Even Ferrari Gets Knocked Off  

The roar of the engine....
is sweet sweet SWEET music to my ears.....

I don't understand how...
I don't understand how someone can put another manufacturer's name on a fake product...not only in cars, but purses, clothes, furniture, etc. Isn't the name and the 'emblem' trademarked? How can some write Ferrari, Coach, Gucci, etc on their product or use the emblem associated with that name? I don't so much have a problem with 'knock-offs' unless, of course, the design is protected, but I do have a major problem when they use the name or emblem of the authentic manufacturer.
I've only ever seen a Ferrari live in person once. It passed me in Lexington. Must have been owned by one of the race horse gurus.

The Fakes are Kits
These fakes are kit cars placed on Fiero chassis that have been around since the eighties.There is even Lamborghini , Panteras ,and the most popular AC Cobra Kits like this.Some of these kit cars are better than others ,but really aren't a threat to the real deal (like in knock off furniture).The video makes you believe that it's hard to tell the difference ,but thats really stretching it.It would take a complete moron to be fooled by one.Trust me there is a huge difference no matter how well done.The one replicar shown is a copy of a Ferrari 308.You can buy an authentic 80's Ferrari 308 for $25000 - $40000 ,and not $130000 quoted by the reporter.Fakes are gross ,but if anyone bought one believing it was authentic they deserve what they get. If they couldn't tell the difference their not meant to be true Ferrari owners.The dangerous thing to be careful of when buying an Italian vehicle is Fake Vespas.I see alot of Indian made Bajaj scooters being rebadged ,and resold as Vespa VBB and VBAS ask an expert before buying one.

Discovery
I recently watched a TV show called Ultimate Factories, on The Discovery channel, that took a look into the Ferrari factory. They go through the entire process of making the Engine, body, interior, paint, and testing. I can understand the cost of car and they lifestyle it brings. These guys make a sand cast for every engine, x-ray the engine block for imperfections, and they even have trees(in the factory) to set the best humidity for engine building. The paint process is unmatchable. The fake almost makes the authentic worth more.

James, what a great...
James, what a great programme! I couldnt believe how much access the tv cameras got, was a real eye opener, the time they spent on the sand casts was amazing!
As mentioned it is pretty easy to spot the modern fakes, less easy to spot is the older Ferraris,
Cars with a racing heritage or extremely sought after models e.g. 250 GTO?s 250 SWB?s have been known to be ?recreated? by using less sought after models such as the 250GTE as a base, a lot of the companies who offered these conversions did so very openly and above board however it didn?t stop some owners selling them on as the real deal
?The most ambitious fraud concerns Lord Charles Brockett of England. He owned a small Ferrari collection, as well as Brockett Hall, the family manor, which had been turned into a conference and entertainment center. In 1991 Lord Brockett cut up and buried five cars, a Ferrari 195, S/N 0123 S, a Ferrari 340 America, S/N 0138 AM, a Ferrari 250 Europa, S/N 0421 GT, a Maserati Birdcage, S/N 2456, and an OSCA 2000, and then claimed they had been stolen. His insurance claim totaled a whopping 4,500,000 pounds ($2,316,600).
Adding to the drama, Lady Brocket had developed an addiction to prescription drugs and was caught forging a prescription. Then, after discovering that her husband had been unfaithful, she aided the police during their investigation.
The plot further thickened when it was determined that Lord Brockett had sold Jon Shirley of Microsoft 250 SWB S/N 3565 at a then ?market correct? price of about $575,000, claiming it to be the original 250 SWB S/N 3565. The ?real? 250 SWB surfaced in France and some detective work proved that Brockett/Shirley?s SWB was actually a well?done replica based on 250 GTE S/N 4015. Another two years was added to Lord Brockett?s five?year prison term.
Thanks to the ever?growing Internet and some very dedicated Ferrari ?trainspotters,? the chances of a replica being sold as the real thing are becoming more remote. Today?s Ferrari buyers, be they entry?level or buyers of factory 250 GTOs, have learned to do their homework