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Ferrari F50 Meets Sad Fate in NY

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This F50 was owned and carefully maintained in New Orleans for years, where it racked up over 50,000 miles (that’s a lot of miles for any Ferrari, let alone a one of just 56 USA F50s). Well somehow or another it ended up with an idiot in New York. And guess what, he wrecked it. [...]

True Cost to Own a Ferrari 348

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Hey, Ferrari 348s are cheap, right? You can pick ‘em up for $30,000 to $40,000 all day long. Well, the price of entry may be low, but as this owner found out, F-cars are pretty spendy to maintain, no matter how you slice it. How about a total of $37,026 (excluding purchase) over six years, with [...]

Two Porsches Wreck Hard at VIR

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The American Le Mans Series Oak Tree Grand Prix was held this weekend at  Virginia International Raceway. Partway through the race, two Porsche 911 tangled before a corner and then wrecked hard into a tire barrier. Amazingly, neither driver was injured, a testament to the safety precautions in modern racing. Video after the jump! Via [...]