The Ferrari F40 opened the window in 1987, and it did so as a deliberate statement rather than an accident of engineering conservatism. Enzo Ferrari commissioned it to mark the company's fortieth anniversary, and it became close to his last public word on what a road-going Ferrari could be once comfort and marketing caution were removed. Ferrari test driver Dario Benuzzi described the car plainly: no power steering, no power brakes, no electronic devices of any kind. What remained was a tubular chassis, composite bodywork, a twin-turbocharged 2.9 litre V8 producing around 478 PS, and a gated five-speed manual gearbox. The F40 does not flatter indifference. It expects the driver to understand boost, weight transfer and consequence, and it offers no correction if that understanding arrives late.