Seeking PCH Wrecked/Rebuilt Enzo, May Be in Paris

http://www.businessinsider.com/wrecked-ferrari-enzo-sells-for-17-million-2016-2

 

Makes one wonder about the value of the Classiche Program:

...the Enzo was "repaired and overhauled" at the Ferrari Technical Assistance Service, and has been "fully blessed and certified" by the experts at Ferrari Classiche — the division that restores vintage prancing stallions.​

 

If the only thing they re-used was the VIN, that would be one thing. But if they re-used any of the more significant bits, that would be a completely different story in my opinion.

 

At the time of this crash, rumor had it the Enzo was racing another known individual in the exotic car scene, in a Benz.

Ironically, that same "alleged" individual he was racing, recently passed.

The above details could be nice mentions in your feature.

 

What was the name of that SLR owner?

 

https://patch.com/california/malibu/man-convicted-in-malibu-ferrari-crash-case-sentenced-fb5e9d5afd

 

How is that ironic?

 

Let's just say it involved an accident on a public road, a stretch eerily close to where the Enzo crashed.

Tragically ironic.

 

Deiter?

 

Out of respect for his family & loved ones - whom I suspect frequent this board - I'd rather avoid discussing names/details publicly.

 

I don't think irony means what you think it means.

 

Ironic don't you think?

 

One of my old customers purchased the wreck and had Ferrari rebuild the car. The only original part from the original car that was reused was the VIN. In fact all of the original parts from the car were destroyed by Ferrari so they could not be reused. He was quoted 680,000 Euro to have the car rebuilt, but when the car was done the bill was over 800,000 Euro.

 

This might raise the question for collectors many years from now of how many cars were really built. X or X + 1?

 

Ferrari have rebuilt at least 1 where even the vin plate was not re used , just the number that was on it!

 

Was that the one that crashed and burned near Laguna Seca?

 

Ferrari has rebuilt at least 5 Enzos now from nothing but the serial number. When the car was first created, only a certain number of VINs were allotted for that model car. So once those are used up, they cannot make any more. But if a car is destroyed, they can build a new car using the VIN from the old one.

 

Technically they are not building another new car, just restoring one of the originals, hence having to reuse the VIN. So the number of cars built has not changed.

 

Right, it's still somewhere around 600

 

The one which sold at 2016 RM Paris belonged to Nicolas Todt (founder of ARM - - - All Road Management - - and son of Jean Todt), at the time it was auctioned.

 

Except in this case it does.