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- Richard Hammond achieves a boyhood dream by testing two 1980s supercar icons, the Porsche 959 and Ferrari F40. Go to / topgear to see a full list of all high quality videos available on the Top Gear TH-cam channel and don't forget to visit www.topgear.com for all the latest news and car reviews.
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The fact that someone had put 57k km on a 959 fills my heart with joy.
959s were built to be driven daily
Fills mine with jealousy
Its looks as if it's one of a handful of 959s that are actually "user" cars. These 959s are more amazing than ANY collector 959
@@thegreendoormx4441 true
👍🏻
In 1989 when I was 9 years old, I lived in Pau, France. There was a famous annual Grand Prix at this time with several races inside the city along the week, including Carrera Cup, F3000, Formule Renault, etc... along with some car shows.
A day, as my dad took me the school (with his rusty orange Renault 5), at a red light, a F40
stopped by our side..... then another on the other side! Both started full blast when the traffic light turned green, in a deafening roaring. I still remember this, 30 years later. I've never seen a F40 since.
Best story ever! ;)
Somehow I cannot imagine this being so memorable if two Teslas did the same, can you? ICE, smell, sound, vibrations...Please let hydrogen win ....or.. Synthetic fuel...yes, the latter then I shall be able to keep my dream car.
Now, that's how you hook a kid on cars for the rest of his life. Awesome story!
I saw one on the freeway once. Never seen one in person since.
@@majcrash it's funny how things change, e.g. fashion and taste. At Beaulieu in 2013 the Supercar Showdown was in full swing and there , parked up was Nick Mason's F40. It had been in all the magazines so many people knew the No. Plate. Hardly anyone paid it much attention, just me, it seemed..dragging my girlfriend around. It was minutes later that I met Dr Pathmanathan, his wife Ann and my their car that I now own.
That F40 look was so ahead of it’s time definitely one of the most beautiful cars ever made.
Seriously man, if we took price out of the equation, the F40 is probably the car I would pick as my ultimate dream car.
It is art in motion
2year old kid can draw that
Beauty
I still own both cars today, always looked after, must admit there’s a little paint chips to both of them but I did ram them into each other and sometimes my big Hotwheels truck would drive over them, but hey, they survived and now I’ve given them to my kids to destroy....
Ha! You had me, you got me.
They had us in the first half, not gonna lie
@@matthewjamesmckay3025 yeah I agree!
Was about to say you lucky son ofaaaaa Gonna keep working towards the F40 myself😎
If we all can afford a real f40 and 959.
A lot of people here claim that they could achieve better gear changes than Hammond. Only problem here, changing gears on a Ferrari F40 is not the same as a 2010 golf or any of the new easy-to-drive cars that most of us drive everyday.
+Marios Koutras What with gated shifters and semi-truck clutches and all...
Karl Krause The heavy clutch is surely a problem in most of these cars.
+Marios Koutras
Meh, the shifts are a hell of a lot more direct than my Fiero.
If Hammond wasn't worried about the transmission, the gear changes could of been immediate.
+Marios Koutras What makes you think most people here drive a golf?
rakerholm "OR any of the new easy-to-drive cars that most of us drive everyday."
people are forgetting the best part about the 80s...
Group B
+Diego R (Acerpwns) Porsche create the 959 specialy to get into GROUP B, bad luck Group B ended before they finish this BEAST. It would have been awesome to watch this thing fighting with the Peugeot 205T16, Audi Quattro, Lancia Delta S4 and so on. Jesus, what a lost opportunity....
+Electro Latino Ferrari also made the 288 GTO for group B. Man it would have been great if they actually raced them
spacegarnaal Yes but the f40 in particular wast made to compite in rallying. Also a rear wheel drive car in the Group B would be a disaster (only the 037 could keep up, and with lots of difficulties).
But yes, would have been awesome to see this leyends in the Group B
+Electro Latino Also the opel manta 400 raced in Group B and it had rear wheel drive...
Bl4sterZzzzz How many races won? ;)
Even after 30 years, the F 40 remains a masterpiece🤟❤️
And it will remain forever
@@sergijaume5719 it’s kinda the 250GTO of the 80’s. Just like the GTO, the F40 will remain desirable and collectible for many years to come.
@@ernirose2077 Spot on take sir. Just as I have no real interest in 97% of the cars from 1950 and before, the next generation will probably (unfortunately) view masterpieces like the 250 the way I view a.......packard, or a deusenberg or what have you lol
Heh, masterpiece! Italian technology🤣🤣😂
@@1957rayn In those years it was a real supercar, spartan, beautiful, and character! No technology 😉
old top gear cinematography is still some of the best ive ever seen
They were really groundbreaking. Now every youtube channel looks like this
Indeed, BBC back then could afford all the best toys for shooting on a show they exported to dozens of countries and were making bank on. So the highest quality camera or rig was no big deal, it was going to be put to good use! Now all that tech has trickled down to more pedestrian costs, but it was always fantastic to watch back then. You knew you were going to get nothing but the best cinematography of beautiful scenery and cars, and some dudes with good commentary and music. @@saftpackerl
I am a hardcore Porsche fan, but...man, you truly can't compare much to the F40. That thing is just beautiful.
It is beautiful, but beauty is only skin deep. Think about how the 959, being heavier and down on HP can keep up with a stripped out F40. Could you imagine what it would do with a slightly lowered suspension, lower profile tires, some tickling of the ECU, or just stripping it down? It would be a monster. Instead, its a refined GT that can still stomp a mud hole in someone. Its the Bruce Lee of super cars, doesnt look like a hell of alot until you piss it off.
A Hardcore since childhood and done essays, A *Lamborghini* Fan - I can Agree that Miura and F40 are legendaries. Miura is such a Raw, Pure and Unique and its own self too!
I feel like the 959 is underrated, I mean if you think of legendary you think of a F40 although the 959 is on par with it.
@@bobderbraumeister6919 These kids don't know that a Porsche HP is 1.2 normal hp.
@@zerotofifty Has to do with the fact that Porsche has historically reported the minimum horsepower that their QA engines achieved in testing, whereas most manufacturers report the average.
That Ferrari still looks amazing for even today's standards.
The 959 as well
The late 1980s was a good time for supercar design - the XJ220 and pop-up NSX are still good-looking. The period was peak jellymould. Post-wedge, pre-carbon fibre spiky bits.
@Vance Wankel : I have bad news for you: your taste is absolute, utter crap. Sorry.
That's not saying much considering todays standards are a disaster in terms of design and looks.
@Vance Wankel do you have the Corona virus right now? Because I can see you have absolutely no taste!
I've loved Porsche for over forty years. IMO, The 959 is without a doubt the most important Porsche ever built. It is probably top five of most important cars ever built.
For those of us who "grew up" during this period, the 959 was a spacecraft, and the F40 was a weapon. Both were glorious dreams. I also distinctly recall reading a few reviews of the 959. The common complaint was, "it's so good, and it makes driving fast so easy... that it's boring". There was some Italian who had the 959, the F40? (or perhaps just some Lambo...), and a Cizeta Marauder - a gorgeous 16 cyl supercar.
I just love Richard Hammond's pure unadulterated joy when he's driving a car he admires!
If I had the money, I would take the porsche 959 for a drive Mon to Friday as my everyday car, and then on weekends take the Ferrari F40 for a cruise.
MrYoumitube Me too, I love Ferrari’s but Porsche’s always seemed more livable as everyday cars, although I HATE the PanAmericans I see everywhere, a 4 door 911? C’mon gimme a break!!!
Mryomitube, perfectly stated.
@jared price because they suck at any normal condition. But you can see a porsche anywhere as they are much better to adapt on bad conditions
jared price dumb shit. Porsche is the most reliable car manufacturer and they build the best performance cars.
Ferraris have more emotion, but a Porsche is the overall better car.
jared price A Porsche is much more reliable
Damn, that F40 is beautiful.
I just finish watching the race, and I found my whole body tense with excitement as I saw the back and forth exchange of position with every gear change those two did!! Wow!!!! Amazingly beautiful cars!!!!!!!
the F40 will forever be my favorite car...just... _wow_
We raced against one , the guy had bought Mansel's car. Three car race from the gates of oulton park through cheshire. The F40 was almost taken out by a capri coming the other way. How many times would you ever get to race one on the road for miles...we were lucky to go up against it it was a good memory.
@@markgriff9053 Once in a lifetime experience for sure. You are a lucky man
The Porsche's a trophy wife, the F40 is your freaky mistress.
Haha that funny!
I know it's a five year old comment but....you win the internet for the day for me!!
LMFTFY: The F40 is the freaky mistress, the 959 is the trophy wife that does the freaky shit as well.
I suppose Lamborghini is that bodybuilder chic you been daydreaming about then.
Terry Hesticles no, they’re both cars actually
We’re all so used to seeing cars like the F40 and 958 slowly parading down a concourse at a car show or on display - the beauty of Top Gear was seeing cars like this do *exactly* what they were built to do
Then you have best motoring where they actually raced these
The F40, is in my opinion..A work of art that set the bar... and the product of an era where machines were breathtaking . This continues to take the cake. And what a cake!!
The 959 was used not only used for track racing, but Group B rally, and the Dakar rally’s. It was the most advanced and versatile car of its time.
The 959 wasn't used for Group B racing. They had plans to enter a 959, but it never came through.
You're correct in that Porsche did win Paris-Dakar with an Off Road Lifted Version but Gruppe B was cancelled before the Factory could even complete it's Homologation run of cars so it became an "orphan" basically that had to be sold to wealthy Collectors since they lost close to $200k USD on every car that was built. They tried to race it a few Seasons on the LeMans Circuit and IMSA as the 961 but they had problems with the 4WD/Drive Shaft System eating tires which caused violent blowouts/failures and caused the car to catch fire and nearly burn itself to ashes if I recall ? AWESOME Car - shame they couldn't sort out the Chassis as the 961 to be more competitive on Road Courses, etc.
30 years later, the history is repeating itself.
Well, and about 10 years ago with the Enzo and the Carrera GT, and about 10 years before that with the F50 and the 911 GT1
+Tristan Zipp exactly.
+Tristan Zipp i'm really looking forward to 2025 :D
+VolvoSnouZ For performance on curvy tracks and acceleration, yes, 918 definitely wins. But LaF has its own appeals.
+Gotthard Leng the laferrari is as equally fast from 0-62 in 2,4 (motor trend)
cant express how much i miss that trio, james, hammond and jeremy, my brother and I used to watch every episode from season 1 on when we were young, it rly breaks my heart, thanks for the joy you brought.
F40 is definitely the first beautiful favorite car that I ever seen
my God i love Porsches from the 80's and 90's
Yes
*In Clarkson's voice* --"Richard Hammond makes the worst gear-changes....... .... in the world"
But why could I hear him saying that exactly like that tho XD
Lol true
f40's are known for their hard gearbox
@@daanklas776 *shit gearbox
You forgot the pause
This is the greatest auto review I have ever experienced. Thank you Richard Hammond!!!
I absolutely love the way the Show is written and the Delivery by the trio makes it more enjoyable! Putting out all the Positives and painting a beautiful picture and at the end the "But" is when you know things are gonna shift gears! Beautiful Show, beautiful Cars and beautiful people!
Funny how all the F40 fans always claim it's SO much faster and better. Don't get me wrong it is the more beautiful car. But it's basically just a turbocharged V8 with a super light body. The 959 was LIGHT YEARS more important in car history in terms of technological advancement. The GTR, and all these other cars with insanely complex computer controlled torque vectoring and such got all of that from the 959. 959 also first car with sequential turbos, run flat tires, tire pressure monitors, exotic materials never before used all over the car, electronically adjustable suspension and ride height and a TON of other things. That is why it is so highly regarded to this day. It's not just some random 911 as many people try to make it out to be.
Astralwurksdk i agree, though it seems to me the f40 is just the better car.
if i were to spend a million quid between these two i'd pick the f40.
why? because it's just a PURE CAR, i'd have more fun in it.
even though the porsche was more important, i'd pick the f40 since it's 2015.
gurbash washere Aaaaand the 959 is 2050 by the same measures.
Astralwurksdk so what you're saying is the 959 is responsible for everything that made cars boring?
Astralwurksdk So if it wasn't for the 959, the R32 GTR wouldn't have existed.
Astralwurksdk I have driven both.
The F40 takes the cake I'm afraid. Drove it for the first time today. Had driven the 959 on a number of occasions previously. They're both great. And both very different. The F40 showed the world what Ferrari was all about (racing) and where it came from. The 959 showed the world where Porsche was going.
I'd say the 959 was better for progress. But the F40 steals your heart totally and completely.
I didn't think I'd say this, but I enjoyed it more than the Enzo or the 288 GTO.
Damn, I love this video. Ever since I watched it on top gear when it came out, I still am moved to pieces. It is a must watch every few years. Anyone with me?
Yes
was boring
Remember seeing this when it was just released. Still a gem. What top gear episode or film isn’t though?
The way that 959 sat back on the rear axle under heavy acceleration was beautiful, almost like it's throwing itself down the strip.
That Ferrari just makes my heart melt whenever I see a video of it, it is just so good, I wish to drive 1 someday.
1 million dollar car drifting, thats just wonderful.
959 - My favorite car of all time, thanks to Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Yeah 😍😍 one of the most underrated game !!! But the BEST GAME I've ever played. I know lot of other NFS game came with better graphics, different cars etc. etc. But this game stood out of all the other NFS games. It just had so much into it that I cant describe it easily !! A LEGENDARY GAME ❤️❤️
Oh that game is my favourite. Even after many years of its release I kept getting back to it. The feel of that game is drastically different from other racing games and it made me fall for Porsche!
@@tirupatisrinivasaatmaraman8454 Oh, the Auvergne Circuit...
@@MrPoopnoddy yeah man !!! That ancient city setup is just pure satisfaction. Cote d azure, Pyrenees, Normandie, Alps, autobahn, Monte Carlo, zone industrielle, Corsica !!! These places man 😍😍 best part, I'm stilling playing the game though
But the 959 wasn't available?
Are you talking about add-ons or did I have a buggy game?
That F40 is nothing short of magnificent. Such a shame that we'll probably never see another supercar with the same raw visceral driving experience.
I grew up in the 80's and had a poster of the F40 on my bedroom wall, today I search for vids of the car on youtube like a teen searching for porn.
I also had a poster of an F40, and I still search for porn...
You should buy one.. (F-40)
(If you don't have one already)
@@skibootdier9488 I actually own (wd-40)
@@tariqshah2882 That's great..
Pro tip: Search for pics of F40s rather than porn. Why? Well, both of them are addictive but at least watching F40s doesn't fuck up your brain. smh
Top gear back when it was top gear and the very best automotive program ever. Thankfully we've got grand tour but I despite how great it is I still miss old top gear. These guys are my favorite hosts ever and together were the "Voltron" of great television. Never again will we see a better program hosted by better hosts. God bless you Jeremy, James and Richard for the best automobile program in history. I think for many generations including mine, the day they are gone from this earth is the day the music died for us. Often imitated never duplicated, long live old top gear and grand tour!
Top gear with these 3 was not a show about cars. It’ was a show about friendship. That’s why it clicks all the right boxes.
and yet when it was first aired, it was almost unwatchable. The first episodes were cringeworthy.
Wow, I am so lucky to be able to say I have stood next to both these cars at the same time!! They look more spectacular with the naked eye then any video can make them.
I was sold on the F40 as kid in 1990 just on the looks - it has timeless beauty
My childhood right there. The 959 and the F40. Remember playing Test Drive on Amiga and thinking man these two would be awesome to see in real life. And as a adult i'm thinking, man it would be awesome to drive these or even one of the two. But i haven't seen neither, let alone driven them. Hope to catch them one day. The level of awesomeness is out of the roof.
Did play same too
Though I love Top Gear's comedy and generally chumminess between Clarkson, May, and Hammond; its the films like this that truly make me love the show, Jeremy's review of the Eagle Speedster, James' of the Singer 911, and then Richard with this. The passion they have really puts a huge smile on my face,
Keep up the good work guys.
6:49 and all the emotion began.
The first car magazine I ever bought (well had bought for me as a kid) was "Car". It was the issue comparing the F40 to the 959. I remember back then thinking leather seats, air con, comfort beyond belief and 197mph - or rope door handles, plastic (I was a kid and never heard of carbon fibre! ) - I chose comfort over a few mph and pretty much have the same view as an adult. Cars that are fast enough but very comfortable still get my vote. These cars are a joy to look at though.
From 6:50 you can see how passionate he is about cars and this makes me miss the old top Gear
They are both very important and beautiful cars! The 959 being so technologically advanced; zooming yo the future, and the F40 is just bare boned and simple; meant to be driven. This two cars are marvelous!
Being from that era myself, always thought they were both remarkable. They also seemed to epitomise the differences between the two marques.
Ferrari was beautiful, fast and brilliant in corners. Yet it was also remarkably impractical and basic, a turbo V8 on a light body. Hardly innovative.
The Porsche looked surprisingly dramatic by their standards. Also terrifically fast. Yet entirely possible to drive it to the shops and back. Plus a host of new technologies to boot.
That's how I've always seen them. Ferrari for drama, looks and rather impractical but stunning driving. Porsche much more Jekyll and Hyde. Not as obviously dramatic, not as easy to drive quickly in the twisty stuff, yet wonderfully practical plus hidden monster performance. Plus usually significantly cheaper than the equivalent Ferrari.
Which is why I'd still take a 911 Turbo S over its competitors as none of them can match its practicality and very few its performance, and certainly none of them for the same sort of money.
Yeah - its a beautiful looking and handling car...but you wouldn't want to use it for your daily driver. If I had the money, I buy one and kit out the interior to make it a more practical everyday car (even if it did make it slower).
@@phantomechelon3628 fun fact: it's not made for daily use. It's made for weekend trips.
I mean the F40 was made for tracks.
Buying any of these 2 for daily driving is just stupid.
Would rather take the faster and better handling F40.
Especially considering how phenomenal it looks and how much more iconic it is
choosing a Porsche over a Ferrari is like choosing a shop window mannequin over a super model...
@@ayoutubeuser7613 Yes, I know that. The point is you CAN 'drive it daily' without it being wildly impractical in the way a Ferrari or Lambo or McLaren would be.
While obviously ridiculously different cars, I got to drive the 'infamous' 3.3 Turbo 911 of the 80s quite often for a few years (a friend's father had one and used to let me drive it despite me being in my late teens at the time, LOL). One amazing thing about that car was how EASY it was to drive "normally". In fact, given the crude nature of turbo tech compared with today, it really was a rather low compression 3.3 6 cylinder until you got the revs up to and beyond 3,000.
All I meant by my comment is I expect this would be similar in that you could drive it around without it feeling like it doesn't belong, unlike some of its more dramatic natured rivals.
Cheers
I would love to see a remastered 959 modern version 2020's
918 Spyder 😉
Based on the 911 992, that would be awesome
Well not in 2020, but in 2003. How about the Porsche Carrera GT?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_Carrera_GT
@@r4dio4ctiv3man9 tbthat's not it, it's totally different
@@victornjensen Very true, but has the same status as the 959 in terms of beeing a technology carrier and the fastest supercar in world when it was released in 2003. Also the last Supercar having a manual transmission. So IMO absolutely comparable. Also, the 918 Spyder has more in common with the Carrera GT than with the 959, since it is the official successor of the Carrera GT.
"They say don't drive your heroes, not this time"
-Hammond
How can I feel so much emotion in this small clip?
That Drag race though... wow
i remember seeing 3 F40's parking in front of the monte carlo casino 13 years ago, i was just 13 back then and i was in awe and drooled all over myself since the F40 was my poster car and i never thought i'll ever get to see one in person, then one of the owners went to his F40 and saw me staring at it, he asked me if i want to sit in it and i did. that was the most amazing moment in my life.
i also spotted a stunning porsche 930 turbo when we travelled uphill into the mainland, i will always remember that trip fondly.
if i even get rich i'm buying both a 930 turbo and an F40
THe F40 will remain a masterpiece forever! Looks amazing!!
Anyone notice the sound editing is better with Hammond?
Those 2 were man walking on the moon, and now with the McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 it's man sending rovers to mars
al129 Include laferrari.P1 is superior to them both imo in terms of performance.
Bro, they are like snails compared to Koenigsegg.
P1 is an overpriced kit car.....
I think the F1 is that. The Hypercars of today are just beyond in tech
@@kevinjoel7606 That's simply wrong.
F1's would on average lap modern hypecars around 40 times on a track
Top gear could feel you something. This is why it was pretty good. For example in 6:46 Richard`s speech. Pure gold.
I love the 959 so much that I actually resent the F40 for existing, and stealing my heart away
These two cars are so really important.
The 959 vs the f40 is like Jeremy clarkson in ukraine iwht the fiesta and up.
The 959 is an absolutely genius car, but I *like* the f40.
“This is brilliant, but I like this”
Porsche: more comfortable, more high tech, cheaper, reliable
Which one will you find me in if I had the choice? F40. No question.
959 is a tech masterpiece but really ugly. The standard Porsches were must better looking.
I'm still impressed by those machines, they're still incredible... I want to live that dream, Mr. Pool
Latin soul Vs Nordic soul.......Fire and Ice battle !!! so manny feelings !
I have only 3 yrs old in 86 and I remeber to see the Porsche design for the first time in 89 because I have my childhood room in that year full of Porche s and Ferraris toys in very neat way for my age....it s almost like dream this cars they make me watch them just for fun as kid.....its so powerful a true inspirational feeling !
Years latter in my family I try the 911 from 86 and Ferrari Testa Rosa 1991 ....and yes its a huge experience but without driving them only like passanger !!!
And the F40 was ALWAYS my favorite car as a kid. Got a Calendar once with a Different Car on EVERY DAY.....
and my Birthday was the F40. Which is how I knew we were connected by a higher being.
The F40 project has been developed by one single men. A genius.
His name is #NicolaMaterazzi and he recently died.
His masterpiece would last in history as the best car ever made in the entire world.
So nice, so balanced, so true...
Amazing these cars still look fantastic. 80's car design was so good
guy in work had an f40 25 years ago!
Stunning looking car and was quick!
You have to think these cars in relative terms. They achieved 200 mph (more or less) back in the eighties. There aren't many cars that can achieve it now. 35 years later. You have to go to AMG / Ferrari / Lamborghini / Porsche territory, even today. That is crazy.
*It would be very interesting to see a comparative between the Chiron SS, Venom F5, Jesko Absolut and Tuatara, to see which is the currently fastest car in the world*
I saw a 959 once. Couldn’t believe it. A very beautiful car.
Two superb cars and heroes of my childhood. Wonderful!
This is too good of car journalism not to watch more than once
Song is Judgement Day by Terry Devine-King
I’ve seen a couple F40’s here n there…..never seen a 959 but absolutely love them
I’ll take the Porsche every time. I saw two at the Blaine port of entry in Canada. I spent several minutes drooling over them.
The 959 was high-end space engineering with new technologies never seen before in a car. The F40 was just a very beautiful chassis with a windscreen wiper.
sure like the volkswagen that do not pollute at alll.... welcome german arrogance
Nothing to do with being German. I like the F40 just as much and from what I see it's the more exciting car to drive. Not to mention very beautiful and with a great engine. And it's a Ferrari ... who doesn't like a Ferrari ?
I just also like the Porsche. Different car entirely, same admiration from me.
+The Mito supercars are meant to give emotions. Sure speed is important, but the thrills a supercar can give you come in the first place. One of The reasons the mp4 12c was a flop and got destroyed by 458 Italia from all reviewers.Racecars are meant for speed
The 959 must be one of the best looking cars ever made. The classic Porsche styling with an added bonus of the wing and some changes. Just a feast for the eyes.
one of these MVP.. love it.
Finally i can see my favorite car in action awesome
BEST Top Gear video ive seen!
I'll take the F40!
so glad this clip is actually from top gear.
The GOAT drag races, the hairs on my chest went from white to black after watching this. Thank you 🙏🏽
959 is the car that let both the chief engineer and CEO end their career with Porsche. What a historical machine
What ?
@@filipremenar9508 that
@@jashargubetini2477 come again ?
@@filipremenar9508 what ?
@@jashargubetini2477 that 😁
Now the 918, P1, and LaFerrari are gonna be the ones car manufactures are gonna learn from. With the hybrid power
M Rod
Agreed. It would be interesting to hear a conversation 25 years from now about the three current Hyperhybrids.
@BTICronox Not that easy but it can beat them on a drag race and on the track. It looks awesome and it is still one of the best accelerating cars ever made. Even with these said it loses at top speed and people might not like it's look or being awd
I'm not a car expert, but this, and then their later comparisons with the 918, P1 and LaFerrari... Porsches have all the power and speed and ability...AND A/C, stereos, cup holders and the things that make driving a car on the road functional.
that F40 is just, stunning
God, both of these are just pieces of art both visually and performance-wise! Personally I would probably pick the Porsche, but damn, the F40 is without doubt one of the most gorgeous-looking cars ever made
We miss you guys
Bistocracy get over it ! they get old and boring
Luiz Felipe Rodrigues they still rock , getting old is a blessing . Genetically speaking your fucked Pedro
@@luizfeliperodrigues4142 no it's just not true. They're getting old but not boring
Great Top Gear presentation, as always. Both cars are phenomenal of course for their time, but man that Ferrari looks like a kit car from some angles, especially in the front.
So glad I had the chance to see F40s and McLaren F1 battle it out in the BPR series that visited my country in the 90ies. The F1s truly made me wish I had brought ear plugs but the F40 did really well. I was a bit surprised at the drag race result here, the cold+mild tweaking of the Porsche?
The 959 could do 200mph also. It is recorded. The two way test for the top speed averaged to less than 200. And yes, nowadays Bruce Canepa in Santa Cruz CA, is modifying these to go 215+ mph.
driver mod needed in that f40
A Phenomenal Video And Cars All The Best To Team.
I would LOVE for Porsche to do a "959 Tributo" - a modern reinterpretation of that wonderful machine, up to date with all the modern tech... and take it rallying, as the 959 was originally designed for Groupe B! Who else wants to see this?
The Porsche set the bar so high for what was to follow, and the Ferrari met the heights.
The Ferrari F40 is one of the most beautiful machines ever made.
I’d take the Porsche though, if I had a choice.
My God that f40 is a car enthusiasts dream. It reminds me of a Ferrari made AE86. Both extremely light weight, both came in red mostly (in canada atleast) both have a cult like following, both with amazing engines for the time. If the F40 is landing on the moon for the first time, the AE86 to me is landing on the moon in a commercial jetline.
Oh this reminds me so much of Test Drive 2 the Duel!! The memories!
959: the ultimate perfection
F40: the ultimate legend
This was the most poetic moment in The History of the Television and the car
The two fantasy cars of my youth. I remember owning the Guinness Book of Records in 1986 that had the 959 in it (in striking silver I recall) with it's record for the fastest production car. Mind you I could have sworn they had it listed as 198mph not 197mph. Then the F40, wow, still my dream car even after all these years.
His face whilst he says "the steering wheel is ALIVE" in the F40 suggests to me it might be rather enjoyable to drive round a track.
What's with the blurring at 0:56 ? Trying to cover up that Hammond isn't actually driving there?
lol yup
Yes. They did that all the time.