If you could choose, 959 or F40?

[Wayne 962]

I'm looking at the pics from Crystal Cove:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/swapmeet_pics/CrystalCove_Feb04/Page2.htm

and I see a 959 and an F40 there. Oddly enough, I think they are about the same price right now.

Which one would you pick, and why?

-Wayne

[gduke]

959, Its a Porche of corse.

[Elombard]

No question , F40 - never cared for the looks of the 959 or 4WD for that matter. On the other hand the F40 is IMHO as great looking a car as has ever been built (tied with several others). Give me an F40 LM and I will never want for anything else!!

[arcsine]

959.
Because I could feel confident driving the 959 between here and there and not have to bring a mechanic.

[B D]

Tough choice those were the two cars all over my walls growing up. Hate to say it on a Porsche board but I would go with the F40. Obviously they would not be daily drivers so the raw race car appeal of the F40 makes up my mind.

[DavidI]

I would take the Ferrari! I don't like bloated look of the 959.

[magilla]

959. "And that's 'bout all I've got to say 'bout that." (Forrest Gump)

[kpfoten]

There's a nice Toyota 2000GT in those pics!

[greglepore]

F40 hands down. The 959 is a technological marvel for its time, but its not as wild, untamed fun as the F40.

[Wayne 962]

Interesting reactions...

-Wayne

[Hawktel]

I wouldn't care. I'd take either one, sell it, and buy a nice 73 with a 3.6, a nice 914 with a 3.6, a nice Cayanne S, and a Garage for all of them.

[1982911sc]

F40, I love the 959, however the F40 is just so damn exotic. If I had to pay for upkeep maintenance etc, etc. I might go for the 959.

[don911]

F40 - My all time favorite car. Too bad I can only afford the 1/8 scale version that's in the living room.

[SilverPoly]

It just looks ready to kill on the road. I think I'd go with the F40.

[Raymond]

f40 all day long.

[ludovicbreger]

959. Already tired of the 308 and getting ready to upgrade?

[Yellowbird RS]

No question , F40

[1fastredsc]

f40, 4wd and over weight makes the 959 sit in second. Although if the question included a street 962, then things might change a little.

[mlangner]

Easy - F40.. can't register the 959 for the road in the U.S.

Both cars have issues as collectibles.. neither have real racing history - they are just rare production autos.. The 959 has a further problem in that its cache and perfomance was built on its technological tour-de-force, but that it was eclipsed only a couple of years later by standard C4's and Turbos...

The F40 is part of a lineage of detuned racing cars, and is pretty separate from the road car lineage. Additionally, it actually outperforms the F50 in a number of criteria (albeit in a brutish manner)... this is somewhat different than the 959 where most of the technology developed ended up on road cars after being refined and improved resulting in it being surpassed by similar looking vehicles that were built in the tens of thousands...

[5axis]

I guess I will admit I would defect. Got to be the F40. The street 962's would pull me back into the fold.

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