Someone Butchered A Real Ferrari 360 Modena To Create This Stretch Limo

This time, the "Taxi" titled stretched Modena is up for auction. At the time of writing, there's a bid for $19,700, but it hasn't met the undisclosed reserve. However, there's a buy-it-now option on the Copart listing for $40,000.

A Non-Repairable Ferrari
Copart is an auction site for "wholesale and repairable vehicles," but, in reality, it's mostly known for cars written off by insurance companies. RM Sotheby's, or even Hemmings, it is not. Right now, the bright yellow 360 Modena limo is sitting in what looks like a salvage yard in San Diego, California. While it still has its 3.6-liter naturally aspirated V8, it's incredibly unlikely that this Ferrari will ever be properly enjoyed on a back road again. To stretch it into a limo, it has been cut in half, and it's not going to be worth trying to put it back to factory spec.

Few Options For A Buyer
Clearly, someone has actually managed to overestimate the bad taste of Americans, and it wasn't a popular limo. Or, someone forgot to take into account that city party-goers prefer more headroom than the average Ferrari offers. People would let their hair down on a night out with this car as transport, but only for practical reasons. We're not even going to contemplate drunken party people getting to the next venue and trying to get out.

Now, there are only a few options we can see for this Ferrari's future. It gets bought for parts, either to help restore a Modena worth saving or to transplant the engine into something else. At the right price, a 394-horsepower Ferrari engine is a fun swap for a lot of cars and all but guaranteed to get great YouTube and TikTok views.

Alternatively, someone picks it up and takes it to the one place in the US where it might be popular as a limo for hire – Las Vegas. Given that tourism is drastically down in Vegas this year, the timing is far from great. However, the bodywork and what we can see of the interior look like they aren't too bad. Certainly, it can be made to look shiny and new by fixing the dents and scratches. The problem is that the listing doesn't mention if the engine starts. A Ferrari engine is not a cheap one to rebuild, although the 36,903 miles on the odometer reported is a good sign.

Those are about the only options we can see. While the idea of someone buying and shipping it to Germany as a Nurburgring taxi is appealing, that would require a huge investment to get it handling even vaguely well and kitted out for safety. But, Ferrari, if you're reading this, that would be one hell of a project, save a Ferrari from being discarded, and be one hell of a public relations stunt.