The High-Octane Story of the Felon and the Ferrari

"Here is one strange story about a failed Swedish businessman who crashed his Ferrari in Malibu -- soon after the cops showed up, two guys from Homeland Security did too."--BUZZFLASH

By William Booth

Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 18, 2006; Page C01

On a winter dawn on a razor-straight stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, a lipstick-red Ferrari Enzo crested a hill at a speed that sheriff's investigators would later calculate to be 162 miles per hour.

The car -- if that word is not too lame to describe a 660-horsepower V12 rocket on wheels worth $1.6 million, one of only 400 ever made, described variously as "rolling art" and "the greatest performance road car ever" -- went airborne. Perhaps the Enzo thought it could fly? Alas, it careened into a utility pole, which effectively sliced the vehicle in half, and scattered shredded Ferrari bits over a debris field that measured 1,200 feet.