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03/04/2024 11:24 am
It was claimed 400 of the Ferrari Type F140 "Enzos" were built between 2002 and 2004 with 399 sold to elite customers. Oddly, the plaque on the cars all read "1 of 399" rather an actual build number. One suspicious Ferrari collector tracked down all the Enzo registered and found out that 498 were actually built and sold. (one more was given to the Pope to auction off to aid flood victims of the 2004 tsunami. So, there's 500 of these out there rather than 400, but it certainly didn't hurt the soaring prices on the secondary market. What kind of ticks the owners off if despite the overwhelming evidence out there, including a master list of VINs, Ferrari refused to admit the fraud.
Anyway, this Hot Wheels Enzo is as close I'll ever get to a real one... let alone own one.
03/04/2024 2:38 pm
It sure looks great ! No matter how many were actually put together, they are astounding supercars, and the replica here is magnificent.
03/04/2024 9:06 pm
despite the overwhelming evidence out there, including a master list of VINs, Ferrari refused to admit the fraud.
Seems I read about this years ago..... it made me laugh. Sometimes, despite zero evidence to the contrary, people (and companies ) just can't admit that facts state otherwise. Crazy!! Nice pics Rich. IMO (...and I know many will disagree ) every view of this car is great except the profile.
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04/04/2024 3:48 am
Very nice model but IMO one of the ugliest Ferraris to roll out of Italy. Never had one in my model collection.
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04/04/2024 7:42 am
The company Ferrari is the one who pulled this scam, remember that Enzo Ferrari died in August of 1988 so he had nothing to do with this. Fiat was the main share holder of Ferrari when this incident happened. Ferrari has gone overboard on their demands of owners who buy their cars, I would never own a Ferrari just due to the Ferrari demands controlling what you can and can't do with a product that you paid for and is now legally yours. GM has started down this path as well with their corvette. Sorry but once the money transfers from me to you, the product becomes mine and I will do what ever I so choose to do with it. You gave up all rights to the product the day you sold it. Only a fool would sign contract that allows a company you paid a huge sum of money to for a product to tell you what you can and can't do with that product.
16/04/2024 4:29 pm
I never loved the styling of the Enzo, though they do look pretty great in person. Amazing performance, though. I believe that Rich's is the Elite, mine is the base Foundation level, with less details.
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