Uday's Ferrari

[matty_2004]

Call me what you want, but being the car fanatic that i am - i found this the most upsetting thing to come out of the war in Iraq.

Uday's (Saddams son) Ferrari 550 Maranello:

Before:

http://ultra.cto.us.edu.pl/pub/Mult...Ferrari/550maranello/1999.550maranello.01.jpg

After: Stolen, Stripped, Then Burnt !

http://www.noisevibrationandharshness.com/pics/ferrari4.jpg

http://www.noisevibrationandharshness.com/pics/ferrari3.jpg

http://www.noisevibrationandharshness.com/pics/ferrari2.jpg

http://www.noisevibrationandharshness.com/pics/ferrari6.jpg

http://www.noisevibrationandharshness.com/pics/ferrari5.jpg

http://www.noisevibrationandharshness.com/pics/ferrari7.jpg

http://www.noisevibrationandharshness.com/pics/palace.jpg



Who the hell could do this to such a work of art- Where's the Respect !?!?!

Cheers,

-Matty J

 

[johnny]

Eat the rich.

 

[Dim]

OMG thats terrible...such a nice car down the drain...man that really sucks..i would of looked after it for him

 

[nitwit]

Eat the rich.

Yeah, fuck the rich and their extravaggant possesions

 

[johnny]

Just don't touch the bike.

 

[matty_2004]

Well Sadam and his sons had a collection of exotic cars (Like 40 of them) including Ferrari's & Lambos. . .i hope they didn't all end up like this !!!

 

[matty_2004]

Yeah, fuck the rich and their extravaggant possesions

Money aside, just because you don't own it - would you go and destroy such a rare and awesome car? Think of the effort put into building something like that.

You just don't go stripping and burning Ferraris.

 

[lotec]

and what kind of a dickhead steals a ferrari just to strip and burn it anyway, excuse me... hello new car

 

[nitwit]

Money aside, just because you don't own it - would you go and destroy such a rare and awesome car? Think of the effort put into building something like that.

You just don't go stripping and burning Ferraris.

No i wouldnt destroy it, i'd just steal it and thrash the shit out of it. If i was able to steal it that is. I like Ferraris, but there is now way i would spend that much money on a car.

 

[matty_2004]

Alot of people wouldn't pay that much for a car (even though i would), but remember, these wankers got the car for nothing - and still wrecked it.

 

[johnny]

Can't see ol' Mustafa getting to far driving a car like that, in a city full of people with big guns.

 

[floody]

I've seen this on a number of forums now...

Its nothing compared to the amount of cars belonging to Odai which Saddam had torched a few years back as a punishment for skimming money....

It does shit me a little though. Firstly, I've no doubt if they had shipped it on a transport plane to a nearby safe base (maybe Europe), there would be a prestige Auction house just itching to get their hands on this, and a charity auction could have pulled big $$ which could have gone back into Iraq for good work...Collectors love shit with this sort of infamous provenance.
Secondly, this wasn't a backlash by Iraqis or anything, it was stripped by AMERICAN SOLDIERS. As if they should be pissing about doing things like this, and also, I would bet anything valuable and easily transported (bolt on engine parts, brake calipers, hanging panels, interior parts, wheels,exterior trim) would most likely not be destroyed and probably will be in the hands of American Ferrari parts wholesalers/dismantlers by now...

For the car whores like me, there is an F40 and a 90's Porsche 911 in the same complex apparently, but they were at the time of those photos untouched, just dirty. Americans also ran a TANK through a parking garage full of prestige cars, and the bomb which hit Odai's palace took out the garage there which was also full of prestige vehicles..

 

[olsson]

Mmm its a Ferrari, so what?
A car is a car, yeah I am a HUGE car fan. But still, I dont think Ferrari care that there car is gone, They got there money so I dont think their complaining. Yes I know we'd all like one, but whats the point of owning on in Australia, you'd only be able to get the stupid thing into second and then all you'll be doing is idoling still.

Its just a Ferrari might I add..

 

[matty_2004]

You're into cars, yet you still can't appreciate the effort put into a car like that?

 

[johnny]

Mmm its a Ferrari, so what?
A car is a car, yeah I am a HUGE car fan. But still, I dont think Ferrari care that there car is gone, They got there money so I dont think their complaining. Yes I know we'd all like one, but whats the point of owning on in Australia, you'd only be able to get the stupid thing into second and then all you'll be doing is idoling still.

Its just a Ferrari might I add..

What do you drive?

 

[floody]

Just for the record, Ferrari is actually a Baseball cap and Poster manufacturing company (I believe they also dabble in mugs, G-strings and so on) who turn out a few promotional vehicles to help sell their main product lines.

 

[manny24]

Just for the record, Ferrari is actually a Baseball capand Poster manufacturing company (I believe they also dabble in mugs,G-strings and so on) who turn out a few promotional vehicles to helpsell their main product lines.

ha, lol!! i hear its actually a company out of china, mass producingall this shit in sweat shops, these promo hand built cars are just madeby contractors in italy

 

[Cave Dweller]

It's just a car, whats the problem again??

 

[LTR]

Matty,
You do realise that people got paid to make this car, all the effort that was put in, went straight through as money to a bank account. The workers at Ferrari dont run as a charity or anything, so its not dead work.

BTW, Ferrari's are WAY to mass produced. Ive seen over 5 different 550's in Melbourne alone. Sif you would bother joining the posse!

 

[toodles]

Its just a Ferrari might I add..

You've got to check out level of manufacturing on one of those things to appreciate it. They make top of the line "sports" cars from the bigger players seem like matchbox toys. Like comparing a Foes Mono to a Norco Team Dh - both very capable but the level of detail and craftsmanship doesn't even come close.

PS - now a McLaren would have been a tragedy....