Who says that Ferrari 250 GTOs should be relegated to museums and stuffy rich collectors who’d never drive them on the street? Here’s one we all can enjoy.

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If there is a heaven for car guys then this would be it. What you are looking at is Ferrari World which is set to open this year in Abu Dhabi. Think of Disney Land, but with Ferrari’s instead of Mickey and Goofy. The structure itself is a site to behold as it is constructed to emulate the double-curve body shell of a Ferrari GT car. The park will feature over 20 rides and attractions, including the worlds fastest roller coaster (sorry Six Flags). The facility will also reveal Ferrari’s amazing history from its inception to present day. Unfortunately for most, Abu Dhabi is on the other side of the planet. Those fortunate enough to make the trip however will most likely be rewarded with one amazing automotive experience.

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Ferrari 599 Hybrid? No. Novitec Rosso 848 RACE. Allcaps necessary.

Built by famed tuners Novitech Rosso, the 848 RACE has TWO superchargers and two intercoolers and is good for 848 horsepower at 7,900 rpm and 621 pound-feet of torque at 6,300 rpm. It’ll hit 60 mph in 3.4 seconds and charge all the way up to a top speed of 214 mph. It’s also the sexiest 599 I’ve ever seen.

The 848 RACE will debut at Geneva this year. Hit the jump for more photos and the press release.

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Employees of St. Louis exotic car dealership learned the hard way that big hoonage comes at a big cost. A salesman and and another employee filmed themselves strafing local highways, in the slow lane, just north of one hundred and fifty miles per hour. Understandably, this drew the attention of the local police, who arrested the pair on a host of charges ranging from reckless driving to felonious mopery. The video, withdrawn from YouTube, will be used as evidence by the prosecution.

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On the fence between that certified used Camry and a really clean Ferrari 360? Leaning towards the Camry because it comes with a warranty? Well, stress no longer, since Ferrari has announced a 24 month warranty on certified pre owned models. The optional coverage is available for a wide range of models, including the 360, F430, 550/575, 599 and 612 series cars. To qualify, the car must be less than eight years old and have no more than 90,000 kilometers (56,000 miles) on the clock.

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Now, before ya’ll get all twitchy on me because your favorite car commercial isn’t on this list, listen up! THIS ISN’T YOUR LIST – it’s my list. HOWEVER – if you know of some funny or awesome stuff out there then let us know and we’ll post it up. Hell, we can just make one big bulldog database of the best automotive commercials ever made… I’ll even put it together, just make sure you get me your recommendations.

Citroen C4 – TRANSFORM!!

Ok fine, it’s a bit hokey, but I grew up in the 1980’s and I dig these guys. Plus how often do you get to see a car really let loose and boogie down?

If James Glickenhaus gets his way, NART, Ferrari’s North American Racing Team, might be making a comeback. If you don’t know the name, you probably know about his custom Ferrari P4/5, a rebodied Ferrari Enzo one-off that he commissioned from Pininfarina. Now Glickenhaus has dropped to the media that he wants to build another P4/5 car, a “competizione” version, and take it racing, reviving the idea of an American Ferrari team running factory-supported World Sportscar Championship-type cars for the first time since 1973.

Any Ferrari, especially the “entry-level” F430, is subject to a certain subset of buyer whose hunger for flash and excitement overshadows whatever meager driving skills, or rather, common sense, they might have. Case in point, the gentleman owner of this bright red F430 decided to open ‘er up to see what it could do. He reached an honest 180 MPH before a “strange noise” caught his attention. On the way back down from roughly triple the speed limit to somewhere around 120 MPH, the overstressed right rear tire exploded, with predictable results. Take a look for yourself in the gallery below.

In the barrage of new reveals at the Frankfurt Motor Show, there were a few that regrettably escaped our notice. Some, like the 2010 Lexus LS600h, were no great loss but others, like the Abarth 695 “Tributo Ferrari,” deserved front page coverage and we’re truly sorry they were lost in the mountain of press releases.

Built in honor of the monumental contributions both Abarth and Ferrari have made to motorsports in Italy as well the world over, the Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari combines the renowned compact sportiness of the Fiat 500 with the prolific performance of basically every Ferrari ever built (well, excluding the Mondial). Beneath the hood, the Tributo features a tuned 180-hp 1.4L Turbo T-Jet 16v mated to Fiat’s MTA tranny (replete with paddle shifters to cut shift times) and a Record Monza variable back-pressure dual-mode exhaust. The shoes are 17″ Ferrari-inspired road-huggers, complimented with Brembo 284 mm multi-section discs with fixed four-piston calipers.

Surely you remember Voltron? Five giant kickass lions forming up to create a big metallic samurai space warrior fighting giant space mutants created by the evil witch Hagar? How the kids who piloted the thing always remembered just at the last second that they had this invincible light sword that would cut the mutant in half and save the day? Well, if you do, maybe you’ll share in our nostalgia a bit, because the 458 Italia’s new dash cluster and steering wheel are giving us serious Voltron flashbacks. Hopefully if someone revives the series, they’ll decide that Voltron should form itself out of five Ferraris and use a flaming sword to hack up giant mutant Corvettes.

OK, so the resemblance isn’t so much literal, but looking at the 458’s dash triggered a flood of memories about wanting to be at the controls of some high-tech device of pure awsomeness – fair to say that a Voltron lion or a Ferrari 458 fit that bill. More after the jump.