We owe today to the Ferraris’ custodian, Karim Said. He reckons he’s one of maybe only 50 people on the planet to own all four, and graduated to this rarefied strata over the years via a 308 GT4, 308 GTB and a 512 TR. He’s had the F40 longest – since 2002 – and says he’s driven it all over Europe. “I slept in it, many times actually,” he remembers with an enigmatic smile. There was a Porsche Carrera GT interloper, before the F50 was sourced in Germany – “It took six months just to get the Pirellis sorted,” Karim says – in 2011, while the Enzo and 288 GTO arrived late last year. Rarely have I met a supercar owner who mixes passion, knowledge and respect for what are considerable financial investments like this guy, not to mention the willingness to let us drive them.

Karim reckons the 599 GTO – he owns one of those, too – should really be here, and expertly summarises the cars and their allure. “Only Ferrari has stayed on the same journey,” he says, “which is partly why these cars are so special. I don’t like the way the McLaren F1 looks, or the fact that it has a BMW engine. Pagani uses an AMG unit. Ferrari does it all.”