Ferrari dealership in trouble for burning rubber on the Great Wall of China
05-09-12, 02:54 PM
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Ferrari dealership in trouble for burning rubber on the Great Wall of China
Ferrari dealership in trouble for burning rubber on the Great Wall of China
Ferrari is not an outfit that would miss out on the enormous opportunity presented by the Chinese market. Having won the grand prix there three times out of the first four it was held, the Prancing Horse marque launched a special-edition 599 there in 2009, followed by an even more exclusive porcelain-finish one-off.
For 2012, Ferrari created a special-edition 458 Italia to mark the year of the dragon, and to launch it, the local dealership in Nanjing rented out a section of the Great Wall. It's what they did with it, however, that has local authorities seeing red in more ways than one.
Apparently at some point during or after the demonstration, an employee of the dealership got behind the wheel of the limited-edition V8 supercar and pulled some smokey donuts. The problem is that the stunt left tire marks burnt into the ancient surface, leaving authorities understandably upset. What repercussions will ensue remains to be seen, but we certainly wouldn't want to be ticking off China's notoriously strict government.
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http://www.autoblog.com/2012/05/09/f...-the-great-wa/
05-10-12, 11:26 AM
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Ferrari sorry after car damages Nanjing city wall
Ferrari sorry after car damages Nanjing city wall.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18006291
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-18006291
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Italian sports car maker Ferrari has apologised after one of its cars drove on an ancient Chinese monument, prior to a publicity event, causing damage.
Ferrari suggested the incident was the fault of a local dealership employee.
The car was filmed wheel-spinning on top of a 600-year-old Ming-dynasty era wall in the city of Nanjing.
Ferrari suggested the incident was the fault of a local dealership employee.
The car was filmed wheel-spinning on top of a 600-year-old Ming-dynasty era wall in the city of Nanjing.
05-10-12, 04:21 PM
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05-10-12, 10:09 PM
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You finally cut through ALL SORTS of red tape to not only get the car access into the Chinese Market,, then you rent a section of THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, of all places, to commerate the 20th anniversary of this accomplishment, and yet you let some IDIOT (who should have known better), not only drive the car on top of a WORLD WIDE RECOGNIZED MONUMENT, but also do burnouts??? What were you thinking???? This is a historic monument of epic proportions, in which many thousands have also DIED building. Driving on this icon, as well as doing burnouts pretty much showed the lack of respect for the culture; and to the idiot behind the wheel,, I would hate to be you right now. SAD!!!!
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