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Lionel Messi outbid Cristiano Ronaldo and has bought the most expensive Ferrari in the world - the 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti.The automobile was headed for sale at an auction in Paris. At the time, nobody knew who bought the car, but some reports suggested that famous football players (soccer, for our American readers) Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi were interested in the car and placed bids. According to a report started from a hint in the press release announcing the sale, Barcelona’s star player registered the highest offer and won, Sport.es reveals. However, the pu...
In 2006, the Ferrari Enzo was split in half, with the cockpit and nose on one side of the highway and the engine with its subframe on the other along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California. See the video of the crash: The car was offered at auction — not in its mutilated state, but in like-new condition. The once wrecked Enzo, chassis number 135564, sold at a Sotheby's auction in Paris this week for more than $1.7 million. It was one of the top lots at RM Sotheby's auction.And it was sold in this new condition:
Ferrari is recalling some 2016 California T vehicles because of the risk of fire from a fuel leak.The recall affects all 2016 Ferrari California T models made from September 8, 2015 to November 11, 2015. That’s 185 cars in all, here in the United States.The vehicles in question come with a low pressure fuel line that might not connect properly to the fuel pump feed pipe. The poor connection can lead to a fuel leak in the engine bay, hence the fire hazard.The California T Convertibles have a base price of more than $231,000. Over 50 Ferrari dealers received a stop sales notice of the Cali...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that an eighth fatality in the U.S. has been linked to a defective air bag made by Takata, marking the first reported death since April and the ninth worldwide.The auto safety agency also said it named a former US Justice Department official to oversee the massive recalls of airbags and the Japanese parts firm's compliance with a settlement.NHTSA spokesman Gordon Trowbridge told reporters on a conference call that the death took place in July in a recalled used 2001 Honda Accord coupe near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The unidentifi...
German automaker BMW has been fined $40 million by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for failing to issue safety recalls in a timely manner to Mini owners. The fine, announced on Monday, caps a year of auto industry crackdowns by the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency. Regulators have come down hard on the auto industry for problems ranging from air bag defects to cheating on emissions tests.The MINI Cooper Hardtop was recalled for the same issue in December of 2014, prompting the NHTSA's investigation for non-compliance.As part of the set...
