Wreck Of Ferrari Enzo Gets Weird
Not too many people survive a car crash at 162 mph. Stefan Eriksson did, but now he is under arrest for possibly stealing the Ferrari Enzo he trashed valued at more than $1 million.
Eriksson wrecked the Ferrari on February 20th and told police a far fetched story about a mystery driver named Dietrich that ran off into the surrounding hills after the crash. Eriksson claimed he was just the innocent passenger in the car. A 3 hour search for Dietrich turned up unfruitful, big surprise.
Back in March Eriksson’s wife had a Mercedes SLR McLaren (as featured on the masthead of Cars And Car Reviews) impounded for improper exportation from Britain.
All I can say is WOW! Imagine being so rich you can wrack-up $1.5 million worth of legal troubles in less than 2 months. Most people will never see $1.5 million in their entire lifetime and Mr Stefan Eriksson and his wife just lost that amount in exotic automobiles plus I’m sure it will cost them millions to get out of their legal hassles.
You think people with that kind of money would be a little smarter.
AlanLeS
photo: Hans Laetz / Malibu Times
Tags: ferrari, ferrari enzo, enzo, exotic cars, cars
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April 9th, 2006 at 3:17 pm
Except that most of this was probably covered by insurance. Even a thief can’t be held liable for monetary damages that were reimbursed by insurance. Only the difference between the settlement of damages and loss of use caused by the thief will be what the thief is liable for. Of course, the owner’s attorney will likely try to attach other damages. Since the insurance company will only settle on an ACV (Actual Cash Value) basis, the cost of procurring a new Enzo – on today’s market – will not be compensated by the insurance company. However, the owner of this type of vehicle most likely (and hopefully) would have had it insured as a scheduled property and therefore a complete monetary reimbursement (with no deduction for appreciation) would be likely (minus a small deductible – $10,000 probably).