said it. “MotorWeek, Owings Mills Maryland, 21117.”

thumbs up before even starting the video

Twice in this video I heard them state wrong statistics on a couple of cars. The first one I noticed was that they said the F40 was powered by a 3.0 liter twin turbo V8 when it actually has a 2.9 liter or 2936 cc’s. The second was when Lisa Barrow was talking about the upcoming Ferrari 348 which she said was going to have a 4.0 liter V8 which is wrong. It actually has a 3.4 liter V8 which is why it’s called the 348. Ferrari named a lot of their cars by using the engine size for the first two numbers and the cylinder count for the last number, 3.4 liters and 8 cylinders = 348. The car replaced by the 348 was named the same way 3.2 liter 8 cylinder gave you the 328. The 512 BBi was the same 5 liter 12 cylinders to give you the 512 BBi. Not all Ferrari’s were named using this formula but many were. Some used the displacement of a single cylinder like the 365 GTB/4 Daytona which had a cylinder displacement of 365 cc’s and 4 camshafts to get the 365 GTB/4. The last Ferrari to get it’s name based on it’s engine size and cylinder count was the Ferrari 458 Italia which has a 4.5 liter 8 cylinder engine. The Ferrari 488 that replaced the 458 has a smaller 3.9 liter twin turbo V8 with a single cylinder displacement of 488 cc’s which is how it got it’s name. Ferrari has traditionally used that formula for naming it’s 12 cylinder cars and used the engine size and cylinder count for it’s V8 and V6 cars like the Dino 246.

OMG...Motorweek, you saved this video for WAAAAY too long!!!

Wow, all hands on deck for this episode! 24:39 Thank goodness they came to their senses about the 1990 348, although, Doc Brown would have been proud, I think.

This would’ve been great to be released on Christmas Eve but thank you this is great!

I love how the Italian guys on the bikes didn’t even flinch just told off the guy driving in Italian and kept on going same with whoever was driving that F 40 never Lifted just stayed in it😂😂😂

I Love Motor Week I watched this one 31 years ago memories

One of my favorite episodes. Watched it on TV when I was a child.

Sat in a testarossa with straight pipes and rev up the engine a few times. It was something else.

Forgot to mention that the first F40 units produced "first 20 if I'm not mistaken" were lighter, had over 650hps, the 0-100km / h was made in the 3.1s and top speed was over 370km / h or 230mp / h, this same setting was improved and used on the F40 LM a few years later!

@zethloveless7238

4 жыл бұрын

Marcelo S I’ve never heard of any such thing I believe what your referring to is the fact a few years later a couple owners wanted a full on race spec so the factory made 19 not 20 f40lm. So no the first 20 were not lm cars they just only made 19-20 of them in 1990

Probably one of my favorite episodes, I remember watching this when I was a kid.

Back in the day my dream cars were the Porsche 935 and the Ferrari 512BB.

Beautiful...Love that this is a full episode and takes me back to my childhood watching PBS on a Saturday

This episode is more than I can afford.

14:12 only could happen in the 80s

What a beautiful years ...

“And gearboxes are very expensive to fix... repairs could cost up to 5 thousand dollars.” The 80s were great.

@alfredooliva5175

2 жыл бұрын

yea average salaries were $5.00 / hour for someone w a college degree..

Awesome episode. Thank you for posting!

Back when super cars required skill to drive

That intro was hot

Amazing episode!

I remember viewing this episode on the Public Television channel in Fresno Ca. Great memories I was at Fresno State. My first year in radio & television. Then off to Warner Bros.in Hollywood!

That was a fun trip down memory lane. The F40 is still my all-time favorite Ferrari model.

14:24 $260,000 for that F40 in 1988 is almost $600,000 in today's money. Compare that to the 812 Superfast, which is a street-friendly comfortable car with 789 hp and 0-60 in 2.9 sec, with a starting price of $339,025 in 2018. Talk about progress.

Totally awesome to see this archival footage

Isn’t this timely again as I’ll watch Ford v Ferrari this weekend! 🏎

@novinho9956

4 жыл бұрын

the ending of the movie still shocked me but im not gonna spoil anything

The F40 is hands down the best Ferrari ever made. It’s raw, powerful and style is perfect for the era. Love it

14:12, whoops!

@BurtSampson

4 жыл бұрын

In Italy getting hit by an F40 while cycling would probably be considered an honor. lol

@jarekstorm6331

4 жыл бұрын

Burt Sampson true! I imagine the cyclist laying on the pavement apologizing profusely while asking if the Ferrari is Ok!

@NismoDJ20

4 жыл бұрын

Dangerous mountain driving as much as love seeing a F40 sideways.

@GOBbluthagain

4 жыл бұрын

@@BurtSampson yes i think so too.. lol

@BurtSampson

4 жыл бұрын

@GOBbluthagain nice name.

I remember watching this on PBS WNET in New York.

mama mia! il mio cuore! oh man, how i love ferraris!! 😍😍 and i really loved knowing this channel as well!

It's always nice to watch a MW retro review, especially when the topic is Ferrari.

Enzo went out with a bang.

@L.L.2045

3 жыл бұрын

Could it been more classy? Great man!

Thanks for posting.

Best F40 video on YT.

I remember watching this as a teen. I was excited

Bravo, Enzo! Brava, Ferrari!

I remember seeing this when I was 15 or 16. Just months after Enzo's pasing.

Amazing the lengths they went to beat a 6 cylinder Porsche.

Rest In Paradise Enzo

How did I miss this episode back then?

17:55 Start in the low $20’s. I wish that were today!!!

awesome!!!

@bendavis9733

4 жыл бұрын

Not in its entirety...just the 959 test.

Plastic Sticky Bits....Italian craftsmanship at its best!

Best "Working Vacation" ever, John. What was it like to drive an F40 at Maranello , and how hard was it to get used to wringing out a Plymouth Acclaim or Ford Festiva around the Baltimore 'burbs again?

Some wise man once said - hand build mean that the door will fall off.

R.i.p. Enzo Ferrari and Pat Goss.

Wooooowwww!!!! 🤩🤩🤤🤤🤤♥️♥️♥️♥️

Maranello Assembly is like Italy's equivalent to the post-war but pre-Mustang River Rouge: Handmade and fully integrated

Pat if people did this on their junk cars, cars that old relatives parked for years, there would be no need to have junkyards because every car would start, run and drive !

Christmas comes early!

LMAO the 14:10 powerslide! We won't see anything like that on our screens these days; unplanned, unauthorized, unquestionably illegal, clearly demonstrative of accountability, and in real life, no less!

@blex5579

Жыл бұрын

acutally, this was most likely staged... ;)

omg ,when the driver almost kills that cyclist at 14:13. wow, they played these tests drives fast and loose in the 80s.

Love the F40 😁 Great post MotorWeek. ☺

The two greatest words in the English dictionary. "my Ferrari"

I first saw this when I was 13.

35 years later, you can buy a Jeep suv with a 3 liter inline 6 twin turbo with 22 more hp. 21:02 You are going to tell me to use something the maker of the car say not to. If Ferrari wanted oil in the upper cylinders. They would not have install valve seals to keep the oil out.

Imagine being an automotive journalist, and someone saying "you can take her up through some mountain roads" then saying "which car" and them saying "yeah the F40", if only it where easy to become an automotive journalist................. I guess I could try and buy a replica one someday, with the Lexus V8, but there's no way I think I would even come close, to the amount needed for a real F40 lol

Ferrari scorned those who bought the road cars and he thought they were suckers. The road cars were only developed to keep the racing program alive.

17:16 kind of amusing that the expert got the engine oil drain and transmission oil sump backwards.

Ferrari is just so much MAMA MIA!

F40 is one badass car

I had this on video tape

we have tire cushions in the future

Hey I know it’s 1988 there, but I own a 2008 convertible Toyota and I’m going store it in my garage during the winter, should I take the same precautions as if it were a Ferrari? 😂😂

@Hamburgler6.9

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, actually.

There's nothing quite like a cold glass of water!

11:17 ROUND FLAP VENTS WERE AROUND IN THE 80s....

Is there a Lamborghini edition episode?

I currently own 15 Ferraris of course their all 1/18th Scale but I can actually say I own Ferraris.

The Ferrari F-40 in my opinion is the best Ferrari ever!

@Hamburgler6.9

4 жыл бұрын

3rd best. 1. Testerossa 2. GTO 3. F-40

10:06 and he wasn’t kidding lmao

That 348 they showed looks nothing like the actual one that went on sales.

cryogenically fitting valve seats @ 4:28 mark

14:28 $260,000 for 1 F40? You could buy 8 '89 Mercedes Benz 300SE Sedans for that price at the time!

@dr.lyleevans6915

4 жыл бұрын

Or 1/5 of an F40 now

@L.L.2045

3 жыл бұрын

@@dr.lyleevans6915 which is the equivalent to 8 well spec S classes 2020

God bless Ferrari 🙏

That moment a dude on a bike almost had some serious stock in Ferrari.

They didn’t show the cocaine in the glove compartment

@MrThatnativeguy

4 жыл бұрын

Camaro owners can’t afford coke they’re on xanx

@thetechlibrarian

4 жыл бұрын

That's the Lamborghini

@allewis4008

4 жыл бұрын

Perfectly fits 1 Ki brick :)

The guy on the bike shouted...........................

Were Ferrari’s more attainable and affordable back then? It’s almost like cheap used Ferrari’s all but disappeared after the 90’s JDM Acura NSX, Toyota Supra, and Nissan Skyline GT-R came around.

@cvtt3194

4 жыл бұрын

Nope, they were proportionally just as expensive as they are today.

@allewis4008

4 жыл бұрын

They were a status symbol back then too. Miami Vice (who used captured criminal furnishings, vehicles and clothes) were shown driving these as a symbol of how insanely profitable the cocaine trade was back in the 80s.

Next The 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

@negativeindustrial

4 жыл бұрын

Why? 😂

Lol when your perfect and pure process is so high quality you need to hcorrect imperfections, with a hammer...

Sounds like Mannheim Steamroller 1980s music.

Hey MotorWeek, do you have a 1997 Corvette Episode?

Did they do one on Porsche?

@hurley911

4 жыл бұрын

Here it is