| Ferrari driver collides with the law and veers into jail | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 6:46:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | LOS ANGELES -- It started with a crash and ended with a fizzle as Bo Stephan Eriksson, alleged driver of the infamous, red, smashed Enzo Ferrari, accepted a plea deal yesterday in a Los Angeles courtroom. Eriksson, 44, is expected to spend about a year in prison after pleading no contest to two counts of embezzlement related to his dealings with two exotic cars, and one count of possessing a gun illegally. His plea concludes a case that captivated public attention after images of the red Ferrari reduced to a severed wreck on Pacific Coast Highway showed up on newscasts last February. The court proceeding yesterday signaled a curtain falling on the colorful Eriksson drama: Not only have Eriksson's remaining two fantastically expensive exotic cars -- a black Ferrari Enzo and a McLaren Mercedes-Benz -- been shipped back to European banks, but prosecutors also said that Eriksson's Bel Air house would go into receivership.... | |
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| | | SEMA speed: Hennessey Viper Venom 800R | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 12:46:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | Why worry about superchargers and turbochargers when you've got good old-fashioned cubic inches? After all, bigger is better right? Living up to its VenomAero and Daytona spoiler-equipped body kit, the Hennessey Viper Venom 800R packs an amazing 585 naturally aspirated cubic inches under the bright yellow bonnet. After 12 weeks of Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) mojo, the nearly 10-liter monster belches out 810 bhp and 810 lb/ft of torque. Gulping air and fuel at a rate sure to satisfy an F16 in full afterburner, the 800R is capable of 0-60 in 2.9 seconds and a quarter-mile time of 10.88 @135 mph on its way up to a reported top speed of over 230 mph. How fitting is it that this monster will officially debut on the Dupont stand at 10AM on Halloween as a part of the SEMA show in Las Vegas? (Press release after the jump) [Source: supercars.net] October, 2006 - PRESS RELEASE - 585 CID Venom 800R with VenomAero Upgrade to Debut at 2006 SEMA Show FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Houston, Texas - Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) will unveil its 585 CID (9.5 Litre) 810 HP normally aspirated engine upgrade and its VenomAero aerodynamic body system upgrade for the Dodge Viper SRT10 Coupe at the 2006 SEMA Show held in Las Vegas, October 31 - November 3, 2006.... | |
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| | | LA Ferrari crash trial's opening postponed after witness hurt | | Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 10:46:52 AM by Blog57 Team | | LOS ANGELES Opening statements in the trial of a Swedish businessman who crashed an expensive Ferrari on a Malibu highway were postponed today because a prosecution witness from Great Britain had a serious accident. Bo Stefan Eriksson, 44, listened through a Swedish interpreter as the judge told jurors a witness from a British lending institution had been in a horrible accident and was unable to travel. The judge indicated the person had head injuries, adding prosecutors were waiting to see whether the witness would heal enough to travel or would be replaced. She told jurors to return tomorrow. Eriksson is a former executive of the now-bankrupt video game company Gizmondo Europe. Prosecutors contend he was drunk on February 21st when he plowed a red Enzo Ferrari into a utility pole in Malibu at 162 mph.... | |
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| | | News Briefs | | Posted Tuesday, September 26, 2006 10:46:06 AM by Blog57 Team | | Susan Shaw, who worked as a consultant to raise money for the municipal purchase of the Chili Cook-Off site, is being considered for a part-time city public relations officer position. The council will vote on a contract for Shaw at its meeting on Monday.According to a staff report, Shaw would "increase awareness of city achievements by the media and key political and environmental stakeholders through the development and production of a quarterly city newsletter, organizing of events and production of news releases and other community relations materials."The contract calls for Shaw to receive $150 per hour. Her total pay cannot exceed $20,000, unless authorized by the city manager.Also on Monday, the council will vote on whether to hire Agoura Hills City Treasurer Lily Ruff for that job with the city of Malibu.... | |
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| | | When Owning a Ferrari Enzo Just Isn't Enough... | | Posted Saturday, August 26, 2006 8:45:54 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Ferrari Enzo is one of the most exclusive, unique cars in the world, a supercar of consummate performance, ability and style. But for one Ferrari owner, the normal Enzo is not enough. So James Glickenhaus, an American car collector with a passion for the legendary racing cars of the 1960s commissioned Pininfarina to turn an Enzo into a unique car that has styling inspired by the Ferrari racing cars of from that decade, but which was also a useable road car. Thus the Ferrari P4/5 was born. The inspiration for the P4/5 and the source of the new cars name is the legendary 1967 Ferrari 330 P4, the last evolution of the Ferrari 257/330 P-series cars, which was Ferraris weapon in the battle against the Ford GT40. Intermediate versions of these cars, such as the P2/3, reveal how the P4/5 name was produced for the new car.... | |
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| | | Shell-Backed Ferrari Expedition Kicks Off 20,000-Mile Challenge | | Posted Friday, August 25, 2006 2:45:53 PM by Blog57 Team | | A daring 20,000-mile journey in twin Ferrari Fioranos fueled by Shell V-Power kicks off today in Brazil on its way across the Andes and South American continent toward the United States. The destination for the Shell-backed Ferrari Panamerican 20,000 is New York City in November. Ferrari is depending on its longtime technical partner -- Shell -- to support the marathon journey with two Ferrari 599 GTB Fioranos spanning the American continents. The expedition is a bold demonstration of the longtime Shell-Ferrari technical partnership. Journalists from around the world will be behind the wheel on alternate stages of the long journey. The tour will introduce the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano to markets in the American continents and is an extension of Shell's relationship with Ferrari stretching back to the 1930s.... | |
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| | | Driver rolls car during charity rally | | Posted Friday, August 04, 2006 12:46:08 AM by Blog57 Team | | During the last section of the rally, where drivers were allowed to open up their sports cars on a closed road and go as fast as they wanted, one driver rolled his car. Richard Losee was taken by medical helicopter to Utah Valley Medical Center where he was in non-life-threatening condition, said Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Doug McCleve. The Utah Fast Pass Rally began July 30. The four-day event was designed to take drivers and their "super cars" on some of Utah's most scenic roads through areas such as Deer Valley, the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Capitol Reef National Park, as well as treat drivers to several upscale meals. All the money raised in the event went to charity. The sports cars involved in the event included both old and new vehicles such as Ferraris and Porches.... | |
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| | | Gettin' all Gadgety on the Glickenhaus Ferrari P4/5 | | Posted Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:45:57 AM by Blog57 Team | | Our techie brothers at Gizmodo took a look at James Glickenhaus's Pininfarina-designed, rebodied Ferrari Enzo, the P4/5. They turned an electric eye toward the bespoke model's gadgeted-up interior, which has a few more e-trinkets than does the donor Enzo, including vid-mo and iPod Nano. Anyone want to guess what Big Daddy has on his 'Pod? We're going with Wagner's "The Ride Of The Valkeries" or Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf Op. 67." Either that or early Chemical Brothers. Ferrari P4/5: Gizmolicious and One of Kind [Gizmodo] Related: More on the James Glickenhaus Ferrari P4/5; Pininfarina Releases Press Kit [internal] .... | |
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| | | Wrecked Ferrari Enzo is ordered shipped to Britain | | Posted Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:45:39 AM by Blog57 Team | | What's left of a rare, $1.5 million Ferrari that authorities say a Swedish businessman illegally imported into the United States before crashing it into a utility pole will be shipped back to Great Britain, a judge ruled. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Craig Veals on Friday ordered the red Ferrari Enzo, as well as a black Enzo and Mercedes-Benz SLR, released to British banks over the objections of attorneys for Swedish businessman Bo Stefan M. Eriksson. .... | |
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| | | Wreckage from Ferrari crash to be returned to England | | Posted Monday, July 10, 2006 6:47:49 PM by Blog57 Team | | LOS ANGELES A Swedish businessman who survived a spectacular Ferrari wreck in Southern California last winter isn't being allowed to keep the wreckage. Bo Eriksson emerged virtually unscathed after the one and-a-half (m) million-dollar, red Ferrari Enzo he was driving smacked into a utility pole at 162 miles-an-hour. Eriksson has pleaded not guilty to charges of grand theft, embezzlement and drunken driving and is set for trial at the end of the month. His lawyers claim he owns the wrecked supercar, along with a black Enzo and a Mercedes S-L-R. But prosecutors say he illegally imported all three from Great Britain. A judge has agreed, ordering the cars sent back to banks there, after authorities finish sweeping them for evidence. Eriksson worked for a bankrupt computer-game company called Gizmondo.... | |
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