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02-23-2006, 12:49 PM
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2...crash/
"A German was driving and he ran away" Only the driver's airbag has blood on it and Eriksson had a bloody lip. So plausible. |
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03-05-2006, 07:00 AM
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Quote, originally posted by yanksrule26 »do the ones shown at autoshows count in the 401? cuz i remember them showing a blue one and i dont think it was available in that color.
Its available in 3 colours, Rosso Corsa Red, Black & Yellow; custom colours are burgandy, dark blue, silver, grey, white, & British Racing Green |
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03-11-2006, 07:00 AM
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From my understanding, it wasn't a case of too much car for the driver. The fact is (from what I've heard), he was going a bit above the speed limit and had a tire blow. (I believe the shreded tire is pictured.) Any time you are going at highway speeds and have a tire blow, the results won't be pretty, no matter how experienced the driver. And Ferrari hand-picked who would get to buy Enzo's. This isn't like most cars where if you have the money you can buy them.
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03-21-2006, 09:51 AM
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Quote, originally posted by DSC-OFF »
My boss says the car had just left the Enzo Ferrari reunion in downtown Maranello ( http://img462.imageshack.us/im...n.jpg ) & was cruising in the outskirts This accident didn't happen near Maranello. It happened north-east of Milan, in the Vimercate area. |
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03-31-2006, 02:54 PM
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  Quote »Stefan Eriksson's famous exotic car collection keeps shrinking. First, the former European videogame executive's rare Enzo Ferrari was destroyed in a mysterious crash Feb. 21 on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. Then, on Sunday, he lost his 2005 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, valued at more than $400,000. Beverly Hills police confiscated the vehicle after Scotland Yard said the car might have been stolen. The officers stopped Eriksson's wife, Nicole Persson, 33, about 2:30 p.m. on the corner of Beverly Drive and Wilshire Boulevard because an officer found the car's European license plate suspicious. The officer then discovered that Persson lacked a driver's license and that the car was not registered in the United States. "We contacted Scotland Yard and subsequently learned that the car was perhaps stolen" out of the United Kingdom", Lt. Mitch McCann said. The entire incident was caught on tape by a 13-year-old exotic car buff who has filmed Eriksson's vehicles in the past. Beverly Hills authorities said they didn't have details of the British police case. But Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Phil Brooks said that an unidentified financial institution says it owns the Mercedes and that a financial institution in Scotland says it was the owner of the Enzo. This leaves Eriksson with only one of the three exotic cars he imported to the United States late last year, Brooks said. "He brought in through San Diego two Ferraris and the Mercedes and said they were show cars and that he was not going to drive them on the streets," Brooks said. Last month's crash prompted both an accident investigation and a probe by the Sheriff's Department's Homeland Security Division. Although no one was injured in the crash, the investigation has generated significant attention because of the strange circumstances and the fact that it destroyed one of only 400 Enzo Ferraris ever built. Eriksson, who lives in a gated Bel-Air estate, told deputies who arrived at the scene that he was not the driver and that another man, named Dietrich, had been behind the wheel. Eriksson said Dietrich fled the scene. But detectives said they were skeptical of his version of events. Investigators have taken a swab of Eriksson's saliva to match his DNA against blood found on the Ferrari's driver's-side air bag. Eriksson also told deputies that he was a deputy commissioner of the police department of a tiny transit agency in the San Gabriel Valley. A few minutes after the crash, two men arrived at the crash scene, identified themselves as homeland security officers and spoke to Eriksson at length before leaving. According to Car & Driver magazine, the Mercedes SLR McLaren is capable to going 200 mph and can go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds. The car didn't just capture the eye of Beverly Hills police. Spyder Dobrofsky, a 13-year-old car enthusiast, happened to be at the scene of Sunday's traffic stop and switched on his camera. The teenager has photographed cars in Eriksson's collection before and knew immediately that the McLaren was his. "The car really stands out because of the British plate," Spyder said. Spyder said Eriksson's wife was with a young child when she was pulled over. On the tape, Spyder asks the tow truck operator called to remove the Mercedes where he's taking it. The man jokes: "To my house." Trying to find the video footage LATimes |
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03-31-2006, 07:59 PM
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Wow, in the rate they're going, they'll be extinct by the end of the decade
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04-04-2006, 07:00 AM
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Quote, originally posted by geary »I thought they only made 399 Enzos.
There are technically, if not officially, 401 Enzo's in existence (including injured counterparts). The 200th-ish Enzo was not your run-of-the-mill Enzo, it was a one-of a kind stripped model in bare carbon with no paint, no headlamps, no taillamps, no passenger seat, no ventilation system, not even windscreen wipers; the Maharajah of India currently owns it. The 401st Enzo finished assembly this March, auctioned off to an anonymous buyer, all proceeds went to the aid of tsunami victims in South Asia. Neither models are accounted for in Enzo Ferrari production records |
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04-11-2006, 07:00 AM
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Enzo always said "you make one less than the market desires."
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04-27-2006, 07:00 AM
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05-21-2006, 07:00 AM
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hooooooooooly sh!t!!!!!! people who drive like that shouldn't be allowed to own cars like the enzo
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05-27-2006, 07:00 AM
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That is one heck of a racer. As for the wreck, theres a time and a place for speed, and daytime on public roads isn't it. This is unfortunate, but the driver should have been smarter than to try this.
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06-04-2006, 07:00 AM
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Ferrari Enzo Ferrari Crashes
As of October 30th, 2005, this is the 8th official totaled Ferrari Enzo Ferrari, driver swurved off a Maranello road & cut the car in half, did not survive. RIP....to the car
   
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06-04-2006, 07:00 AM
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Quote, originally posted by jesse »..The 200th-ish Enzo was not your run-of-the-mill Enzo, it was a one-of a kind stripped model in bare carbon with no paint, no headlamps, no taillamps, no passenger seat, no ventilation system, not even windscreen wipers; the Maharajah of India currently owns it.
aargh, this was a b!tch to find in my archives..im not even sure if im allowed to post these pics..lets see what happens..  
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07-09-2006, 07:00 AM
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07-18-2006, 07:00 AM
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08-18-2006, 07:00 AM
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Quote, originally posted by zwei Biere bitte »..given to the Pope (And recently showed on Fifth Gear
 ) Brain fart, yes of course theres the infamous Pope Enzo, i also forgot the very 1st Enzo ever made which was kept by Ferrari for records in their museum in Modena, all in all (that is if we did actually get them all) 403, im good with that number so long as they dont pull an F40 |
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09-07-2006, 07:00 AM
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A white sheet on the third pics shows they found a body part at least.
Three or so sheets on the first pic (on the grass on the left) shows the rest of him. |
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09-22-2006, 07:00 AM
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Quote, originally posted by jesse »
aargh, this was a b!tch to find in my archives..im not even sure if im allowed to post these pics..lets see what happens.. That looks stunning - never seen pictures of it before - quite incredible. |
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11-04-2006, 01:46 PM
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Quote »The Swedish video game entrepreneur involved in the 162-mph crash of a rare Ferrari has been arrested on suspicion of grand theft, officials said.
Detectives concluded that the wrecked Enzo Ferrari -- one of only 400 made -- along with a Mercedes and another car in Stefan Eriksson's collection were actually owned by British financial institutions, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore. Eriksson apparently brought the cars to Los Angeles when he moved from Britain last year, but the financial institutions that held the titles said his payments had lapsed. Authorities have said the $600,000 Mercedes had been reported to London's Scotland Yard. The Ferrari was worth more than $1 million. All three cars have been confiscated, and Eriksson, 44, was arrested at his Bel-Air home Saturday, Whitmore said. He is being held without bail because U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement put a hold him, the Los Angeles Times reported in Monday editions. The Ferrari crash spun into a web of mystery when Eriksson told authorities that he was only a passenger in the car and that the driver was a German acquaintance he knew only as Dietrich. He said Dietrich ran into the hills, but a search by sheriff's deputies turned up no one. Officials have questioned Eriksson's story, noting that only the driver's side air bag had blood on it and Eriksson had a cut lip. The front of the red Ferrari crumpled when it slammed into a poll on the Pacific Coast Highway on February 21. Eriksson was an executive with Gizmondo, a European video game company that filed for bankruptcy. By the way, the other car in Erikssons collection that was confiscated was another Enzo Ferrari, a black one CNN |
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