Does This Magazine Owe Ferrari $70,000 For Early LaFerrari Review?

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German magazine Sport-Auto just published, then deleted a video of them whipping the new 950-horsepower LaFerrari on country roads and Ferrari's Fiorano test track. Do they now owe Ferrari seventy grand?

It all stems from Ferrari serving journalists with a contract that would charge them 50,000 Euro if they released a review of their hybrid hypercar before a set date and time. That embargo is supposed to lift at 18:00 EST tonight, or about an hour after Sport-Auto posted their video.

You can watch the video right here, probably immediately pulled before the original YouTube vid passed a few hundred views.

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As you can tell, the video is no Chris Harris review. Hell, it's not even up to MotorTrend standards. There's no talking, so you might say it's not technically even a review.

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But Sport-Auto still took their version down. What do you think? Should Ferrari ask them for a check?

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(Hat tip to to911!)