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kudryavchik:

Maybe I am wrong, but I think that it is impossible to compare f40 and 959... These cars were made for different aims, 959 as an omologation car for group b, f40 as a beater of 959 in terms of top speed. Ubergizmo car and "bicycle" frame car are hardly comparable. It is like comparing f50 with dauer 962 and gt1...  Once again, maybe I am wrong...

You're absolutely right, these two cars have very different agendas, but they are always compared because that pair defines the supercars of the 80s regardless of their engineering.

Actually the real competitor of the 959 was the GTO, both cars were made with Group B as a goal.

But people still compare them because it's ferrari and porsche, because it's two of the best names in sports cars and because they're the same period, same for the Enzo and GT and same for the 918 and new Ferrari.

 

Fully agree.


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