Low-budget Ferrari F40 up for auction

This, um, unique Ferrari F40-inspired vehicle is apparently based on a 1980 Suzuki 100gx (with a Ford Escort engine). The mini supercar is currently up for bids on the Dutch auction site Markplaats.nl, where the high bid at this writing is €1,001 ($1,276). Before and after pics follow the jump!
[via autoblog.nl]













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ZoomZoomin' 4:08PM (8/03/2006)
That is depressing on sooooo many levels.
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Rmi 4:14PM (8/03/2006)
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dumpsterdiver 4:20PM (8/03/2006)
Eat your heart out, Glickenhaus!
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Will 4:25PM (8/03/2006)
Holy shit, that takes the cake for most extreme ricer of all time.
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David 4:36PM (8/03/2006)
I guess it could be fun to be seen in. Maybe even fun to drive.
Maybe not.
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Presto 4:42PM (8/03/2006)
Someone, please buy that car and run it off a cliff.
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Steve C. 4:45PM (8/03/2006)
I like this one a lot more:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ferrari-360-Modena-Conversion-replica_W0QQitemZ170014832523QQihZ007QQcategoryZ7251QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
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KazO 4:47PM (8/03/2006)
It just might be worth more as the Suzuki Cervo (the original rear-engine, RWD one) that it started out as.
Hey, at least it's not a Fireo...er, Fiero.
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Al Eisensteinium 4:47PM (8/03/2006)
Sweet ride - I wonder if it will go fast enough that an unskilled operator could break it in half by hitting a utility pole. Any takers?
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Ryan Spray 4:50PM (8/03/2006)
#6,
I love the LARGE F355-era Ferrari badge they threw on the fender.
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Al Eisensteinium 4:57PM (8/03/2006)
#6 - that is a great looking Mister Two. Wonder what it would take to break it in half? D'oh - I really have to get off the "snapped in half Ferrari" theme...
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fizzandpop 5:13PM (8/03/2006)
This thing is so sweet. Here's why. If you drive around in it everyone will think you are a tool. That will make them feel superior to you. Which in turn will make them feel happy. I know this to be true because it happens to me everytime I see someone driving a Ford F-150 Harley Davidson edition, or using one of those John Deere ride-on mowers, "look it's a funny man pretending to be a farmer!" Happiness is someone else doing something completely batty.
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mickster 5:27PM (8/03/2006)
Reminds me of the old VW Bug conversion kits that put a Rolls-Royce front end on a Bug and allowed further modification to allow for a full-on conversion...
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John B 5:46PM (8/03/2006)
"where the high bid at this writing is €1,001 ($1,276)."
Cheap - at half the price.
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Fabulo 5:58PM (8/03/2006)
Micromachines.
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Noah 9:52PM (8/03/2006)
I'd rock that. No one is going to take it seriously it's just a spot of fun.
--Noah
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Finished.Law.School 10:37PM (8/03/2006)
This is what a Ferrari would look like if it was built by a company using UAW workers.
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Traintime 3:21AM (8/04/2006)
I'd drive that. Not as fast as an actual Ferrari, but much more unique. Seriously, there are thousands of Ferraris out there, but this is the only Escort-powered, Suzuki-bodied imitation Ferrari.
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Blake 10:38AM (8/04/2006)
I'd totally drive that., Its unique and whimsical!
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Stumpy 11:18AM (8/04/2006)
That thing is just plain awesome. I think it would be fun to drive around... just to see the looks on peoples faces!!!
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