This Ferrari crash revealed a BILLION DOLLAR SCAM!

Carbon McCoy shares the story of the legendary Ferrari Enzo crash that uncovered the Stephan Erikssen Gizmondo scam. Where's Dietrich?


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[solsol]

Of the 399 Enzos produced, only 415 survive today☺

[jordanandersen]

"who would buy an Enzo with its tub cracked in half"
Tavarish: *furiously clicking 'buy it now' on the copart auction*

[PostalTwinkie]

This guy is like some mystical Ferrari wizard that possess forbidden and arcane knowledge. He just appeared out of nowhere one day to sit and tell us wonderous stories that Ferrari doesn't want us to hear!

[VINwiki]

Ferrari stories of the 2000s are something else!

[claudiobizama]

Funfact: Stefan Eriksson raced on the 24h of Le Mans in 2005 with the #92 Ferrari 360 Modena GTC with Gizmondo sponsored livery. Ended up retiring after 218 laps.

[GTSCarLife]

I lived near the crash site back then, and have done a lot of work for Ferrari. He is just scratching the surface of life in Ferrari world. Enjoyable video!

[sl]

I can't decide which is the bigger disaster, the wrecked Enzo or the aftermarket wheels on the Enzo

[MinionofNobody]

I am a retired cop. I once responded to a single car traffic collision in which a car had been speeding down the road, hit a bump, and gone airborne before colliding with a telephone pole. The telephone pole was about one hundred feet from the bump in the road. The point of impact was roughly six feet above the sidewalk. The driver survived the collision. The three passengers in the car did not. A section of femur roughly two inches long had been knocked out of one of the passenger’s legs and was lying in the roadway. I don’t remember the specific make and model of the car but it was nothing special. The car did not split in half although it was totaled.

Speed does not kill. It is the sudden stop at the end of high speed collisions that kills. Nobody ever thinks it will happen to them.

[echtogammut]

Ferrari owners clubs:
Owner 1: I have Enzo #113 out of 300
Owner 2: That's impossible I have #113 out of 300
Ferrari: You shall never speak of this if you wish to purchase a La Ferrari.
Owners: Speak of what?

[pabl]

The ratio of videos you guys put out to how often my mind is blown is too high. These are things you only used to hear of through whispers in corners...

[robertomorales]

“Who would buy a crashed Ferrari Enzo?!, especially one split in half.” Enter Freddy Tavarish…”hold my beer” 😂

[Jarok]

the whole gizmondo circus is a story of its own! it goes quite deep.

[richardwintle]

Still waiting for the discussion of the billion dollar scam...

[sabertoothrobot]

This happened during the golden age of internet car forums - and this incident spawned thousands of discussion threads and reposts. Amidst the endless wild speculation and snippy flame wars, there were real nuggets to be gleaned about Swedish organized crime and the American legal loopholes they had been exploiting to bring in their cars, guns, and pharmacopeia. Crazy times.

[tylerniday]

I remember reading about this on the VWVortex forums back when it happened. If I remember right one of the forum members that lived nearby drove to the crash scene and found the oil cap. He ended up making it fit on his VW. Might have been a MK3. I could be a little off though, it's been a loooong time since those days

[airsoftman]

I remember reading about this crash in a video game magazine in the early 2000's in relation to the Gizmondo - Wild to hear it again with more insight on the Ferraris themselves!

[critical]

You finally brought this story up!! Thank you Ed!!

[cesariojpn]

Ah yes, this was a wild story. One aspect that got revealed was Erikson allegedly had firearms thru a fictional Transit Security Agency authorized by Homeland Security.

[timgosling]

The tub stayed in one piece; it was the cradle structure for the engine that parted company. But you don't do that to a tub and have it emerge unbent. Starting again would be very sensible. It's a shame Ferrari stopped publishing production numbers in the early '2000s.

[roberthubbard]

I worked for the company that Stephan was "loosely" associated with and you don't know HALF the actual story. There is MUCH more to this than the re-VINd Ferrari. LOTS.