Woe to the transporter who scratches a $550,000 car. Can't do much if it bursts into flames of its own accord, though!
Of the five Ferrari 458 Italia supercars that combusted worldwide, two caught fire in China, highlighting the number of people in China who will pay $550,000 for a car.
By Peter Ford, Staff writer / September 3, 2010
You may have missed the news this week that Ferrari has recalled all its 458 Italia supercar because five of them have recently burst into flames.
You are unlikely to have been personally concerned: The Italian company has made only 1,248 of these vehicles, selling them to the likes of Eric Clapton.
What caught my eye about the story was that two of the five flaming Ferraris worldwide caught fire in China.
That’s the sort of factoid that gives meaning to the striking statistics one comes across from time to time about Chinese incomes – the ones that say China has 64 billionaires, more than any other country except the United States (according to Forbes’ 2010 rich list), or that China’s Gini coefficient, measuring income inequality, is 0.47, one of the highest in the world (according to the World Bank.)
Read the rest in The Christian Science Monitor
PHOTO CAPTION/CREDIT: A Ferrari car is on display at the Beijing Auto Show on April 23 in Beijing, China. This week, Ferrari has recalled all its 458 Italia supercar because five of them have recently burst into flames. Wei Yao/Chinafotopress/Newscom
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