The Italian Tax Police or as they call it in Italy, the “Guardia di Finanza”, raided a series of auto-body shops that where building fake Ferraris across the country. Most of you would probably call these vehicles kit cars or replicas, but according to the law in Italy and elsewhere, they are considered as counterfeits.
According to reports, the auto-body shops operated in a dozen cities from near the Alps in the north to Sicily in the south. The Italian Tax police managed to round up seven completed fake Ferraris, as well as another seven unfinished projects. Most of the replicas where based on the mid-engined Pontiac Fiero. A total of eight people were placed under investigation, but no arrests were made. –Continued after the jump


Harley Lewin, a partner with New York law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, who specializes in counterfeit issues but wasn’t involved in this case, told WSJ that even a handful of counterfeit Ferraris could harm the company's image. "It starts to taint the brand," he said. "It becomes a big deal; all of the sudden legitimate products start to lose their color, their appeal. The fake cheapen and diminish the real thing."


http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/02...alian-tax.html

 

a$$holes
of course this had to be southern italy
they fake diplomas now ferraris

bah what a crappy country to live in

 

Ill take one if it looks like a F430!!! :D

 

k then babies are in order :D

 

thanks for the warning, i was gonna get one but Im afraid to get the fakes...

 

Hey you guys watch the History Channel last night...I think it was History...they were showing how Ferraris were made at the plant....AWSOME!

 

So were they selling them as actual Ferarris, or just building the kit cars? The article doesn't really say too clearly.

 

selling them as real ferrari's..........

 

knowing italian crooks

 

LOL this is kind of funny.

 

Decent attempt, but not a convincing fake.

 

bustedd

 

Eh...let 'em go. Driving a fake Ferarri built from a Pontiac is punishment enough.

 

hahaha crazy

 

What??!! it wasn't made in China?