Ferrari makes cars and governments like to make sure that they, like any other manufacturer’s, are safe. As a result, a number of Ferraris have to be destroyed to test their safety and Instagram user Mario Colom has posted pictures of the aftermath of those tests.
Knowing that Ferraris must be crashed is different than seeing a trio of 812 Competiziones all dinged up, though. I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t a small part of my lizard brain that thinks “whoa” when I see these cars.
As you might be aware, supercar manufacturers tend to have some tricks to avoid quite the amount of carnage that regular cars go through, as a video from Apex One explained in 2019.
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Although that video dealt with U.S. crash tests, not the Euro NCAP ones seen here, I have to assume that there’s some overlap. Basically, Koenigsegg said that it rebuilt its one crash test car after each test because of how much each one of its cars costs.
In U.S. testing, there are 16 crash tests to go through, which would be more than $30 million worth of Koenigsegg Regera. Naturally, that’s not a particularly cost-effective way to run a business, so the company has found another way.
A Ferrari 812 Competizione doesn’t cost quite as much, but seeing as how the damage seems not to be too extensive, the company may be able to do something similar with a small number of crash test cars. Powered by a naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12, the 812 Competizione makes 818 hp (829 PS/610 kW) and 513 lb-ft (695 Nm) of torque. With prices set at around $600,000, Ferrari likely doesn’t want to be sending too many of these at a wall.
Shame, though, that they (probably) didn’t go the Rimac route and give these cars one last hurrah before crashing them.