Mar 4 2008Damnit!: Fake Ferrari Car Ring Busted In Italy
Italian police recently accused 15 people of building and selling fake Ferraris and confiscated 21 cars (14 of which were already sold). Apparently the cars were going for way cheap -- around 20,000 euros (a paltry $30,400).
Car body workers who police called "very able" cobbled together mostly fake parts and a few original components. They used body parts from other makes of automobiles, such as chassis, roofs, hoods, trunks and doors.
"Very able" indeed. How in the hell do you take pieces off of other cars and make them look like a Ferraris? I reckon we're talking kit cars here. Like putting a Ferrari looking body on a 1985 Pontiac Fiero. That being said, I'm pissed those damn police confiscated my car. I had already paid for that thing. Oh well, I just hope the Lame-oborghini ring doesn't get busted or I'll really be screwed.
Pssst! Want to buy a fake Ferrari? [yahoonews]
Thanks to Delphine, who owns several of the real deal, for the tip
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Reader Comments
1. samuel - March 4, 2008 11:36 AM
best pontiac I have ever seen....
I'd like to know what they were using for engines. and if the rear bumper is just a front bumper off another car???
2. SlowMonkey - March 4, 2008 1:46 PM
My brother had a Pontiac Fiero. Fast, fun car with speakers in the seats so the passenger could lean back into the music. Trippin. Not like smoking dope trippin but like it was a nice car. And dope didn't used to be as strong as it is now so it's not actually the same thing anymore. So I've been told.
3. guate6 - March 4, 2008 2:13 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS3oTweeJwg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrLwKRbWOYg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgGcA5-OnOo
It's neat that one is able to kit one's own cars and what not, but selling them...that sucks. I still want the Aerial Atom (or the Writespeed X1 when that one comes out).
4. David - March 4, 2008 4:34 PM
The sad thing is, if they were so capable, they probably could have come up with their own designs, built those, sold them legally for the same amount of money, and not end up in prison as a result.
5. Dan - March 7, 2008 12:46 PM
Actually, Pontiac made the Ferrari 328 clones in the 80's. They were marketed through Pontiac dealers and they were called the Mura.