Crashed Ferrari built into a table

[OldJohnnyYen]

This is utterly bizarre, I wouldn't want it at all.

http://acidcow.com/pics/26327-crashed-ferrari-tabl...

http://molinellidesign.com/

[ali4390]

Well my work filter wouldn't let me on as apparently it is 'Tasteless and Offensive'!

[5lab]

bonus points for anyone who can figure out what it was before the crash/crush

[mercfunder]

I think it's quite cool, in a strange sort of way.

[Uriel]

ali4390 said:

Well my work filter wouldn't let me on as apparently it is 'Tasteless and Offensive'!

Reasonably accurate description.

[eybic]

ali4390 said:

Well my work filter wouldn't let me on as apparently it is 'Tasteless and Offensive'!

Try the second link.

[Moley RUFC]

5lab said:

bonus points for anyone who can figure out what it was before the crash/crush

360 I think judging by the smooth area around the plate.

[Benbay001]

I presume if it wasnt made into the table, it would just have been sent to scrap and turned into a can of baked beans? In which case, at least it preserving some ferrariness.
Although, it would have been best not crashed in the first place.

[OldJohnnyYen]

The daily fail seem to think its a 458 but have posted a picture of a 430.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071348/Wh...

[g7jhp]

Why would anyone want to be reminder of their once beautiful Ferrari being crashed!

I'd feel sick every time I saw it.

[AndrewW-G]

It’s rusty, so unlikely to be one of the alloy bodied cars; the bumper is thin plastic, so not a 355/348 . . . . . . . I'm going to suggest that it was originally a red Citroen or Peugeot etc and some smart arse has poped a couple of second hand Scuderia shields onto the remains.

Is there a French version of "askmid" that you can run the numberplate through, although as the car was in an American scrap yard, it's probably not the cars plates

[Monty Python]

OldJohnnyYen said:

The daily fail seem to think its a 458 but have posted a picture of a 430.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071348/Wh...

Apparently it's part of a crashed F40.

http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-docum...

[Annal606]

Just what I needed, thanks a lot.

[McSam]

Jesus, I just could not look at that in my living room.

Struggle to look at it at all, never mind have it staring at me through my magazines.

Also thought I'd go for a comment along the lines of "If the Daily Mail would like an automotive editor who knows his arse from his elbow, please get in touch.". Absolute rag, that thing.

Edited by McSam on Thursday 8th December 08:40

[GreigM]

AndrewW-G said:

It’s rusty, so unlikely to be one of the alloy bodied cars; the bumper is thin plastic, so not a 355/348 . . . . . . . I'm going to suggest that it was originally a red Citroen or Peugeot etc and some smart arse has poped a couple of second hand Scuderia shields onto the remains.

Certainly in the first couple of pictures the crushed car is not a Ferrari - as far as I can remember there's never been a Ferrari with elongated side indicators - they should be round. I don't think this is the same "lump" of metal as whats in the table as its a lot more rusty, and as said above, a lot of ferrari have been aluminium bodied for a long time (since 2000 anyway), so you shouldn't see this rust, and the bumper in the table itself looks too modern to be an older non-aluminium car. Anything older would be worth more as scrap/spares so wouldn't be cubed.

I agree with the peugeot theory - nothing in the metal I see definitely indicates Ferrari - and you can buy scuderia shields to throw at the wreck off ebay.

[MULLINER]

Interesting idea and curious table, however as any Ferrari owner or specialist will tell you the side indicator in the 1st photo is defiantly not Ferrari! Ferrari has used a small round one since the Dino in the late 1960s and is still using a similar design in the current range.
However Toyota used a very similar light to the one shown in the photo in the 1990s on the MR2 range
Great fun and talking point coffee table ! ........... but not for anyone with real Ferrari knowledge or experience

[Vocal Minority]

I want an internet filter which picks out things that are tasteless!

Sorry you can't google Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen....

[RemainAllHoof]

MULLINER said:

Interesting idea and curious table, however as any Ferrari owner or specialist will tell you the side indicator in the 1st photo is defiantly not Ferrari! Ferrari has used a small round one since the Dino in the late 1960s and is still using a similar design in the current range.
However Toyota used a very similar light to the one shown in the photo in the 1990s on the MR2 range
Great fun and talking point coffee table ! ........... but not for anyone with real Ferrari knowledge or experience

Ooer. And given that the bodywork is metal, not glass fibre, it's likely to be just a standard MR2 with a Ferrari badge. In fact, perhaps the designer put the Ferrari badge on there after picking up a crushed MR2! Can we call "fake"?

[McSam]

RemainAllHoof said:

Ooer. And given that the bodywork is metal, not glass fibre, it's likely to be just a standard MR2 with a Ferrari badge. In fact, perhaps the designer put the Ferrari badge on there after picking up a crushed MR2! Can we call "fake"?

No need at all for it to be an MR2, remember it doesn't have to be shaped anything like a Ferrari - because it certainly isn't now! Could be anything vaguely approximating Rosso Corsa in colour.

The hilarious thing is that, even if you fall for it being a Ferrari, no logic on earth leads to any crashed 458 (as the Daily Fail say this is) being crushed..

[Steamer]

Thats a bit st really.