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Chef Who Trashed Enzo Gets 10 Weeks in Jail

Filed under: Wheels, Crimes and Misdemeanors

The angry British chef who trashed Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay's Ferrari Enzo (above) at a seaside resort last month has been sentenced to 10 weeks in jail for causing £9,434 worth of damage to the $1.4 million supercar. Aaron Billington told the judge he went ballistic and hurled rocks at the rock star's Enzo after Kay, who had mocked the chef's stutter, invited two girls back to his hotel room for an orgy following a bout of drinking.

Billington's lawyer said the chef flew off the handle because he had an "emotional attachment" to one of the women in question, the UK Daily Star reports. "The criminal damage may have been committed in drink, but the car was plainly someone's pride and joy," the judge observed in passing sentence. "You wouldn't have a car like that otherwise." Next time try trashing a Toyota, pal - it's cheaper all around.

Tags: celebrity, chef, Enzo, Ferrari, Ferrari Enzo, FerrariEnzo, Jamiroquai, Jay Kay, JayKay, rock star, RockStar, supercar, UK

Angry Chef Trashes Rock Star's Ferrari Enzo

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wheels

Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay's $1.4 million Ferrari Enzo (above) was trashed by an enraged chef at a seaside resort where the rock star had gone for a little R&R earlier this week. Kay had driven the supercar to the 3-star Brudenell Hotel on England's Suffolk Coast and was staying there when his over-the-top attitude angered the hotel's chef, Aaron Billington, the UK AutoTrader reports. Apparently it was Billington's night off, and he and others were socializing with Kay in the hotel's bar. After several rounds of drinks it seems Kay made some derogatory remarks - according to one report he ridiculed the others' lesser vehicles, bragging about the Enzo parked outside - angering Billington.

The chef was later seen throwing rocks at the Enzo, shattering the windscreen and smashing the driver's side window. The damage was estimated at £30,000 or about $42,000. Billington later told the local court he committed the crime in a "moment of madness" after becoming upset by Kay's "offensive" remarks. Asked to comment, Kay, 39, remarked, "It's disappointing. It says something about the British psyche." Kay, who appears on the hit British TV show Top Gear, has an amazing collection of supercars among which the beautiful black Enzo is his prized possession. His fleet includes a Ferrari F40, Ferrari F50, a Rolls-Royce Phantom and a selection of classic cars including a Lamborghini Miura, Mercedes-Benz 300SL roadster and an Aston Martin DB5.

Gallery: Jay Kay's Cars

Tags: Celebrity, Chef, England, Enzo, Ferrari, Ferrari Enzo, FerrariEnzo, Hotel, jamiroquai, Jay Kay, JayKay, Lamborghini Miura, LamborghiniMiura, Rock star, RockStar, Suffolk

Famously Smashed Enzo Back On eBay For A Discount

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wheels, Auctions

Remember that Ferrari Enzo that Eddie Griffin "accidentally" smashed into a wall while promoting his car-centered movie Redline? It's back on eBay again. Last August saw the restored car, which was severely damaged in the front end and believed to be totaled, on eBay for $1.3 million. It didn't sell so the restorer, car dealer Matt Groner of Matthew's Autos in Houston Texas has put it back on eBay at a reduced rate. The "buy-it-now" price is set at $990,000 taking it under the $1 million mark.

[via Jalopnik]

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Tags: ebay, eddie griffin, EddieGriffin, enzo, ferrari

World's Most Expensive Ferrari

by Erin Mays (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wheels

This is a man with a lot of money. After pulling up past his Porsche Cayenne and personal gas pump in a Maserati, New York Hedge Fund manager Jim Glicknehaus swaps cars for a Ferrari Enzo-turned retro '60s sports car.

Glickenhaus liked the 330 P3/4-era Ferraris so much that he took his Enzo out to Turin, Italy, to recreate the classic cars based on state-of-the-art technology. The entire upgrade cost $4 million on top of the $1 million sticker price on the Enzo all by its lonesome.

Among the upgrades include a complete overhaul of the body, redesigned and rebuilt by Pininfarina, 20' wheels wrapped in fatter tires, beautiful, custom-made fabric (picked out by his wife? Daughter? I'm not one to judge, I just don't know), and a raised "cut line" to allow for easier access to the monster living underneath the hood.

Ferrari liked the overhaul so much that they approved badging the vehicle as a bona fide Ferrari.

Thanks to Johannes for the tip!

[Source: YouTube]

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Tags: enzo, ferrari, ferrari 330, Ferrari330, maserati, pininfarina

Eddie Griffin Drives a Ferrari Enzo...Into a Wall

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wheels

Maybe it's because he's rich, or maybe it's because he's an actor and spends so much time "faking" emotions, but I don't think Eddie Griffin looked nearly upset enough in this video when he accidentally ran a Ferrari Enzo into a cement wall during a practice lap for an upcoming charity event promoting his newest movie, Redline. I realize that sad things like this happen all the time in Hollywood and in the movie-making industry, but that doesn't mean I have to like it -- especially when it happens by mistake!

At least no one was seriously injured - that is, if you're not counting the car, which is (was) valued at over $1 million dollars.

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Tags: automobile, car, crash, crashed, eddie griffin, EddieGriffin, enzo, ferrari, movie, Redline, wheels

Stefan Eriksson Loses Another Car

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wheels

The story of the epic Enzo crash on Pacific Coast Highway just gets more and more interesting. The latest episode involves the wife of Stefan Eriksson, the former Gizmondo boss who took the Ferrari for its ill-fated spin. The LA Times says that Nicole Persson was stopped by Beverly Hills police along Wilshire Blvd. driving Eriksson's Mercedes SLR McLaren. The car had British plates but no tags and Persson did not have a valid driver's license. The car was impounded. As we mentioned earlier, it seems that both the Ferrari and the McLaren may belong to a bank in Scotland and Eriksson shipped the cars to the U.S. to avoid surrendering them. The picture here was taken by 13-year-old Spyder Dobrofsky who was on the scene at the time of the traffic stop.

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Tags: enzo, eriksson, ferrari enzo crash, gizmondo, mercedes mclaren, mercedes slr, MercedesMclaren

Ferrari Enzo Crash on PCH

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

I saw this on the local news this morning. Apparently some idiot took a Ferrari Enzo out for a little early morning spin along Pacific Coash Highway in Malibu. The genius smashed the $1 million car into a telephone pole and then took off into the hills leaving his passenger in the car with a cut lip. A three-hour search by helicopter and car failed to turn up the driver. According to details from the news, the engine was on the highway while the Ferrari wreckage was a few hundred yards away and it is estimated the car was traveling at least 100 mph. Given that the Enzo is an extremely rare and pricey car it makes me wonder if we are looking at a celeb-on-the-run situation here.

UPDATE: It turns out the passenger was the owner of the car. The owner who is from the Beverly Hills-Bel Air area says the driver ran off but according to police only the driver's side airbag had blood on it.

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