Specifications
# Price: £172,000. Inclusive of VAT.
# Full carbon body.
# Carbon and steel chassis.
# V8 7-liter GM Engine. Titanium Conrods, dry sump with cooling.
# 550bhp at 6000rpm.
# 6 speed manual Grazianno transmission.
# 19 inch wheel standard 21 inch as per picture option.
# Supercharged version to be released at later date with 850bhp (AF10-S).
# Full leather interior.
# Lift up dihedral doors.
# Full warranty and roadside assistance.
# Full lifetime body warranty.
# 0-60 mph in 3.4 seconds.
# Top speed 204 mph
# Active front and rear wings.
# Standard sat nav, mp3 player, rear view camera fully integrated touchscreen
# Wheel base 2690 mm

[Source: Global Motors]

So this is how it happened, understeer into some moronically placed (or brilliantly, for you tin foil-hatters) concrete barriers. A terrible, and undignified way for any car to die, much less an exotic beauty like the Enzo. That's how the story starts out, and we'll let Mr. Groner retell the rest in his own words:

From February of 2008:
Here's the story: When the car got wrecked last March, I got a half a dozen calls from customers/friends asking me if I was going to buy the car? This is our business: We buy damaged high line cars. Not necessarily the celebrity cars, but they seem to own many of these type cars so it comes with the territory. My response to them at the time was "I doubt it since the whole world knows about the car." We were in contact with the proper people, but I really didn't think this car would happen. Then, late 2007, we got a call asking if we were interested in the Enzo? We headed to LA to inspect the car and if it was what we thought then the negotiations would begin. The car itself was not hurt and had a retail estimate to repair of $300k. So, the owner of the car already had that money and we had to come to an agreement on the car as-is. We did our negotiating over the phone through one of good friends in LA and a deal was reached. My guys left Houston one Monday afternoon with truck and trailer and were in LA with certified funds in hand on Wednesday. Thursday at noon Houston time I got a call from my guys telling me that the owner had changed his mind and we weren't getting the car. Needless to say I was not happy, but this guy had other cars that we were still negotiating to buy so I stayed clam. My guys dead headed back to Houston empty... A wasted week for us. 10 days later we got a call and the guy now wants to sell the car. This time the car has been moved to our LA contacts location and there's no "changed my mind" by the owner. The deal was done and the car was then shipped to Houston.

We normally sell our cars in their damaged state. But, this car is special and everything bolts together. There is no frame to straighten ... it bolts to the tub. Just buy it and you're done. So, we ordered the parts and that where we are right now. 95% of the parts are here and we ready to make this car whole again. "Save the Enzos" I am trying.... Just need a little help from our Italian friends that make the parts. Please hurry. We Americans have no patience.

Update on Aug 7, 2008
Done... Finally! Attached are some pictures of the finished product. If I had to do it over again I would sell the car in it's damaged state and not repair it. Not because it was difficult to repair, but the time waiting on the Italians to supply parts is just ridiculous. I guess they have better things to do then to help "save an Enzo". Now that's it's done and I have had the privilege to drive the auto, I will say oh my, what a car! A true race car in everything it does. One trip to the track and I might keep it. Nope, not my style. Up for sale. Not $500k cheaper then the others on the market, but a little less. After-all, it's got a story. A pretty cool story though.

Update: You can check out the car at Matt's sales site: Matthews-Auto.com

What is Ferrari creating in there? Like we said, could be darn near anything. But If it's the planned Enzo replacement, we're told it'll have the Twin-Turbo V8 rather than a smaller turbo'ed V6 or the California engine all repackaged up. And if it's the hybrid, well, then they surely wouldn't want us to see any kind of gadgetry they've developed. Let the rampant speculation begin! [WorldCarFans]

We think it's fairly clear by these glaring faults that Edo has a lot of work to do, and we didn't even jump into some of the more disappointing details down the sides. Seriously, the Enzo is a good start and all, but pumping up a tepid car to a meager 700 HP, dropping carbon fiber bits all over the place, adding an adjustable suspension and quicker shift points is just totally phoning it in. [Edo Competition via World Car Fans]

According to the seller, this car was featured in the obviously well known motion picture "13 million," a movie we all remember fondly (never mind that even IMDB has never heard of it). We just can't get over how spectacular this thing is put together. Is it possible for a car to be so bad it crosses the line into greatness? The answer is yes. (Thanks Henry) [eBay listing]

Before we begin, we should mention that we firmly believe everyone should live forever or die trying, that you should always wear your seatbelt and obey nearly all traffic ordinances, and that suicide is just plain silly. Also, keep in mind we're not saying these cars are unsafe — far from it! — they're just your best choice for glory.

7.) 1929 Cord Phaeton

Frank Lloyd Wright, early reckless driver and gadabout, couldn't manage it, even when he plowed his into a local delivery truck. Instead, he went on to become America's foremost designer of leaky, planar mansions. Do you have the resourcefulness to find one of these and the temerity to succeed where Wright failed? Long, stately, elegant, and beautiful, the Cord will take all day to drive through the Pearly Gates, assuming that's where you're headed. At Jalopnik, we have no such illusions, but arriving at the nether fireside in one of these gorgeous things will give you style points. Especially since if you died in one in the first place, you probably checked out while henchmen stood on the running boards firing Thompson submachine guns while you sawed away at the enormous steering wheel and tried to run roadblocks while avoiding hit squads from rival Mafia families. It's either that or you suffered a myocardial infarction while riding in back upon hearing about the market crash, and if that's the case we don't even want to know you, you damn stinking fat cat.

6.) 1951 Mercury "Lead Sled"
What will you die of in this one? Whattya got? The postwar years were a time when cars and death truly became synonymous in the public mind. Many young folks were brought up to believe that merely turning the key in the ignition would cause their cars to fly off the nearest cliff and explode. While that's as true now as it was then, no contemporary automobile makes quite as good a coffin as a big ol' Merc "kustom" on whitewall tires. The '51 has never been in a bad neo-country song, so it gets the nod.

5.) 1993 Volvo 240 Wagon
Because if you manage to die in one of these — the automotive answer to "Why don't they just make the whole airplane the same way they make the black box?" — you're really trying. We believe effort should count for something in today's shoddy, lackadaisical world.

4.) 1970 Dodge Challenger
As legend has told us again and again, the 1970s were so godawful and pointless that any decent human being was taking whatever drugs were around (symbolic of rejecting society's oppressive values), jumping onto the nearest overpowered and bias-ply-tired two-door (symbolic of Freedom) and driving it right into the nearest bulldozer or train (symbolic of either the Uncaring Mainstream or of B-movie directors not being able to come up with an ending). Seeing as America is evidently determined to repeat the early 1970s, it's as valid a mode of protest as ever. Since the 2008 Challenger weighs roughly 32 tons, it would obliterate any bulldozer or train you ran it into, so best to just find a decent original. Truly, any Nixon-era Boss Mustang, Charger, or V-8 Challenger might do, but why mess with the classics?

3.) Stolen 1998-Present Ford Crown Victoria Cop Car
Funny how this works in the popular mind: If a cop dies in his car, he's almost certainly a hero who gave his life defending the people against evil forces who live outside of polite society. If someone steals a cop car, we assume he's a valiant rebel who is about to give his life defending the people against evil forces inside polite society. Everybody wins! And hey, since police departments are slowly phasing out their old fleets of Crown Vics, they won't mind so much if you take just one, especially if you tell them your plans guarantee you'll never do it again. Okay, so just maybe anyone who steals a cop car is a douchebag who took advantage of momentary institutional carelessness, but hey—this is you we're talking about. You're no douchebag, are you? And you'll be remembered forever as That One Guy Who Got Killed Because He Stole That Cop Car. In other words, a hero.

2.) Any Race Car, As Long As It's On The Track
Okay, it would suck. There you are, living the dream of going racing, when suddenly something goes wrong and not even your Promethean talents can do anything more than delay the inevitable. So much promise, taken from us so soon...We can only wonder what lofty heights you might have attained had you only lived. The only good thing we can take away from the incident is that it happened on the track, where you're supposed to race, not on the street like an arrogant jackass in some half-assed vodka-and-Red-Bull-fueled Richie Rich transcontinental civilian-endangerment street party.

1.) The Ferrari Enzo
Certainly you've noticed that people keep totaling these and walking away. Why, it's enough to make one think that life isn't fair. However, death is, in fact, fair. Everybody gets one, while not everyone gets a life. Therefore, it would be nice, just once, to see a headline that reads "FERRARI UNDAMAGED, ARROGANT RICH BASTARD DISMEMBERED IN HIGH-SPEED ENZO CRASH," and while we're not sure how exactly that's supposed to happen, we can dream, can't we?

Picture Credit: Wisconsin State Historical Society, Hotrodconspiracy.com, ottosgarage, madness-us-cars, Spittleville, ukamerican

"Have you always wanted a Ferrari Enzo, but just didn't want to put up the top dollar or found yourself not on the list to buy one? Well friends, who needs the Italian stallion when you can buy yourself a re-bodied 1986 Pontiac Fiero with the same level of reliability as a real Ferrari. Best of all, no one will ever know the difference. At least anyone with absolutely no knowledge of cars. And if they're blind. And if they lack both the sense of touch and hearing. Basically, if you're trying to impress a corpse on the cheap, the Fierenzo is the way to go..."

And lucky for you — you can snag this beautiful work of art for a pittance at only $7500 or best offer. That's right, for less than the price for one Brembo on an actual Enzo Ferrari, you can get a V6-automatic beauty dressed in "Corvette Red" that drives "like a go-cart" But please, "SERIOPUS INQUIRES ONLY."

...to either Sweden or Germany, where his wife and daughter have their home. No word on whether he'll also receive his license back — but we're hoping he won't. We can't bear to see another Enzo bite the dust. Haven't we already been through enough? We mean, come on — we're still waiting to see Dietrich/Karney go to jail and don't even get us started on Eddie Griffin — we're still of the opinion there should be a death penalty for doing what he did. (Hat tip to JanTheMan!) [thelocal.se]

It's one of those questions that makes us a little more envious of Ferrari engineers than usual. Since the new Enzo isn't due until 2012, the company has plenty of time to develop both a new V8 and new V12 and decide later what engine goes where. If it ends up coming with eight cylinders it'll be the first V8 powered stallion supercar since the F40 graced the walls of our childhood bedroom. [AutoWeek]