Pssst! Want to buy a fake Ferrari?
Thu Feb 28, 11:25 AM ET
ROME (Reuters) - Italians are used to buying bogus Gucci bags or Rolex
watches to look stylish but police found a new height of craftsmanship
and cunning when they broke up a ring selling fake Ferrari cars for a
fraction of the real price.
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Police accused 15 people of building the blood red sports cars and
selling them to car fanatics on a budget, most of whom knew they were
buying a counterfeit classic.
Car body workers who police called "very able" cobbled together mostly
fake parts and a few original components. They used body parts from
other makes of automobiles, such as chassis, roofs, hoods, trunks and
doors.
The body parts were modified to look like Ferrari classics such as the
328 Gtb, which went out of production in the late 1980s.
Some of the cars sold for about 20,000 euros, about a tenth of the
going price for some versions.
Police confiscated 21 cars, 14 of which had already been sold, and
seven in production in Sicilian garages. (Reporting by Vladimir
Pantaleone; Writing by Philip Pullella; Editing by Ibon Villelabeitia)
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