Back in the late 1990s Ferrari was recovering from the
disappointment that was the F50 by developing something better: The Enzo.
Before it went on sale in 2003, prototypes of the Enzo
started hitting the road in 2000. This morning I stumbled across one of those prototypes, and I might like
the mule better than the Enzo.
As Ferrari is currently doing with the modified 458 bodies
on the F70 prototypes (or possibly F150),
the original Enzo wore the skin of a 348, one of Ferrari's less-loved V8
models. The 348 came from a time when Ferrari thought everyone wanted gigantic
door vents and assumed that the Testarossa's look was actually a good one.
For the Enzo prototype, the 348 body was stretched and it
has some massive rear haunches. It looks much better than the original,
especially the wide set exhausts. But this is also very much a prototype. The
V12 and gearbox is from the Enzo, the chassis and body is hacked together from
the 348, 355, and 430, making this a sewn together Frankenstein of a Ferrari.
It cannot be road registered, unless the owner gets VERY creative with how he
or she takes it to the DMV.
The prototype Enzo's V12 was also pushing out 670
horsepower, 20 more than the production car.
Ferrari sold the prototype for 195,000 euro in 2005 at
Sotheby's. That seems like a shockingly low price.
source: http://jalopnik.com/5971471/this-is-the-incredible-ferrari-enzo-prototypeby Travis Okulski
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