Ferrari F355 Becomes A Spider, Driver Manages Not To Lose His Head

Ray Wert — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:20:00 EDT

Japan's Shizuoka province has a brand new way to spider your Ferrari F355. Leave your Sawzall at home, folks. Instead, slide it sideways under a highway restraining barrier. Just don't forget to duck. Seriously — how did the driver and passenger escape this wreck with their heads, shoulders, knees and toes all still attached? (Hat tip to Mark and Rahat!) [JapanToday]

Italian Supercar Forgers Find Fieros Fantastic

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:40:00 EST

One upping the shenanigans of Unique Performance, a group of fine Italian coach builders has been caught by the police after attempting to forge supercars - badly. Seems these upstanding fellows thought slapping some kit car bodies onto the delightful chassis of GM's famed Fiero was a great idea, then the plan was to pass them off as one of Italy's most famous exports. We're not convinced, we're barely even holding in the laughter. The best is the buff mag on the work bench being used for inspiration. The Wall Street Journal article about this story seems to have only gotten the story partly right (typical).

In addition to the forged Ferraris they report on, we spy with our little eyes a fake Lamborghini Diablo in the mix as well. Suppose they just missed that one, or is the Ferrari angle just sexier? Somehow all of this reminds us that Car und Driver's Mike Austin still has a Fiero left over from LeMons in his garage. Or maybe it belongs to Phil Floraday of Winding Road - can't quite keep that straight. We're thinking those guys have to be involved in this somehow.

Jalopnik: Ferrari F355

Ferrari F355 Becomes A Spider, Driver Manages Not To Lose His Head

Italian Supercar Forgers Find Fieros Fantastic