eBay find of the day: Ferrari F40 GTE by Michelotto
The Ferrari F40 is a legend among supercars – the yardstick against which all other supercars are measured. Imagine then what would happen if you took what was essentially a racing car for the road and re-tuned it for the track. Now open your eyes and gaze upon the Ferrari F40 GTE by Michelotto.
Long before Prodrive ran race-prepped 550 Maranellos in endurance races and Mercedes co-opted AMG as their in-house performance division, Michelotto was the tuning house to which Ferrari looked to prepare its road cars for competition. Michelotto, then, was (and remains) far more than an ordinary aftermarket tuner – they are the go-fast consultants for the fastest in the business. To help develop their first supercar, the 288 GTO, Ferrari turned to Michelotto, who in turn prepared the ultra-rare 288 GTO Evoluzione, the F40's precursor. Ferrari called on Michelotto again to help develop the F40 a few years later. Who better, then, to prep the supercar for the track than its creators? The resulting GTE (along with the F40 GT and LM variants) was to the F40 what the FXX and the Maserati MC12 are to the Enzo: the pinnacle of performance, pumped up with steroids.
This example from Germany failed to sell on eBay Motors with a buy-it-now price of $658,300, and didn't meet the reserve price after getting a top bid of $325,300. While the buy-it-now price seems a tad steep, the top bid comes up a little short for the $400,000 minimum these cars usually fetch, depending on their racing history.
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David 8:25AM (4/08/2009)
I nearly brought an AC cobra From trade me Newzealand
The owners thort it was an MG two door
It had a diffrent motor
An toyota v6 celica droped in to it with shorten exorsts.
I seen on the photos posted a day befor the Auction cloased.
But was betten buy $ 1 bid olny $ 3576
It was funny .I put in was it built in the motor Garage And it confused the owners
With MG /And The stering wheel Was A old morrie minner..Morrios garage long story!! And A cobra as a spelling merstake as OLD / CO/ GA /some ones name Eny way...
still to day I could of sold it after a 4k paint job and other bits like wind screen wheels /panel work/ vin and rego/ I even brought a ford caprie v6 just to drive it in to fool the nz LTSA .
And even 3 days hire to pick it up .No refund public hoilday
my frend had blitz supercharger parts for A V6 Toyota celica maxamized speed parts Given to me for some beers.
also an $130 motor The resale of the car would of been $70.000 and more
un finushed.!. I saved my money For 5yrs and got an Honda NSR Motorcycle GP IT's fast ..
And think this sort of thing you see of the F40 brings memorys for me what I missed out on speed on the cheep
Ferrari Is cool too but my bike can do 330km/h + I like the ferrari F40 and The P330 vintage If I sold my bike year may be a replica or a some thing for under 100k kiwi dollours ..cool web site (1n vs 40 ) I like the number plate..Please comment have you missed out on a ebay sale too...
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gkz 11:42AM (10/09/2006)
i can't even fathom what this must sound like... what a beast.
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AutoFan 12:46PM (10/09/2006)
I got a ride in one of these things a few years ago. It was brief, but holy crap, what a machine.
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Steve 2:32PM (10/09/2006)
What a gyp! Not even AM/FM Cassette! What do you expect for 400K anyway?
:)
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Bill Maher is an Idiot 12:18AM (10/10/2006)
Ugly.
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Justin 8:40AM (10/10/2006)
Yes #4...I'm sure your stylish consumer car will outperform this.
It isn't about looks, this beast is all about performance. Don't be an idiot. Still better looking than any NASCAR.
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