An Enzo bites the dust!

[digitalpunk]

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment...8-7485,00.html

Comedian totals $1.85m car
March 27, 2007 02:09pm

US comedian and actor Eddie Griffin has walked away unscathed from a crash that totalled a rare Ferrari Enzo worth $US1.5 million ($1.85m) during a practice run for a charity race.

Griffin was was practising for a charity race to promote his new film Redline when he drove too fast around a curve at the Irwindale speedway in California and smashed into a concrete barrier, the Associated Press said.

Video footage showed the red sports car screeching before it bounced off the barrier with heavy damage to its front.

"Undercover Brother's good at karate and all the rest of that, but the brother can't drive," said Griffin, referring to one his past films, afterwards.

The film's publicist, Wendy Zocks, said Griffin was OK.

"He walked away completely unscratched, but probably a little shaken," she said.

The Enzo was owned by the film's executive producer, Daniel Sadek, whose exotic car collection was featured in the movie.

Sadek said the car was beyond repair and that he had "mixed feelings" about the wreck.

"I'm glad Eddie came out of the crash OK, but my dream car got destroyed," Sadek said.

"I went to my trailer for about 15 minutes and I thought, there's people dying every day. A lot of worse things are happening in the world."

Only 400 Ferrari Enzos were ever produced, all between 2002 and 2004.

Griffin's credits include the comedies Undercover Brother, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and its sequel, Date Movie, and Norbit.




Click on the link for video footage

[Turboconvert]

How ****ed would u be. i heard about this on the radio and they reckon that they were valued at $2m australian brand new and are now worth up to $5million australian now due to the fact that they are a collectors item. eitherway i would expect compensasion for the vehicle from the bloke drivin it... :ticking:
ben

[Mongoose]

hahahaha. Anyone got pics of the car afterwards?

[bigev]

There's some video of it here (currently on page 2 of the listings):
http://cbs2.com/video

[elgt146]

Hmmm can think of many things to say....

Not just a small understeer...................

[NA XR6]

Great piece of driving
How pathetic

[Lukeyson]

too funky for himself

[XR8putts]

Huge Impact yes, but surely thats repairable? Might cost $500,000 (and return flight to Italy) - But surely it's fixable.

It'll buff out.

[RIPGMH]

Check out the guy right behind the barrier he hits, doesn't look like he even moves

[bigAl]

i think thats repairable

[RG]

He drives good.

[GXL078]

:disco: I've never heard of this so called 'comedian' but I'll bet this car crash would have been one of his funnier gags. He doesn't even look as if he has a sense of humour.

[TwistedEL]

How many of these things are left?

[J_Tank]

about 399?

[TwistedEL]

Nope there have been at least 3 totalled recently

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by John_xr6t

about 399?

No way. There seem to have been quite a few Enzos written off. Some of them have ended up split in half, they have crashed at such speed.

[M&Ms]

Looks like he understeered straight into the barrier... interesting how the nose lifted probably 3 feet when it hit.

On another note, that movie "redline" sounds interesting.

Oh, and I've read of at least 5 Enzo's that have died, and some of them are much more worse off than that one which looks very repairable anyway.

[Matt_971]

OUCH just seen it on the news preview.

What a tool. I dont drive others cars that hard if i in them. But each to their own lol.

I reckon he might be paying that off for a lil while.

[BPXR6T]

I guess that's the best way to write off a ferarri if your gonna do it. Write off someone elses that is.

[Mongoose]

why the hell would you let someone drive your ferrari, or even if you are going to do it. At least sit in the car with them. And if your about to hit a wall wouldnt you put your foot hard on the brake?

[[Tonko]]

lol, funniest thing eddie griffin has done,
I can just imagine him calling his boss,
'you know that Enzo you lent me?'
'yes'
'Damn!'

[M&Ms]

Here's a trailer for the movie that was being filmed. Looks like Fast'n'furious but with real cars.

RedLine Trailer

[MITCHAY]

Originally Posted by M&Ms

Here's a trailer for the movie that was being filmed. Looks like Fast'n'furious but with real cars.

RedLine Trailer

Hell ******* yes! I'm am soo going to see that!

[XRated]

Damn Redline looks awesome!

Ford GT, Saleen S7, Carrera GT, Lambos etc. Mint!

[normxb]

Originally Posted by XRated

Damn Redline looks awesome!

Ford GT, Saleen S7, Carrera GT, Lambos etc. Mint!

Yep Xrated , but not the Enzo , now .

Surely it's repairable , unless it's twisted Badly somewhere , when he stopped the front right seemed ok braking , mainly L/H corner impact . I know it was a pretty hard shunt , but they can't be that fragile ? They must still have the moulds for the shell , guards & front .

[Full Noise]

Originally Posted by normxb

Surely it's repairable , unless it's twisted Badly somewhere

Enzos don’t twist, they snap. The whole monocoque is constructed of carbon fibre. That’s one of the reasons why they can’t be registered in Australia. They don’t meet the required crash worthiness tests to pass ADRs. Funny that, they’re safe enough for every other country on the globe though.

Here’s a few more.

www.wreckedexotics.com/enzo/


Cheers,

[mbukukanyau]

At this rate, there are going to be very few Enzo's left

[AU2PWR]

undercover brother can karate , but cant drive

[normxb]

Originally Posted by Full Noise

Enzos don’t twist, they snap. The whole monocoque is constructed of carbon fibre. That’s one of the reasons why they can’t be registered in Australia. They don’t meet the required crash worthiness tests to pass ADRs. Funny that, they’re safe enough for every other country on the globe though.
Cheers,

Thanks Full Noise , explains a lot . That's why I like being on here , "to learn" , even an old bugger like me is "never to old to find out things"

Cheers
Norm

[mbukukanyau]

Originally Posted by AU2PWR

undercover brother can karate , but cant drive

its not brother, its BRATHA