I'm not sure if some of you heard, but another Enzo, and a quasi-famous one at that, was totalled 6 weeks ago in Utah. If any on here read Road & Track, I'm sure you've read some articles written by a Richard Losee. He owns (now owned) an Enzo, and was contributing periodical stories forthe magazine on how the car was.

His plate read "MMENZO" which the MM stands for "many miles". At the time of the last aricle, a few months ago, he wrote a story about how he got his car to do 218 on a US highway. The mileage on it then was close to 30,000 I believe. This guy wanted to put on as many miles a possible. This is too cool in my book, as most who own this car never drive it anywhere near this much.

Well, I just read about the crash. It seems Utah has a charity event called the Utah Free Pass Road Rally, where owners of exotic and generally fast cars can pay a fee, and drive the as fast as they want, without any consiquences to them. Its a 15-mile stretch on Hw 257. Anyhow, reports are that Richard was driving his car close to 200 mph, when he hit a dip in the road, and the car became airborne, AND rolled 7 times. He's alive, but rather banged up, with multiple broken bones. Click on the link below, to see the small report on a car website.

Ferrari Enzo Crash More pics of Enzo

This guy has been very kind to many people who have asked to ride in the car, and has given many charity rides for sick children who's wish is to go for a spin. I wish him the speediest of recoveries, and hope he's able to find another car. Get well Richard, this story should make for one great read in a future issue of Road & Track.

 

This was the Enzo with the T-Top conversion.

 

yep old news, these guys are slowly making the Enzo extinct.

 

MMENZO is pronounced the same way you say stupid in spanish: "menso"...coincidence?

I hope he gets well soon

 

not really one is an S sound as in mensa and the other is a Z sound as in zoom

 

oh that stinks. maybe he'll buy the mmkoeniggsegg as his next car... i dont think that'll make a good vanity plate though.

hope all is well, and we see him soon

 

Yay. Another overrated Ferrari ruined.

 

Unfortunate that he crashed it. Still, gotta give him credit for driving it like it was meant to be driven and in a sanctioned event (not in traffic) unlike most of the morons whose cars end up on that wrecked exotics site. I bet he put more miles on that car than all the surviving examples ever will combined.

 

I have never heard of an Enzo with a T Top? I thought that was how the doors opened.

 

What he did, was he called Pinin Farina, and asked them for a second set of doors, and to have the top portion (the part that lines up with the roof), cut off. The hinge is only on the bottom part of the door (I think). He kept the orginal set of doors in his garage wrapped up, so the car would still be "OEM". If you google something like "t-top enzo", you probably will see photos of it. Its pretty cool looking.

 

Hope he recovers quickly.

 

Now you're getting too technical You're right though. Where I went wrong was that I said MMENZO in Spanish, instead of in English.
If you were to say mmenzo in a spanish "accent" it would come out the same way "menso" would. The Z in spanish is pronounced like an S.
Well, in "Mexican" spanish at least.

In "Spain" spanish, the Z sounds like an "s" and a "d" combined.

 

yeah I know I was just giving you crap...lol!

 

not be an **** here but its Pininfarina, sorry was just bugging me.

 

 

Sorry.

 

no worries, just stupid small petpeeve of mine

 

Last I heard the driver is recovering well, and should be in full health relatively soon!

I hope he tries another project "Many Miles" very soon. I am interested to see just how many miles some of these cars can actually amount to.

Peter

 

i kind of agree, but i dont know. thats some cold words.


i just wish these dumb flappy paddle gear boxes werent becoming so popular.
not starting an argument. but i think porsche did a better job with the carrera GT. which i saw one in my home town this afternoon btw.