Tuesday, October 22, 2024

The rare Ferrari with 1,000 horsepower is looking for a new owner

Long before Ferrari itself thought about hypercars with 1,000 horsepower or more, Koenig Special built a Testarossa in the mid-'80s.

The Ferrari Testarossa was an icon in the 80s. And it still is today. However, the 4.9-liter V12 engine can withstand far more horsepower than the factory in Maranello equipped it with.

The German tuners Koenig Specials equipped the car with as much as 1,000 horsepower in the mid-80s.

Ferrari thought 390 horsepower was enough. Just to put the Germans' work into perspective. Koenig Specials' Testarossa is said to be good for a top speed of 356 km/h. The first 0 to 100 km/h was otherwise over in just 3.7 seconds.

Considerably faster than anything you could get behind the wheel of in the 1980s. At least if it were to be equipped with number plates and type approval.

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To handle the many horsepower, the Germans made the already large air intakes on both sides of the car even larger. In addition, Koenig Specials had special shock absorbers and larger brakes manufactured to handle the strain from the enormous power increase.

Today the car is for sale in California. But the dealer has created a profile on Bring a Trailer , where the Ferrari can be viewed in all its details.

Due to tax technical rules, the car is registered in the state of Montana, but it should be a matter of form to get it out of the USA if there is an interested Dane out there with the finances in order.

And speaking of finances, at the time of this article's publication, the Ferrari was offered for 300,000 dollars, equivalent to 2 million kroner. However, it is unlikely to be sold for that.

The car here, whose full name is Ferrari Testarossa Koenig Specials Competition Evolution II, has just under 17,000 kilometers from new in 1985. How many siblings it has is unknown. But Koenig Specials built at least one open version of the car as well.

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  • Sjælden Ferrari med 1.000 hestekræfter soger ny ejer
  • Sjælden Ferrari med 1.000 hestekræfter soger ny ejer
  • Sjælden Ferrari med 1.000 hestekræfter soger ny ejer
  • Sjælden Ferrari med 1.000 hestekræfter soger ny ejer
  • Sjælden Ferrari med 1.000 hestekræfter soger ny ejer
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