{"product_id":"1994-ferrari-f40-lm-cavallo-by-mienchic-fire-24-x-36","title":"CAVALLO by MIENchic — Ferrari F40 LM 1994 | 3-of-5 Series - FIRE | 24\" x 36\" Poster","description":"\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cspan data-streamdown=\"strong\" class=\"font-semibold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE WORD.\u003c\/strong\u003e TWIN TURBO. EIGHT CYLINDERS. PURE COMBUSTION.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The last true race car: the honest masterpiece that still shines.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1994 the F40 had already rewritten the definition of a road car.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe F40\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEnzo's final masterpiece\u003c\/span\u003e. The car that said —\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ethis is what we are. No compromise. No comfort. No apology.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eTwin-turbo V8. 2.9 liters. 478 horsepower in road trim. Zero to sixty in 3.8 seconds. Top speed 201 mph. The first production car to break 200 mph.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo ABS. No power steering. No traction control. No airbags. No carpets. No sound deadening. No radio. No door handles on the inside.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-streamdown=\"strong\" class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eJust fire wrapped in Kevlar and carbon fiber.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eBut the road car wasn't enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe privateers looked at the F40 and saw a race car waiting to be unleashed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eMichelotto. The Ferrari specialist in Padova. The men who had turned the 288 GTO into the GTO Evoluzione. The men who understood that the F40 wasn't a road car that could race —\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt was a race car that had been civilized for the street.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThey took the F40 and stripped away the last vestiges of civility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-streamdown=\"strong\" class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eThe F40 LM.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Mans.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eWidened arches. Massive rear wing. Carbon fiber splitter. Carbon fiber diffuser. Lexan windows. Magnesium wheels. Racing fuel cell. Fire suppression. Roll cage. Racing seats. Six-point harnesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe twin-turbo V8 unleashed. 720 horsepower at 8,000 RPM. 575 lb-ft of torque. Zero to sixty in 3.2 seconds. Top speed 230 mph on the Mulsanne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cspan data-streamdown=\"strong\" class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eSeven hundred and twenty horses. Twin turbo. Eight cylinders. Pure combustion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1994 Le Mans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe F40 LM arrived in GT1 class. Not a prototype. A GT car. Based on a road car. The purists said —\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ea road car can't beat the prototypes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe F40 LM didn't read the rulebook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eJean-Pierre Jabouille. Jürgen Lässig. Dominique Dupuy. Three men. One car. Twenty-four hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe F40 LM qualified 11th overall. Ahead of several prototypes. Ahead of the Dauer 962 Le Mans. Ahead of the Toyota 94C-V.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe GT car that qualified like a prototype.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe race. Rain. Fog. Night. The F40 LM running in the top ten overall. Running ahead of purpose-built prototypes costing ten times more. The twin-turbo V8 singing its song —\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhistle-hiss-bark-pop-crackle-BANG.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe sound of controlled explosion. The sound of gasoline and air and spark becoming\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003evelocity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eMechanical issues. A gearbox failure. A lost hour in the pits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe F40 LM finished 8th overall. 2nd in GT1.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt didn't win.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eBut here's the thing about fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-streamdown=\"strong\" class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eFire doesn't need to win to change everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe F40 LM proved that a road car — \u003cem\u003ea real road car, with a license plate and a VIN and a glove compartment\u003c\/em\u003e — could stand toe-to-toe with the prototypes. Could qualify ahead of them. Could race them. Could \u003cem\u003ebeat\u003c\/em\u003e them on pace.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eIt rewrote the definition of what a road car could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cspan data-streamdown=\"strong\" class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eIt burned the line between road and race to ash.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe F40 LM was the last of its kind.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe last GT car that was truly a road car underneath. The last car you could buy on Monday, strip on Tuesday, and race at Le Mans on Saturday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAfter the F40 LM, the rules changed. The GT1 class became a prototype class in disguise. The road car connection was severed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe F40 LM was the last honest car.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eBut fire doesn't die when the race ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-streamdown=\"strong\" class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eFire spreads.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThe F40 LM's fire lives in every Ferrari that followed. The F50. The Enzo. The LaFerrari. The 488 GTE. The 296 GT3.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eEvery Ferrari that carries the prancing horse carries the fire that the F40 LM lit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cspan data-streamdown=\"strong\" class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eThe fire that said: the road car IS the race car.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eStand before an F40 LM today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eLook at the widened arches. The massive wing. The NACA ducts. The twin turbo V8 visible through the Lexan engine cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cspan data-streamdown=\"strong\" class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eFeel the heat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003eThirty years later, it still radiates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-streamdown=\"strong\" class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eFIRE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome cars are built to win.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSome cars are built to survive.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cspan data-streamdown=\"strong\" class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eThe rarest few are built to burn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cspan data-streamdown=\"strong\" class=\"font-semibold\"\u003eLike FIRE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe F40 LM didn't race Le Mans.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wrap-anywhere leading-(--dt-line-height)\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt incinerated the boundary between road and race.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMIENchic \u003c\/strong\u003e— What you see is yours to see.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint Specs:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis poster has a partly glossy, partly matte finish and it'll add a touch of sophistication to any room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• 10 mil (0.25 mm) thick\u003cbr\u003e• Slightly glossy\u003cbr\u003e• Fingerprint resistant \u003cbr\u003e• Paper sourced from Japan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. 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