Italian Police Have Foiled A Plot To Steal Enzo Ferrari's Body

Investigators have revealed a bizarre plot by an Italian gang to steal the body of the Ferrari founder for means of extortion
Italian Police Have Foiled A Plot To Steal Enzo Ferrari's Body

This has to be right up there with some of the strangest motoring stories we’ve seen in recent years. It’s emerged that Italian police have thwarted a gang’s plot to steal the body of none other than Enzo Ferrari, founder of Scuderia Ferrari and later the massively successful car company also bearing his name.

The gang had scoped out the family tomb in Modena, and had planned to flee to the Apennine Mountains after stealing the body, demanding a ransom from the Ferrari family shortly after.

The plot came to light amid extensive raids on an Italian gang based in Sardinia, as part of an operation involving 300 police officers and military personnel. The Enzo plot was revealed by the police at a press conference earlier this week.

Enzo - who died in 1988 at the age of 90 - founded Scuderia Ferrari in 1929, which ran Alfa Romeo’s Grand Prix racing efforts at the time. A road car effort was founded in 1939, with the company we know and love now officially established in 1947 - hence Ferrari celebrating its 70th Anniversary this year.

Comments

Pierce Tolar

That’s such a terrible thing to attempt to do..

03/29/2017 - 18:40 |
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TheDriver 1

Enzo would have still made them sh*t their pants, just like his engines would have ;)

03/29/2017 - 19:07 |
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TheMindGarage

When stealing one of these isn’t enough:

03/29/2017 - 19:40 |
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Parker

Just…….. Why?

03/29/2017 - 20:06 |
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Andrés Cely Herazo

Maybe their plan was to clone him and get a 250 GTO made by himself and then sell it so they could become rich during an auction

03/29/2017 - 21:31 |
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Harry 15

wonder if they used a Lamborghini tracktor - that would be ironic

03/29/2017 - 21:48 |
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Chris D.

I know people are fans of Ferrari, but this is going too far…

03/29/2017 - 23:31 |
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Anonymous

They got arrested like this

03/29/2017 - 23:58 |
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Anonymous

Enzo Ferrari. Still saught after even after death.

03/30/2017 - 00:10 |
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Joel Peñaló

When they want the money to pay the lawyers for the odometer lawsuit

03/30/2017 - 03:20 |
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