Ferrari F50 News

The mysterious Tax The Rich team seems to have plenty of money to get hold of supercars and blast them around their rural lair. So it's no surprise they can afford the kind of high-end video camera that gives you stunning slo-mo of the action.Their fitting subject for this stunt is a Ferrari F50, and with the high-speed camera you see every detail as it drifts and dances.We've previously seen Tax The Rich dish out similar thrashings to a pair of Ferrari F50s, a Ferrari Enzo, a Ferrari 288 GTO, Bugatti EB110 SS, Rolls-Royce Phantom, and a Jaguar XJ220 that was punished through a series of rural British paddocks and down crumbling dirt and gravel backroads.The mystery crew have been very coy about their identity, but it's becoming obvious there's a link to Harry Hunt, the rally driver son of Brit real estate magnate Jon Hunt, whose Heveningham Hall manor estate is clearly identifiable in some of the videos.Watch the video of the Ferrari F50 being punished on our desktop site. This reporter is on Twitter: @KarlaPincott

We've seen Tax The Rich punishing a Ferrari Enzo before, but this time they're giving us a closer look at the action in all the grace of slow-motion.It's the latest in a series from the mystery team, who take supercars to places they're never supposed to be. Over the past couple of years we've seen the Enzo, a Ferrari 288 GTO, Bugatti EB110 SS, Rolls Royce Phantom, twin Ferrari F50s and a Jaguar XJ220 thrashed through farm paddocks and down crumbling rural bitumen, dirt and gravel roads.While the identity of the Tax The Rich driver is officially unknown -- and despite his denials -- it's becoming increasingly obvious there's a connection to Harry Hunt, the rally driver son of Brit real estate magnate Jon Hunt, who's the owner of the palatial Heveningham Hall manor estate identifiable in some of the videos.Watch the Ferarri drifting, sliding and doing burnouts.This reporter is on Twitter: @KarlaPincott 

Ken Block makes do with a specially-built Ford Fiesta Gymkhana thrash machine for his video ventures, but the anonymous souls at Tax The Rich like to create their sideways sequences using museum-grade thoroughbred supercars or ultra-luxury machines.Over the past 18 months we’ve seen a Ferrari 288 GTO, Bugatti EB110 SS, Rolls Royce Phantom, twin Ferrari F50s, a Ferrari Enzo, and a Jaguar XJ220 thrashed mercilessly around their agricultural playground, to the chagrin of supercar fanciers and the guilty pleasure of everyone else.For their latest and tenth instalment, the mega-dollar 288 GTO returns to the Tax The Rich farm, where they put it through the usual opposite-lock action across mud, gravel and tarmac, all to the tune of Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries.The 288 GTO was developed for Group B rallying, but never raced due to the disbanding of the category, and the 272 road cars are now worth serious money. Perfect for the Tax The Rich treatment then!The highlight this time are the slo-mo figure-eights the GTO executes within the tight confines of a hay shed, with its composite body slewing sideways just inches from brick walls.And as with recent entries, it looks like there’s a clue to the subject of the next Tax The Rich instalment, with what looks to be a prototype Ferrari F40 (chassis 74047 as seen below) appearing through smoke at the end of the film. If so, it will be the most precious to be pummelled yet.While the identities of the Tax The Rich progenitors officially remain a mystery, the elaborate gates shown in the Phantom film just happen to signify the entrance to Heveningham Hall, a palatial 25 bedroom manor that makes Downton Abbey look like an outhouse, set in 460 acres of lush Suffolk farmland. Significantly, Heveningham Hall is owned by real-estate magnate Jon Hunt, and his rally driver son Harry…This reporter is on Twitter: @Mal_Flynn Watch the desktop version of the Tax The Rich Ferrari 288 GTO video here.  

From the same group that brought us videos of a Rolls-Royce Phantom going off-road and a Ferrari Enzo being driven in rally conditions, comes a new one, this time featuring two Ferrari F50s throwing dirt and then playing a game of tug of war.Why? Because Tax The Rich. The group’s mission is to bring you footage of supercars being used in the most unlikely manner, so you can bet there will be more outlandish videos to come. As for their latest video, they’ve chosen two pristine-looking examples of one of Ferrari’s former flagship models, the F50.The F50 may not be the wall poster favorite that the earlier F40 and newer Enzo and LaFerrari models may be, but, with only 349 examples ever built, plus an F1-derived V12 in its engine bay, the F50 remains one of the most sought-after Ferrari models ever produced and is still worth the small fortune.Luckily, neither of the examples here ended up landing in a ditch or crashing into a wall. Watch the desktop version of the Ferrari F50 tug-of-war video here.www.motorauthority.com 

In what looks like factory released spy shots, we are seeing either the second test mule of the Enzo successor or significant changes to the first mule.It appears we are going to see a return to Ferrari Supercar roots, with visual clues to layout, form factor and drive train harking back to the original limited run supercar; the 288GTO. The appendages on F430 body panels on the mule point to twin turbos, as can be seen with the scoops on tope of the hood. The larger rear wheel arches have also been moved back a touch indicating a wheelbase just slightly longer than a 430. The tacked on small flares at rear and cut-out at the top of the front arches indicate a slightly wider track overall.My money is on a Twin Turbo V8 of just under 4 litre capacity in a car smaller and much lighter than the Enzo. This is in keeping with the Millechili design concept we saw last year but somewhat at odds with the SuperEnzo development program.I will be following the complete development in this blog and there is a refresher to the lineage below.Modern Ferrari Supercars288GTO: - The “Supercar” was added to the Ferrari line up in 1984 with the 288GTO, a 2.85 litre twin turbo V8.  Bucking the trend of the day it forewent driving aids and 4 wheel drive in favour of a purists driving experience. Porsche retorted with the 959, which was the most technically advanced vehicle for quite sometime. While they are both considered classics the GTO has now reached legendary status. 272 where made.F40: - In 1987 Ferrari followed up with the F40, another twin turbo V8, this time at 3litres. It was the first road car to break the 200mph mark. Around 400 where built and they are now coverted as one of the all time greats. It was the last car directly commissioned by Enzo before his death.F50: - The F50 followed in 1995 – a naturally aspirated 4.7 V12 with more controversial body styling.  While a great car reviews were mixed at it’s launch, time though has been kind to the F50 and some collectors are now rating it up there with the F40. 349 where built.ENZO: - The Enzo was introduced in 2003 – a 6 litre naturally aspirated V12 with even more controversial body styling – again a design that is aging well. The Enzo is considered one of the greatest Ferraris of all time. 401 produced with the last being specifically built to be auction to aid the Tsunami victims. Rod Halligan