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July 21: On this date in 1987 Enzo Ferrari revealed his final masterpiece, the F40

Stood before a large audience of invited dignitaries, journalists and VIPs, Enzo Ferrari, aged 89, said: "A little more than a year ago, I expressed my wish to my engineers to build a car to be the best in the world. And that car is here."

The Ferrari F40 was born, and 27 years later, it remains one of the greatest super cars of all-time.