1. Anniversary Celebration The F40 got its name because it was created to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Ferrari, from 1947 to 1987.

2. Master Contortionist Drivers found that getting into and out of the F40 seats took a fair amount of twisting and contorting.

3. Original Pricing From the factory, a person would pay $250,000 for a brand-new F40. That was a steep price for the time, but prices quickly ballooned to almost $1,000,000 as speculators bought and sold F40s at the end of the 1980s.

4. Door Handle While there’s no doubt the F40 is a beautiful car, it doesn’t have a particularly accommodating interior. Among the items stripped away in the interest of simplicity was door handles.

5. Porsche Rivalry The initial purpose of the Ferrari F40 was for it to go head-to-head against the Porsche 959 in FIA Group B. Since Group B racing abruptly stopped in 1987, Ferrari did the only sensible thing: release the F40 for road-going fun.

6. Body Design It was Pininfarina which designed the F40, giving it the flowing lines which many have admired and even tried to imitate.

7. Top Speed Mayhem While we have multiple street-legal cars which break the 200 mph top speed barrier today, in 1987 there was only one: the Ferrari F40. It was the first street-legal car which could push past 200 mph, making it a true standout on the market.

8. Composite Construction These days composites are used to make body panels for all kinds of cars, but in the 1980s the practice wasn’t common at all.