Ferrari 348 1990
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Koenig-Specials founded by Willy Koenig who started out racing Ferrari road cars and with the permission of Enzo Ferrari further developed the cars to be successful in racing went on to be one of the industry leaders in tuning and developing the ultimate sports car for road use.
In the 1980s and 1990s, barely a single model of supercar escaped the clutches of Koenig, the Munich-based tuning house that would turn a supercar into a monster. One car was the Ferrari 348 which, in this instance, had a pair of turbos bolted onto its 3.4-litre V8, surely pushing the limits of day-to-day driveability. Believe it or not, the aesthetic intervention was even more dramatic: the rear end was transformed into something resembling an F40. Despite being unique in RHD specification this car has also had further development over the years to make it a superb grand tourer. Koenig was an excellent engineer and believed that the F48 needed to use turbos derived from contemporary F1 cars. The F40 used IHI Japanese turbos which of course performed brilliantly but didnt maintain the link between road and track which the Garrett T3 did, therefore these were fitted to the F48, thus producing 520hp. The lift out targa roof was also retained and this did not return until Ferrari themselves developed the F50. The F48 was very desirable as it had close to F40 performance and cost £250k, making it a cheap alternative to an F40 but one which still maintains the prancing horse and an F40 like design.
This 1990 Ferrari 348 started as a standard TS, but was extensively modified by Koenig into a model the company called the F48. Changes performed by Koenig included a full widebody conversion, multi-piece, staggered width OZ wheels, upgraded brakes and suspension, a new ECU, twin turbos, a large intercooler and more. The F48 also has the worlds first carbon ceramic / hybrid brake installation (carbon ceramic fronts, steel rears). This was the first road going installation of Surface Transforms plc 3-D continuous carbon ceramic brakes. These are used as OEM on all of the Koenigseggs and Webers, (and increasingly on track and Ferrari, Porsche, Nissan GTR's, Callaway Corvettes etc in the USA CWE and Japan) in a company established by the owner after he left ICI plc as the R&D director responsible for advanced materials developments including all of the current F1 vehicles, all forms of exotic road and track cars and on civillian and military aircraft.
Chassis #85708 is the only RHD car with full provenance from new and a full service history, and phased development by RD the Eccles based Ferrari specialists over the years. The history of this awesome car is complete with documentation from the Ferrari factory and from Koening Specials in Munich. The car was imported by JCT 600 Newcastle in 1994 direct from Koenig in Munich and driven with close to zero miles on the clock back to Newcastle as a special import for a Mr Douglas Hall, (the deputy Chairman of Newcastle United at the time) to add to his extensive collection.
The F48 has been extremely well maintained throughout its lifetime and is accompanied by a history file filled with supporting invoices, previous MOT's and original books. With provenance from new via Ferrari at Maranello and Koenig at Munich as well as being 1 of just 2 RHD cars, this awsome example is one not be missed.
A link to the classic driver article on this very car:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=f48+koenig&oq=f48+ko&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l5.4848j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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1990 Ferrari 348 is listed sold on ClassicDigest in Kent by Simon Furlonger for Not priced.
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Car type : Car Make : Ferrari Model : 348 Engine size : 3.4 Model Year : 1990 Location : Ashford Kent
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About Ferrari
The first Ferrari road car was the 125 S introduced in 1947 and powered by a 1.5 L V12 engine, right? Well it's not quite that simple, Ferrari did in fact produce e Tipo 815, in 1940. Tipo 815 was designed by ex-Alfa Romeo engineers Alberto Massimino and Vittorio Bellentani and by Enrico Nardi under Enzo's company but legal issues with the former associate Alfa Romeo prevented Ferrari from launching the Ferrari marque at that point.
Enzo did produce a series of fine road cars in the 50's and 60's but they were merely to finance his true passion racing, wheather GT/Sports car or Grand Prix. The 50's saw the birth of Ferrari's most memorable cars, 250 GTB (tour de France) 250 Testa Rossa, 250 GT swb just to name a few.
Under the surface tension was growing though. In November 1961 long-time sales manager Girolamo Gardini made an ultimatum to Enzo: if tensions continued, he would leave the company. As a result, Gardini was ousted, as well as Scuderia Ferrari manager Romolo Tavoni, chief engineer Carlo Chiti, experimental sports car development chief Giotto Bizzarrini, and a number of others who stood by them.
Without Chiti and Bizzarrini the development of what was to become the most quintessential Ferrari and today the world's most expensive car, 250 GTO, was at a pivoting point. 250 GTO project was saved by a young engineer Mauro Forghieri and long-time racing bodyman Sergio Scaglietti who stepped in and took over the program with known results.
In addition to 250 GTO, Ferrari launced such master pieces as 250 LM, 250P, 275 GTB, 365 GTB/4 "Daytona" during the the 60's
By the late 60's Ferrari's prototypes' success came to a sudden halt by a new competitor, GT40. Ford turned to Lola to produce a Ferrari beating long distance racer after Enzo had cut the deal off with Henry Ford II making the latter absolutely boil with fury. The collaboration between Ford and Lola created the mighty Ford GT40 that gave Ferrari some heavy hits in Le Mans 24 to come.
By the end of the 60's FIAT purchased 50% of the company, starting a development that has led to a new mass-produced era of Ferraris.
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