Crashed Enzo now up for sale
August 14, 2008 by Karl Peskett
Remember reading about the humiliation that Eddie Griffin, star of the forthcoming movie Redline, suffered when he crashed his mate’s Enzo? No? Well click here if you want to shed tears over Maranello’s finest being crumpled.
For those of you who do remember it, it was surmised that the car would never see blacktop again. Well, Matt Groner from Matthews Auto Sales took on the seemingly insurmountable task of repairing and restoring it to its former glory.
Groner has been reported as saying that it’s not exactly a job for the fainthearted. But would he do it again? In a word, no. Not because it’s too hard, but because dealing with the Ferrari isn’t the easiest thing.
If I had to do it over again I would sell the car in it’s damaged state and not repair it. Not because it was difficult to repair, but the time waiting on the Italians to supply parts is just ridiculous. I guess they have better things to do then to help “save an Enzo”, he told Jalopnik.
If you check out Matthews Auto Sales website, an Enzo has appeared for sale.
Groner said it’s “up for sale. Not $500k cheaper then the others on the market, but a little less. After-all, it’s got a story. A pretty cool story though.”
Would you buy a crashed Enzo that’s been repaired?
Photos: Jalopnik
Tags: Ferrari Enzo
The last time I got my car back from a smash repairer it looked good, but when I went to sell it, then I started noticing the problems. Like things under the car that weren’t quite straight…
Would I buy a Ferrari I knew had been crashed because it was “a little bit less” or “it had a good story”? – Hell no. If I had that sort of money I’d buy one that had been looked after.
And if my budget was a bit less, then I’d buy a “lesser” Ferrari, which would still be a awesome car.
At least the seller is being honest about its history.
*****PRIMO!*****
Sell the body, bits and pieces on ebay etc, and keep the powertrain for a kit car and/or similar
Cn this engine be run on LPG? :-)
Cheers
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Yes, F-O it can be run on LPG, but only develops 157kW and 357Nm, only suitable with 4 speed auto and no ESP, however it will accomodate a bench seat with this conversion
I’m not affraid to buy cars that have been damaged, so long as they’ve been repaired up to standards with genuine parts.. but then again a written off ferrari enzo is a completely different story so yeah skybreak has a fair point. I think the problem with damaged vehicles that find their way onto our auctions is that far too many are listed as ‘repairable write offs’ when in reality they should be beyond repair… but then again they can sell a repairable write off for much more than a stat write off.
Skybreak, if things underneath werent quite straight then your panel beater should look for another career.. or your insurance should have had the car written off.
It might look good on the outside, even the panels. But if you start to go high speed (200mph) it might not be as stable as the original….even the electronics for the front dampers might be off…
A lot of race cars that was repaired from a serious accident can still run well, if the mechanics has huge aomount of experience in that car. But this is an Enzo…only Ferrari would know all the ins and outs.
So the answer is: I would not buy it.
Definitely would not buy it. Not after buying a Dodgy car from NUNAWADINGS CHEAPEST WRECKS (CARS). Well bent and never declared by the dealer, dangerous to drive, basically fraud in my view..
I would take any fixed up enzo.
I wouldnt risk it, if it was given to me for a very cheap price or even free, I’ll take it.
But considering that it was deemed unrepairable, chassis damage, weld points/spots, deformed reinforcements etc. I dont think its upto standards for driving.
If I can get a proper evaluation on it or another body engineer and it passes then that would be a different story. But mechanics and panel beaters opinions are only skin deep sometimes… so I’d get a proper engineering evaluation before investing.
Race drivers race crashed cars after they are repaired.
So, i don’t expect that it would be too bad. Alhough not perfect.
guys its a racing car if it aint broke before i bought it it sure would be after, and on the matter of selling it… considering being buried in it ;.)