Italian police split up a Ferrari counterfeiting business earlier in the year, confiscating 22 cars, fourteen of which had already been sold to luxury sportscar collectors. The fake Ferraris snatched in Italy were used Pontiac Fieros which had been changed to pass for Ferrari Testarossas.

The counterfeit industry has grown one thousand percent in Europe between 1998 and 2004 according to ECU Customs and spans beyond designer purses, shoes, watches, and garments. Before buying a luxury auto, do you homework so you can distinguish a genuine Ferrari from a fake.

1 ) Who is selling the Ferrari? Do a little homework on who the vendor is. Continue reading →