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EnzoGate
Stefan Eriksson is the owner of the now famous Ferrari Enzo that was sliced in half last Tuesday after a high speed crash on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, CA.
Who is Stefan Eriksson? Apparently he's a businessman with ties to the Swedish Mafia and has a track record of destroying things with which he comes in contact. Eriksson was a top exec involved in the embarrassing failure of the Gizmondo, a handheld GameBoy-like device he helped develop that was
Eriksson was seen walking around the car after the crash that allegedly occurred as the result of a street race with a McLaren SLR and a better driver. The fact this millionaire mafia member is alive can be attributed solely to the live-saving properties of the Enzo, which stop just short of being able to raise the dead.
Eriksson told the police he was a passenger in the Enzo when it crashed and that the driver was a mysterious German fellow named Dietrich (no last name, like Cher) who fled on foot and has yet to turn up.
This sketchy story has the cops shaking their heads as if to say, “You really expect us to believe that?” and the rest of autodom shaking their middle fingers at the man who reduced the world’s population of Enzos from 400 to 399.
Eriksson has only said “No comment,” or at least that’s what the security officer posted in front of his gated Bel-Air mansion is telling reporters.
Check out this mesage board for the best collection of pics from the crash we've found so far on the 'net.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
slasherx 7:32AM (2/24/2006)
actually, this isn't the first enzo crash, so your numbers are a little off. check here:
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/enzo/
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VW-Guy 7:59AM (2/24/2006)
That's so coincidental becuase I just let some stranger I barely know the name of take my Enzo out for a spin last night. Luckily for me he didn't wreck it.
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Steve 8:25AM (2/24/2006)
Sweden has a Mafia?
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mark f 8:36AM (2/24/2006)
... and both vertical doors still worked just fine. Can't imagine how Ferrari could have made the door frame and chassis that rigid there was so little flex to keep the doors functional, but they did it. Good job Maranello, too bad they have to sell their cars to the gold chain and doofus set.
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Hank 8:52AM (2/24/2006)
Steve, it does sound a bit oxymoronic, doesn't it?
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DJA 9:33AM (2/24/2006)
Just how lucky is this guy?
If everything reported is correct, this dude was a counterfeiter - was still able to go on to lead a mega dollar gaming console company - left that as a bankrupt smoking hole in the ground - got his hands on one of the most exclusive cars ever made - slams that into a pole at 120+ while DUI and receives only a fat lip - lies to the police about it - returns quietly to his gated Bel-Air mansion for an icepack where he will no doubt start the process again. They'll probably now make a movie about his life and he'll make millions from the rights.
Ah crap, my wife wants me to run the vacuum..gotta go.
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RossL 9:42AM (2/24/2006)
What a tragedy. A beautiful car is destroyed. A complete asshole is allowed to continue living.
This is one of those rare cases when you can't help but wish that the safety systems had failed.
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Juergen 10:15AM (2/24/2006)
Dietrich is also a common last name in Germany although I personally do not know anyone named Dietrich Dietrich.
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Bryan 10:28AM (2/24/2006)
Enzo and Lambo get totalled by racing teen girls in Dallas:
http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/daily_article/
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John B 10:43AM (2/24/2006)
In a way it's too bad the idiot survived otherwise this would have warranted a place in the Darwin Award hall of fame.
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Dan 1:12PM (2/24/2006)
The above story at anglefire can't be true.........5 people in two 2 passenger cars..........I've ridden in an Enzo and Your not going to squeeze extra people in there.
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Finished.Law.School 1:14PM (2/24/2006)
Based on his history I think it is safe to assume that Eriksson was driving. Too bad the air bag worked...
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Outrager 1:24PM (2/24/2006)
Also, I'm pretty sure only 399 Enzos were produced to begin with.
Doesn't Ferrari have that rule about producing one less car than you think you can sell?
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kevin 2:31PM (2/24/2006)
You're right, Outrager, but they built one more after production had ended so they could auction it and give the proceeds to Tsunami victims last year.
Has anyone been able to find the pics in that message board?
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The One That Didn't DesrveAfford an Enzo 2:53PM (2/24/2006)
I saw on Discovery Channel that to own one of these beasts you have to "prove that you deserve it". I remember an Enzo owner stating the procedure and process he went through and I clearly remember him stating it was harder than applying to top universities (to some extent). Now I wonder how Ferrari decided to give one to him? Or did he buy it off some guy that "deserved to own" one?
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Ford Mustang 3:06PM (2/24/2006)
Wait a second. Weren't there 399 original enzos made? Then one extra for the tsunami? That would mean that overall there are 400 enzos not including the FXX. Minus two is 398. That is IF no other enzos were ever destroyed. I have seen pics (i think wrecked exotics has a few) of at least one or two other enzo crashes, but whether those were totalled i'm not sure.
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ZoomZoomin' 3:08PM (2/24/2006)
"allegedly occurred as the result of a street race with a McLaren SLR and a better driver."
lol...thanks for the laugh. That was subtle, but great.
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Ford Mustang 3:13PM (2/24/2006)
Now that i've checked wreckedexotics i know there are
at least two other totally destroyed enzos which puts the count at four known destroyed enzos. I swear, i spend too much time online...LOL
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pikov 4:23PM (2/24/2006)
Swedish mafia? Of course they have one:
http://www.glarkware.com/securestore/c181845p16493131.2.html
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Steve 8:05PM (2/24/2006)
I wonder how, "Yo Sven, what da F*** you doin?" sounds with a Swedish accent? How many bodies does the trunk of a Saab 900S 5-door hold?
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