Ferrari Enzo crash in Malibu

You have to wonder about Ferraris policy of choosing the customers that are allowd to purchase the Enzo.

Great advertising for your brand and promoting brand recognition!

JD

 

Interesting link. Thanks for the heads up.

 

Today's LA Times:

Video May Hold Clues to PCH Wreck
L.A. County sheriff's officials say two men who crashed a rare Ferrari in Malibu last month may have been filming the incident.
By Richard Winton and David Pierson, Times Staff Writers
March 16, 2006

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's investigation into a mysterious crash that destroyed a rare $1-million Ferrari in Malibu last month is now focusing on a videotape that was purportedly shot from inside the vehicle at the time of the accident, according to sources close to the case.

The sources said that Ferrari owner Stefan Eriksson and the other man in the car, identified by authorities as Trevor Karney, had a video camera rolling as they raced on Pacific Coast Highway on the morning of Feb. 21 at speeds in excess of 162 mph.

Deputies who arrived at the scene did not recover any video equipment. But sources said detectives were later told that the high-speed driving was taped. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case is under investigation.

The revelation is the latest twist in a crash that has 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 made.

Eriksson, a former European video game executive, told deputies who arrived at the scene that he was not the driver and that another man, named Dietrich, was behind the wheel. Eriksson said Dietrich fled the scene.

But detectives have always been skeptical of his version of events. Investigators have taken a swab of Eriksson's saliva to match his DNA against blood found on the driver's side air bag of the Ferrari.

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.

Sheriff's Sgt. Phil Brooks said Wednesday that a few weeks before the accident, Eriksson was pulled over in West Hollywood without a driver's license.

At that time he told officers that he was a deputy police commissioner of the anti-terrorism unit of the San Gabriel Valley Transit Authority and showed a badge, Brooks said.

Before coming to the U.S., Eriksson lived in England. According to Noel Hogan, a British private investigator, formerly with Scotland Yard, Eriksson once told him that he was a police officer. Hogan had been trying to recover a Mercedes SLR worth more than $450,000 that had been reported stolen in England and which Eriksson had in his possession.

Officials at the transit agency, which provides transportation for the disabled and elderly from Monrovia, said Eriksson was given the title of deputy police commissioner after undergoing a background check and offering the agency free video security cameras for its five buses.

Eriksson left video game machine manufacturer Gizmondo last fall after a Swedish newspaper printed allegations of his criminal past.

Brooks said Swedish police have informed sheriff's investigators that Eriksson served five years in prison in the early 1990s for a counterfeiting-related crime.

Gizmondo, which hoped to compete with Sony and Nintendo gaming machines, earlier this year filed for bankruptcy amid more than $200 million in debts.

An animated re-creation of the crash made available to The Times on Thursday shows the driver of the Ferrari losing control, veering right off the road and then traveling a considerable distance before hitting a power pole and splitting the sports car in half. "Anyone in that was lucky to survive," Brooks said.

Brooks said officials were aware that a Scottish bank has claimed that it owns the Ferrari.

Eriksson could face several charges if deputies determine he was driving, including reckless driving, driving while intoxicated and lying to investigators. In the aftermath of the crash, his blood-alcohol level was found to be 0.09%, above the 0.08% legal limit. Eriksson could not be reached for comment.

 

Ferrari really does'nt have a say who buys an Enzo. There are 9 for sale on Dupontregistry.com right now. Who they are originally sold to is a different story. After seeing how the car was sliced in half by the pole, all I can say is, that is one LUCKY dude to be alive.
Darrell.

 

Why would you ever drive an Enzo drunk???

 

Why would you ever drive any car drunk?

 

Good point.

 

That is the crappyest animation I have seen. They must have old software version of Vista...

 

This story never ceases to be silly. I cannot wait to hear more details about this tape.

 

If there is a tape it will be for sale and be a popular one to own. It's still amazing they can live to talk about it.

 

This guy.....Stefan Eriksson. He is also called "tjock steffe" which practically means fat steff. He used to belong to the so called Uppsala Mafia (I live in Uppsala), and he has served a 10 year prison sentance here in Sweden.

 

The guy to the left is the enzo driver "tjock steffe". Seen him a couple of times.
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I wonder who wiped his hand after that shake. One guy is greasier than the other.

 

Yes true but this guy is making LOADS of cash. He made 140 million SEK last year.

 

The one on the left or the one on the right?

 

guy to the left.

 

Just wait till he puts the video of the crash on Ebay- he'll make millions more.

 

Isn't the guy on the right in that picture Eddie Jordan of F1?

 

Yup. Sleezeball #2. Also made and burnt piles of millions in his lifetime.

 

How?

RMX

 

here's what I think happened:

stefan was being jacked for the SLR and they were also trying to get the enzo

the SLR vanished, and they dropped "Trevor" off at the crash scene in order to pick up the guy who was with eriksson

figures they wouldn't want the enzo after it crashed, but they would most likely be back for more cars/cash/etc

 

funny thing is that a couple weeks before this happened, my buddies and I were driving in the hills of BH and we came upon a red enzo with manchester plates and some crazy rims on it
we followed it for a bit and it went up into bel air

 

Hey tifosi12,

Why do you refer to Eddie Jordan as a 'Sleazeball' ?

He is one of the true Irish success stories. He started off after school/college working in a bank, but his love of motor racing took over and he gave up the job to go racing.

During the hungry years he lived in a caravan with his wife, travelling from meeting to meeting.

He started Jordan Racing and gave MICHAEL SCHUMACHER, EDDIE IRWIN , and RUBINS BARRACHELO there first professional drives.

He sold part of the team to Wurth, the German auto product company, and last year sold out to a Russian consortium, and the team is now called Midland.

Yes, he made, and burned millions, but all in motor sport, and we have all enjoyed the results of his efforts in GP F1.

He did not serve time in prison for fraud/counterfeiting or any other such scam, and he did not 'write-off' an ENZO and subsequently give erroneous/false/ or misleading stories to police.

I'm not trying to jump all over you, but I am mystified as to how you believe him to be a sleazeball?

Donie

 

He made 140 million SEK only on the Gizmondo videogame "scam" in the UK.

 

Ok, sleezeball might be a bit harsh. Wheeler/dealer is more like it. He (like most of the independent team bosses in F1) did a whole bunch of deals to get where he was. Some of them were less elegant than others, like e.g. sacking Frentzen via fax.

Since you obviously know your F1 history, have you ever read "The Piranha Club"? Brilliant book that actually makes Eddie look more like a saint, or naive in the pool of piranhas.

So apologies, I didn't mean to tarnish Eddie Jordan's achievements.

Bottom line is: I wouldn't buy a used car from either of these two gentlemen.