Ferrari F430 Accident - Pretty Car, Pretty Flame...

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Paraphrasing the title of the 1996 Serbian film “Pretty Village, Pretty Flame”, the burning Ferrari F430 pictured above sure gave a spectacular show to by passers on the South Luzon Expressway that connects Metro Manila with the provinces of the Calabarzon region in the Philippines. Anyone got any idea how this accident happened? -More images after the jump

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31 comments

  1. Carboy // July 25, 2007  

    It looks like the Engine caught on Fire and the guy had to pull over. Poor Ferrari.

  2. Azure // July 25, 2007  

    Look like a poor maintenance check to me before taking out on the road.

    Maybe low inter cooling to keep the engine from getting too hot, burning up everything in it.

  3. GhostHunter // July 25, 2007  

    It seems its not uncommon for Ferrari cars to end up in a flaming heap of rubble. Just give google a search to see other examples of flaming hot ferrari cars.

    Not to mention a recall for the F430 to replace certain hydraulic hoses which could melt in the hot engine bay.

  4. Anonymous // July 25, 2007  

    The car came to realize that it is a Ferrari and decided to kill its self...

  5. Anonymous // July 25, 2007  

    Might be that the tropical weather is too hot the F430...

  6. Jonathan Fung // July 25, 2007  

    Well, at least he still has half of his Ferrari. But hmm...this site reminds me that I should probably update my blog's layout.

  7. Mike // July 25, 2007  

    I think the real question should be, what was an F430 doing in Luzon?

  8. Anonymous // July 26, 2007  

    this is not considered as "total lost".....well he still got half of the car left...

  9. Anonymous // July 26, 2007  

    is this the car of willie tee ten??

  10. Anonymous // July 26, 2007  

    I wonder if Ferrari's warranty program covers things like this?

  11. sasha // July 26, 2007  

    To answer Mike's question, there's a Ferrari and Maserati dealership in Ortigas Center, Pasig City. There are actually quite a few Ferrari's floating around Metro Manila.

  12. Anonymous // July 26, 2007  

    Sasha: Really!? I am a little overwhelmed, I know there's a Mercedes Dealership in Manila, and that's top of the line! Well I guess the Ferrari & Maserati dealership is catered towards the upper, upper class of Philippines because those cars are not cheap!

    12,401,988.51 PHP or €200,000

    That's a 50 room mansion on the hills in the countryside.

    /Fergie.

  13. Anonymous // July 26, 2007  

    This crap happens all the time to Ferraris. I've read so many times of these stupid things catching fire like that, burning at an extremely high temperature and melting even the guard rails if they get too close. These cars are trash. Buy a Lambo or save yourself and buy a Z06 if you want a true car that won't just burn like that. Don't buy a trash Ferrari.

    -Tom

  14. Anonymous // July 26, 2007  

    what a damn shame.they have beautiful engine compartments.not to mention a great motor.

  15. Doc // July 26, 2007  

    Hunka hunka burning love

  16. Anonymous // July 27, 2007  

    Tom has no idea what he is talking about.

    As beautiful as Lamborghinis are, they are overpriced and they underperform compared to their Ferrari counterparts. When you buy a Lamborghini, you're buying a name, an exotic exterior, and a top speed you will never reach off the track. When you buy a Ferrari, you get the total package.

  17. Anonymous // July 27, 2007  

    Well if you can afford a car like this, I'm sure you've probably got enough to have it repaired.

    Ferrari owners don't save all their money and spend it all on a car, it's usually disposable income.

    -Primo

  18. erap_arroyo99 // July 28, 2007  

    buti nga sa coño. kasi iparada mo na lang yan sa garahe o kaya't ipang-grocery mo na lang sa loob ng exclusive subdivision mo.

  19. Dandi // July 31, 2007  

    To answer fergie: Actually Yes! there is a dealership of ferrari in ortigas. even those other expensive sports car from europe.
    and there is also dealer of used cars including sports cars from japan,USA and europe.
    for me I thing it happen to him to blow he's ferrari into a pretty flame cuz of pipe leakage and leak in it's gas tank and octane tank.

  20. Anonymous // August 03, 2007  

    A big part of Asia has seen an economic boom in the past 10 years despite of what you read in the news everyday. Ferraris, Maseratis, Bentleys and Lamborghinis are no longer uncommon sightings. The owner of this Ferrari F430 was driving with a bunch of other expensive cars, namely M6, M5 and Cayennes, when it caught fire.

    So anyone who has not been to the Philippines, I invite you to our country. It's not a jungle. And I guarantee you will have a grand time. Cheers!

  21. Gerry // August 23, 2007  

    I would surely have a good look at Ferrari's warranty program before buying this car.

  22. van sales // August 27, 2007  

    This car was so beautiful... What happened? When I saw in movies such car accidents, I thought it's not real. But now I see it's possible...

  23. Anonymous // September 13, 2007  

    i just bought a ferrari a week ago, im not rich like those who owns one, avid fan lang talaga ako ng ferrari at lambo murcie, i hope sana di manyari sa akin yun coz i didnt get the warranty, he he

  24. Taco Loca // September 15, 2007  

    I like the ads for this article by google: SUV crash ratings....[autos.com]

    What there's no add for Ferrari crash ratings??? Hahahaa

    Anyways that sucks for that guy, but it had to be covered by a no lemon policy XD

  25. Anonymous // October 24, 2007  

    there might not be a crash test rating but there was a email i saw showing a kid that took his dads new ferrari brand new and hit a telophone pole at i think in the 100 mph and lived with only miner seat belt bruises just look at google "new ferrari for dad"

    -Zack

  26. Anonymous // December 29, 2007  

    hahaha!!! i've seen these in a commercial of a biscuit (FITA)!!! hahaha!!! kalahati lang kasi binigay nyang fita sa fairy godmother!!! hahaha!!!

  27. Anonymous // April 19, 2008  

    i can't believe that it happened in luzon, a ferarri on fire, these cars are hot cars but this one literally is a hot car, gush!!! if i was the owner of that ferarri, i might have done a classic harakiri,,, 12 million pesos just went into flames... tsek tsek.. tooooo bad

  28. Anonymous // August 30, 2008  

    Yeah, good one Tom. Do yourself a favor, though...Get yourself out of the trailer park and read up on Ferrari's history, reputation and engineering standards. It may be a challenge for you to get out of bed with your sister, but give it a shot. You may learn something.

  29. Anonymous // September 27, 2008  

    OOhhhh to baad a Filipino Lost a very Beutiful car. I hope he won't go crazy and get sick from this.

  30. Anonymous // May 24, 2009  

    this is happen in Malaysia, not Filipino

  31. Anonymous // June 18, 2009  

    Ok this happens stop times, but against Lamborghini a joke, because it just so the front axle broke on a straight and goes against a crash barrier, hmm Lamborghini are trash.

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