RE: Fake Ferrari Gang Caught
Discussion
There's a company that do M5 replicas and they look rather good. I guess if you can't live with the £40k+ to buy the real thing and the MPG that goes with it you can understand the reason.
I know if I was spending a large amount of money I would know what the real thing should be before parting with my money.
That MR2 looks like it's driven through halfords !!! ;o)
I know if I was spending a large amount of money I would know what the real thing should be before parting with my money.
That MR2 looks like it's driven through halfords !!! ;o)
oagent said:
I wonder if Italian law makes exceptions for Re-creation/replica's of classic cars built using some autentic parts?
Ive seen some very convincing Maserati 450's and Ferrari TR's built using the engines from QP's and 365/400GT's. How about the Autocraft Daytona replica?
Are they also illegal in Italy, or only if they are hideous knock off's that look nothing like the real deal built on MR2's?
No exceptions IIRC.Ive seen some very convincing Maserati 450's and Ferrari TR's built using the engines from QP's and 365/400GT's. How about the Autocraft Daytona replica?
Are they also illegal in Italy, or only if they are hideous knock off's that look nothing like the real deal built on MR2's?
photo_ed said:
Not sure, more than likely though, I found this recently on my travels....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FERRARI-288-GTO-REPLICA-BUIL...
288 GTO replica from a Lancia Monte Carlo! - why, why, why?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FERRARI-288-GTO-REPLICA-BUIL...
288 GTO replica from a Lancia Monte Carlo! - why, why, why?
The Monte is a cracking car to start with. Why the hell would anyone want to ruin it by turning it into a GTO? I like the GTO normally but trying to do something as heinous as that should be against the law.I have no qualms about the modification of any car but don't stick the manufacturers badges on them !
I think this is what is annoying the Italians more than anything.
Remember the Black Ferrari Daytona on Miami Vice and it looked brilliant, I thought it was real till I read otherwise.
There used to be a company in England that sold replica kits for the Daytona I nearly bought one at the time, what's the difference between this and what these guy's are doing ?
Maybe it's because the Italian's have a motoring industry to protect and be proud of " AND WE DON"T " !!!!!!
TW>>>
I think this is what is annoying the Italians more than anything.
Remember the Black Ferrari Daytona on Miami Vice and it looked brilliant, I thought it was real till I read otherwise.
There used to be a company in England that sold replica kits for the Daytona I nearly bought one at the time, what's the difference between this and what these guy's are doing ?
Maybe it's because the Italian's have a motoring industry to protect and be proud of " AND WE DON"T " !!!!!!
TW>>>
danp said:
I can recall a day last Summer, the sun was shining and a "Ferrari 355" parked prominently (and very illegally) in the town square (Winchester), whereupon a fairly elderly gentleman and his younger man friend / butler disembarqued and took out collapsible chairs to some gounds about 30 yards away, overlooking the car.
Needless to say the car was soon attracting a lot of attention, mainly it seems by foreign tourists who were even having their pictures taken next to it, no doubt to the pleasure and delight of it's handily placed owner. I was in a bar off the town square, and had to have a look at the sows ear clothed in a silk (nylon?) purse more closely, just out of morbid curiosity obviously ;-) - there was even a disabled parking permit on the PoS MR2 dashboard. I have to confess I even told some of the ogling onlookers it was a fake, but they were an Italian couple and not sure that they understood...
I was later in a womans clothes shop (with the g/f ;-), also overlooking the square, and got chatting to the shop manager, she said the owner was always parking there, and obviously also thought it was a real Fezza as well..
You and your girlfriend were in Little London AICMFP.Needless to say the car was soon attracting a lot of attention, mainly it seems by foreign tourists who were even having their pictures taken next to it, no doubt to the pleasure and delight of it's handily placed owner. I was in a bar off the town square, and had to have a look at the sows ear clothed in a silk (nylon?) purse more closely, just out of morbid curiosity obviously ;-) - there was even a disabled parking permit on the PoS MR2 dashboard. I have to confess I even told some of the ogling onlookers it was a fake, but they were an Italian couple and not sure that they understood...
I was later in a womans clothes shop (with the g/f ;-), also overlooking the square, and got chatting to the shop manager, she said the owner was always parking there, and obviously also thought it was a real Fezza as well..
Actually I got stuck behind a 'Fezza' trying to park in the square the other day, may well have been this one, but they were pi**ing about so much and I was in a hurry so didn't really look at it that closely.
I did however keep revving the engine impatiently through the sports exhaust on my real 911
photo_ed said:
briSk said:
out of interest did they ever do a 348 replica on the mr2 or did they just go straight to Faux355?
Not sure, more than likely though, I found this recently on my travels....http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FERRARI-288-GTO-REPLICA-BUIL...
288 GTO replica from a Lancia Monte Carlo! - why, why, why?
Lol!
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