LaFerrari Owner Claims He Called The Police After Getting Trapped Inside By Its Heavy Doors

Entrepreneur and former racing driver Preston Henn has dropped his lawsuit over Ferrari refusing him a LaFerrari Aperta, and revealed that he found the doors on his coupe version a little heavy...
LaFerrari Owner Claims He Called The Police After Getting Trapped Inside By Its Heavy Doors

This is one of those stories that gets weirder the more you read. It starts with 85-year-old Preston Henn, an entrepreneur and former racing driver. Already a LaFerrari owner, he asked FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne if he wouldn’t mind awfully selling him the Aperta version (pictured above) also, only to have his request denied.

Naturally, the next logical step was to sue Ferrari, “for reputational injury and the mortification caused by declaring him to be not qualified to purchase a LaFerrari Aperta,” according to Road and Track. Although the lawsuit has since been dropped due to the potentially astronomical costs involved.

LaFerrari Owner Claims He Called The Police After Getting Trapped Inside By Its Heavy Doors

Where it gets really interesting is his comments to R&T about his existing LaFerrari coupe. “I couldn’t get out of the car,” he said, adding: “I had to call the police to get me out of the car. What happened is I didn’t realise that door was as heavy as it was. Once I realised it, they could pull the door and get out and I had no problem. It is just not a comfortable car.” I suppose it probably isn’t, but you’d think comfort wouldn’t be so high on your priority list when buying a hybrid V12 hypercar.

Henn then proceeded to sing the praises of the new Honda NSX, which he deemed far superior to “not the La Ferrari, the last one I got, I forgot what it’s called, it was a Spider, whatever it is,” despite costing quite a bit less. He did not comment on its doors…

Comments

Fat Beckham

I’ve long said ‘entrepreneur’ was a synonym for *t. Turns out I was right.

12/08/2016 - 16:54 |
5 | 2
TofuDrifter99(Furry Squad)

Got nothing on this

12/08/2016 - 16:55 |
91 | 1
Jason hill

It just sounds like he’s not liked and why call the police because your stuck in the car? Do people not like him that he has no friends to call to help?

12/08/2016 - 16:56 |
0 | 2
Anonymous

Sorry but if this man doesn’t know the name of the last Ferrari e bought, which cost quite a bit less then a LaFerrari, he is not a true car guy and casts seriously dark shadows over all the rest he said.

12/08/2016 - 16:57 |
28 | 3
Dion Cai

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Here is a list of all of the Ferraris he has owned:
1965 275 GTB
1971 Daytona Spider
1972 BBC 512
1985 F 40
1986 black Testarossa
1986 white Testarossa
1995 F 50
2003 Enzo
2005 FXX
2015 458 Speciale
2015 488
2015 LaFerrari
550 Barchetta
599
BBLM
Super America
Schumacher Ferrari Formula 1

12/09/2016 - 10:51 |
3 | 0
cromania2009

Hey, if he doesn’t want it, I’d be glad to take it!

12/08/2016 - 16:57 |
0 | 0
Seth Rogen

These are the problems of a rich, old douchebag. Has to call the cops because he can’t get out of his LaFerrari

12/08/2016 - 16:58 |
228 | 2

He had to call police cause he has got no friends

12/08/2016 - 18:41 |
96 | 2

I think he completely made that up to try and get back at Ferrari for not letting him have the Aperta.

12/08/2016 - 19:47 |
41 | 0

The owner died April 30th this year RIP

09/18/2017 - 03:13 |
0 | 0
Sean C

The ultimate first world problem

12/08/2016 - 16:58 |
85 | 1
Anonymous

LaNumbskull.

12/08/2016 - 16:58 |
6 | 1
M A K

Here my garage just missing an aperta.

12/08/2016 - 17:00 |
5 | 1
Anonymous

A report says, that man was none other than Sir Richard Hammond The lll

12/08/2016 - 17:05 |
7 | 2

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