Driving Nigel Mansell's Legendary 1989 Ferrari F40 (Gifted by Enzo Ferrari)

[@LambosOnly]

Just went into it cold, no words, just let the car do the talking. That was amazing, John.

[@WeAreCurated]

: ) Thank you! That was the goal. Honestly, who wants to hear me talk??

[@LambosOnly]

@@WeAreCurated I've re-watched several videos of yours just because you're pleasant to listen to. Your passion shows. I've noticed an AR and AK in the background of some of your videos. Are you a gun 'curator' as well?

[@ryans7476]

@@LambosOnly what videos are you taking about

[@huyshe123]

That's cos he was chewing gum with hisa mouth open......yuk.

[@mouse5178]

Really enjoyed the start of the video without any talking, reminded me of an old movie with just the sounds of the car. Then I enjoyed hearing you talk about it. Another great video

[@calvincooley1074]

I think that movie was The Gumball Rally.

[@mgracer101]

Feels more like the old Rendezvous in Paris vibes.

[@sprig6043]

Yeah man me to the start of this video is pure car porn.

[@miguelm2558]

The video doesn't show the speed of the car, just the sound. A very boring video, it's a waste of time.

[@kornolho]

"That ginger lad that likes Ferrari's" 10/10 accurate description.

[@poplaurentiu4148]

I love F40 but i will never afford one .. once an F40 is pulled out to be driven it always create a paranoia around.. at 4:39 is on traffic highway on left lane a Tesla S (with no sound) in the middle the F40(loud & spitting flames) and on the right a new BMW X5 of which lady passenger got her phones out to take some photos / filming the most insane shoot.. ;0)

[@andymudhoney]

I love that Italian symphony. The sound of total domination.

[@Azspeedin]

Not to sh*t on your point but, 959....

[@tuomasholo]

I like how you put it…”sound of total domination.”👍

[@frankgile1996]

I think the best part must be the lady around the 4:25 mark... Filming the F40, from the passenger seat of that SUV. While I doubt she's into cars (I could be wrong), she can tell the F40 is a special car... It sounds great, even cruising around like that. What a car....

[@amherstburgerpicker5786]

How does this channel not have a million subscribers??? Great video John.

[@UpTheAnte1987]

3:25 Pause that shot. Could be the cover art for some 1980s arcade racer.

[@paulheinrichdietrich9518]

need for speed I

[@wronggg]

It looked very oddly artificial.

[@paulheinrichdietrich9518]

@@wronggg Yes.

[@veno8mm]

Like a cruising USA out run top gear title.

[@jacksonmiller3242]

Sliding windows make the euro spec’s that much better. Love it!

[@konigandy6]

When simply watching someone drive this car can produce such an emotional response by the viewer, no words are necessary. Thank you for this.

[@WeAreCurated]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@konigandy6]

@@WeAreCurated Huge fan. Keep up the great content!

[@silver750iL]

And it is an honour to have you share the car and story/background with us John

[@tomlee80]

I would love to imagine Mansell watching this video and seeing his car now in the hands of a business that's so passionate about the motors they purchase. I'm sure he would be happy to see that.

[@briankearn6991]

Nigel sold the car within months of getting it.

[@tomlee80]

​@@briankearn6991 Nothing like some cold hard facts to kill my imagination 🤣

[@8thParallel]

There is nothing that beats this car man.

[@deejayyy1681]

Who keeps rewinding the first 6 minutes of this video? Watched it the first time all the way thru but the first 6 mins... I've seen over and over again. Such a glorious sound 😍

[@Kafteri]

Excuse my language, but This is a fucking legendary video. Perfect. The sounds are hair raising, love it!!!

[@WeAreCurated]

Thank you so much!!

[@Kxji]

That’s the proper way to describe this video.

[@pabloc.282]

Man. I always have respected you. But the way you started the video just took my respect to another level. No need for an intro or even words. Thanks for the wonderful sounds.

[@autofanaticcars]

This F40 sounds way meaner than any other ive been in over the years. This is truly one very special F40

[@tylerlacy5828]

We need POVS like this for every car 😩countach especially

[@anthonybomicino3276]

F50 please

[@TheBlakeob]

Introduction was absolutely incredible! Keep up the great work team!

[@1983dmd]

1) Stop chewing that big gum 2) Do not rest your right hand on shifter 3) WHAT a video with that sound !!

[@dmeyers5019]

John as a lifelong enthusiast I appreciate that you just let us listen to the car get driven, reved and shifted. The glorious pops and crackles that it makes. And also anybody else irritated by how close and careless the BMW driver was. I know i would be incredibly excited to see one in the flesh but give it some space, that's millions of dollars going down the street.

[@DavidRachfordFitness]

Love that there was not a word spoken until @6:23, John just let the car speak for itself... high art here! I don't know how he can sell cars like this... Man! epic!

[@WeAreCurated]

Big compliment. Thank you.

[@jakubmuller9132]

sounds so good 🔥

[@simonaplin4031]

Probably the greatest car of all time. Fantastic video

[@sk4tec]

I read that Jean Alesi (ex Ferrari driver) sold his to fund his son’s racing ambitions. That’s love right there! 🥹

[@jeffreybialowas4637]

Amazing all around. Lost for words. Great job John and crew.

[@yassermughal3692]

This video goes some way into giving me an idea of what it would be like to drive an F40. I loved it! The fact you didn’t talk and just drove! Exactly what an experience of driving this car would be like!

[@Kevins93cobra]

LOVE the intro with just the car and it's sound. No need for talking or a music background. Thanks for yet another great video.

[@richardgreen7654]

Nice work with this video. The F40 is just one of the coolest cars ever made and I have never come across a car guy that doesn't like it!

[@theschultz-ster]

Best video on KZbin right now! I wish my phone sounded this good so I could set my ringtone to that! I just might sit there and call myself all day

[@almi726]

title of this should be "F40 IE: Intensa Emozione"

[@adrianfit3263]

John greetings from Germany. I'm italian and i think that this is the best F40 video on Yt till now . What for an emotion listening while you're driving this beast. I drove a lot of Sc but in my opinion the ultimate sc is the queen F-40. This is true love .what can i say minutes of goosebumps.

[@jonlyons1033]

The best kind of curator. One who knows when to say nothing. I salute you sir 😁

[@WeAreCurated]

Agreed. Similar Miura SV video coming soon...

[@davevandervelde4799]

I was 20 when this car came out and I bought every magazine I saw with any article written on it. The most interesting thing was the hyped up rivalry with the 959. Awesome stuff and oh, I wish I had keep those magazines. I actually was more amazed with the 959 because of the steps taken in technology by Porsche but now the rawness of the F40 is so much more crazy.

[@joshthemediocre7824]

I couldn't fathom being so important that Enzo Ferrari gifts me a Ferrari F40. Ain't nobody saying no to that guy.

[@jay851038]

John is so modest when he said this F40 is out of his budget. I dont think I can ever be in the vintage car selling business because no way I can let this one go.

[@redporschekilla]

For me still today, the “holy grail” of super cars, the F40. One of my catchlines in the corporate world is “every man’s got a price, my price is the title of a Ferrari F40…. Only, else forget it there’s no price interesting enough for me” 😁.

[@sprig6043]

Johns drive face is something to behold especially when he's about to floor it!!! This guy is a Boss!

[@chuchfever]

Two things here 1 @ 3:45 that smirk of enjoyment 2 nothing but respect and love for this type of content.

[@fabianbauza4448]

Amazing shots and my favorite car in the world. You are driving a dream life thank you for let us see this footage. Greetings from Uruguay

[@richardcarter1000]

Very interesting. Great history. I have an early Mansell supplied F355. A keeper. The guy is a F1 legend.

[@petemolnar6073]

I think one of the best F40 driving videos!! Absolute surreal pleasure. Congrats on the acquisition!

[@KeithKman]

17:04 - of course Senna is in pole position. Miss that guy! RIP!

[@kodyrathsack1936]

I truly love how calm and normal seeming it was watching you start and drive an amazing car. Love your videos keep it up!

[@MatthewH2000]

great video, thank you for posting. fascinating history of an iconic car.

[@grahamsullivan1237]

One or two missed shifts in there! Being ex Mansell, this car comes with free moustache grooming kit!

[@rickybanzai2199]

Man, the music in the backbround was the BEST EVER. Great video, thanks a lot.

[@CHawkens]

THIS is real car video content!!! not that load shouty branding flash BS that other car tubers sorely stick to. Hats off to you John!! youll hit 1 mill subs in to time!!! LOVE THIS!!!

[@larrychamel]

Well John... yet another Fantastic example of a Ferrari F40 with an Incredible History involving not only an Amazing Formula 1 Driver but involving Enzo Ferrari himself. Wow! Thanks for sharing this incredible Car and Story with Us!

[@L8-APEX]

John you really need to label these videos as NSFW (not safe for work). Im sitting here getting a chub listening to the glorious sound of that F40 🤤

[@Zamppa86]

The F40 is the car I would love a chance to drive atleast for a brief moment. The newest Porsche 911 Turbo S is the car I would buy if I won in lottery but F40 is the one I would want to have one lap in. Thanks for going through the rich history of the model! Much appreciated!

[@Tyronnster]

When first saw John from hoovie channel didn't rate him but this guy is amazing. Love to see someone get excited about a car an can see how passionate he is. Love the channel

[@tracymckinley5919]

That exhaust might be some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard! Loved the intro just driving!

[@Ryan-85]

Sometimes I just like to have background noise when chillin' out after work after the wife leaves for work (night shift)& the kid is in bed. This started out perfect it was oddly satisfying relaxing too 🥰 thank you

[@marioalleyne8559]

Ledgendary car with an incredible background just mind blowing! Ignore the toxic comments I really enjoy your videos you are a true car guy. I enjoy how you tell a story all of your videos are interesting.

[@John-oo4ec]

Beautiful cinematography, John smiled on the highway

[@LoudModeOn]

What a car. And what a history! Another great video John.

[@jonnyg.5778]

Wow. Thx John. The sound and footage are incredible.

[@jacquesraymond6892]

Once again you shared with us something very special. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@dwtrksvc]

Nigel himself couldn't have said it better. I love the fact that not even someone as used to those Italian beauties as John could keep from smiling when those twin turbos hit on the highway.

[@FlameBlue9016]

The pull and sound of that car is simply amazing!

[@veno8mm]

I could watch/listen to that car blast around the city and interstates everyday for the rest of my life. Never to have it grow old or boring. F1 might be the ultimate road car. The F40 to me is the most sinister street stalker ever to be unleashed on public roads. And this is from a motorsports kid growing up with Schumacher as the villain driving around in the red Ferrari that always wins. Of course now looking back thankful for MSC and sadden that our eras Sir Sterling Moss/Jacky ickx/Chapman/Stewart cannot be seen racing off into the sunset at Goodwood.

[@Shredmo]

Wow! I love this channel!

[@Shredmo]

...chewing gum. Ha ha!

[@Mpayne1472]

Nigel tells the story that when he went to Italy for the first time he liked a few bits of kit that were at the Factory including a Ducati and a Testarossa. Within days they got delivered to his house

[@dna59]

For a very long time a F40 going around the racetrack was my ringtone. Music to my ears.

[@goldenrakelawncare6564]

Dear lord this might be my favorite video yet

[@sjtanman]

One of my first Ferrari's I had on my wall as a kid.

[@sprig6043]

Former F1 Champ Nico Rosberg has a upload on KZbin driving one around Monaco ...he said to drive F40 was always on his bucket list!! It's a good watch.

[@fritzmuller8246]

No talking is just brilliant . Drives nicely too . I drive my Ferraris similarly

[@nickcolman4288]

Great vid John. Remember the fuss when he sold car. I was in Ferrari sales back then. Thinking it was the court case and the fact he’d negotiated in his contract a Ferrari dealership on the channel island he lived on too. In those days premiums were frowned upon by the factory so big surprise when he made the sale in the first place. Keep up the great work.

[@majinari8552]

I fell in love with the F40 when I saw it’s body, it’s pure elegance. I didn’t know what Ferrari even was, but I knew beauty when I saw it. People say “got my dream car thanks to only fans” and post pics with a Corolla, one day I’ll work for my true dream car a Ferrari F40. - 25yo Ariel

[@mvd8138]

Not the best example of the F40 but still a cool car. This actual car was for sale and did not sell for two years between 2012-2014 in The Nederlands due to the fact it had a lot of owners and Nigel Mansell only owned it for a very brief period of time. Eventually sold at auction in Belgium for €690k when at the time the Rod Steward owned Ferrari F40 fetched €776k.

[@ElT1greVerde]

so perfect, keep up the good work sir!

[@colinmileman7593]

Man. you are living my dream! Awesome stuff!! Such amazing work and dedication

[@YouFold2Me]

When #AMC goes to the moon, I’m getting an F40 🚀🚀🔥🔥

[@Riel93]

Nice! Unfortunately I'm from Singapore and we can only drive RHD cars. Would be impossible to find one so I'll be getting a 458 speciale once we Apes moon.

[@Emira_75]

@@Riel93 no the sultan of Brunei had about 5 right hand drive F40’s made by pinifarina

[@rongosciniak264]

I had to stop the video and turn on the surround sound on my 65inch tv to continue watching.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👋👍👍👍👋👍. Thank you.👍👍👍👍!!!!!

[@Steve-pc6cb]

Such an undersubbed channel. John truly is the go to guy for Lamborghinis and the real cool Ferrari’s.

[@miguelzap9269]

Wow! This right here is truly epic.

[@AshtonRbrts]

Thank you for sharing something so truly special.

[@MarcSob22]

Curious fact, the first F40 manufactured in 1987 for the Italian market before the restrictions, produced more than 650hp and weighed less than 1100kg with fluids, the maximum speed of these cars was above 370km/h, and in fact the American version has no more hp than the European one, it only has more hp than the number declared by Ferrari, but all tests done comparing the European and American versions to the European ones have more hp!

[@Rgh71fish]

How am I seeing this video 3 years late? This is amazing!!!

[@theRCLlama]

It wasnt a gift I believe he negotiated it into his contract. Not bad aye lol Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[@ns8938]

Life doesn't get a lot better than this...

[@Al-of3zp]

14:14 "That ginger lad" lol what a burn!!

[@hoodstar949]

Authentic pops and bangs from the exhaust

[@gray7863]

John that is the best looking and sounding F40 video I have seen and that is my idea of what heaven is like ...........

[@GTIBrandon]

Love the F40, it's truly the GOAT! Rumor has it a family in my state has the LAST F40 produced (for the public). I have yet to confirm, but seeing what others cars this family has I doubt they would lie about that.

[@bondy284]

Fantastic sound that you will never tire of👏👏👏👏🇦🇺

[@Thatguy55595]

What happened to the video of you driving the Cizeta V16 you said you were posting?

[@buickgnx007]

What a car!!! Congratulations on the purchase! More footage of having ur foot in it please!!!!!!

[@scottm9605]

Achingly beautiful! What a machine!! The world is richer for such things to exist

[@ryand4533]

You don't see this around Miami much but man nothing is more Miami than an 80s Ferrari!

[@DL-lz6pj]

It has to be one of the greatest feelings driving a F40. #OneDay

[@WeAreCurated]

I hate to keep using the word surreal, but it truly feels that way. Behind the wheel of history, a sensory experience...

[@MP-vd1ck]

You can tell John really likes that car

[@nsxmatt]

I give the same look or interest in a Huracan as I would seeing a clean Fiero on the road. They just fit in and are almost ordinary. Cars like the F40 and the Countach just make people stop, jaws drop, they just know it's special.

[@ianleach1869]

Love it, thank you Curated!

[@dutchdiesel6223]

Best video of my favorite car I’ve ever seen. Felt like I was there

[@ericlloyd7981]

I'll have to see in a moment where this goes from 4:00 but I had to pause there and say that moment sold me to subscribe and give a thumbs up as well simply because this is precisely how I had always thought an intro of this caliber should be executed, and it was done professionally here by this man and his crew....no over excited clowns or bozos with a trendy designer style clothing or haircut image, extremely top shelf...so far, let's keep it moving...

[@craigmiles6776]

even at her age, she is still very powerful!

[@srreventon]

I remember an italy video of the ferrari F40 doing a drift on a turn... that was amazing.. cant seem to find it again A u.s. business man i knew had the original benz amg 190 known as the porsche killer... he had the funds to buy an F40 but his accountant would not let him (too fast) he settled on a yellow testarossa 😇

[@flstffatboy3910]

So badass thanks 🙏 for showing us

[@robertvermeer6150]

The smile says it all.. Respect