The motorsport press thought it was a big deal when Ferrari made their F1 car longer than last season's by a couple of inches. Well, some nutjobs in a chop-shop somewhere have taken things a step further by hacking a perfectly good Ferrari in two and adding a few seats, turning out a gran turismo even longer than the 612 Scaglietti.
To make matters worse, this wasn't some 80's-era $30k Ferrari, either: they've chopped up a previous-generation 360 Modena, arguably among the most beautiful of modern road-going Ferraris.
Although we hate to admit it, logistically speaking, stretching out a mid-engine car with rear-wheel-drive technically makes more sense than running a long driveshaft from a front-engined limo all the way to the rear axle (as Top Gear's Richard Hammond reckoned with his stretched MGF). But that's where our sense of charity ends and our sense of outrage kicks back in. This is the automotive equivalent of painting a mustache on the Mona Lisa.
If you can bear it, there's a video after the jump.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Jake @ Mar 18th 2007 11:33AM
money does not buy taste, or brains either
bathtub gin @ Mar 18th 2007 11:54AM
Ghastly - and I'm not even going to bother with the video.
spaceweasel @ Mar 18th 2007 11:59AM
Why stop at the 360? Make it easy on yourself: Enzos already cut themselves in half....
Maxwell Kruger @ Mar 18th 2007 12:15PM
More Info: http://www.ferrarilimo.com/cut.html
SprNtrl @ Mar 18th 2007 1:37PM
I just threw up a little in my mouth.
Milos @ Mar 18th 2007 1:41PM
what's it 0-60 time ? ;)
SherbornSean @ Mar 18th 2007 2:02PM
Can the garage be tried for war crimes?
Trappspeed @ Mar 18th 2007 2:22PM
http://www.trappspeed.com/
You're kidding right? WTF. That's the lamest car ever.
Blair @ Mar 18th 2007 2:36PM
It will be pretty damn impressive if they pull it off with these numbers:
"Conclusion:"
"The anticipated weight increase of the 2700mm structure is 150kg which will be
equivalent to two passengers, and the overall stiffness of the original vehicle will be
maintained through correct engineering principles and correct manufacturing placement
of the carbon fibre reinforcement.
Howard Kerr @ Mar 18th 2007 3:36PM
Barrett-Jackson sued a customer for defamation, Ferrari ought to sue...and BIG TIME, any idiot who does something like this to one of it's products.
Mikko @ Mar 18th 2007 3:59PM
From this video it looks as to me that this is done by british garage. in the video you may see a flag that looks I think like the flag of britain. (you british have strenge sometime stupid also ideas )
Jit @ Mar 18th 2007 5:35PM
Someone's been watchiing too much top gear
Jason @ Mar 18th 2007 8:03PM
Very sad. I think Hummer limos are stupid but this...painful.
Mikko @ Mar 18th 2007 9:05PM
yes top gear you are right... dumb british ruening cars....
Snix @ Mar 18th 2007 9:12PM
It's just a car.
But then again, it is (was?) a Ferrari.
Oh, the hell you can raise with a sawzall and a mig welder......
Ford Mustang @ Mar 19th 2007 2:42AM
That's pretty slick.
Justin @ Mar 19th 2007 8:14AM
What kind of mechanics listen to Dream Academy?
Oh yea...the kind that chop up Ferraris.
AdRock @ Mar 19th 2007 8:53AM
Hillarious. This guy is so smart. He'll make a fortune renting it out for all them Hip-Hop videos.
Harbinger @ Mar 19th 2007 10:53AM
Actually, Richard's MGF limo was a mid-engine, RWD. His problem was running all the controls (throttle, brake, etc) from the front to the back.
Harbinger @ Mar 19th 2007 11:06AM
After re-reading it again, I see you were implying that Richard was agreeing with "mid-engined is better" approach. A little dicey wording, there.