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This Ferrari 458 Spider Seized From An Ex-mafia Boss Now A Police Car
This Ferrari 458 Spider sports car seized from An ex-mafia Boss in 2015 now a police car.
Though now dressed in green police livery, the Ferrari will never be used to chase down bad guys.
Instead, police planned to use the 458 Spider to educate children that crime doesn’t pay.
Modifications done to the Ferrari includes green Police livery and the addition of sirens and police lights.
Powering it is a 562-hp 4.5L naturally Aspirated V8, which allows a 0-60 mph in 3.1 secs and a top speed of 199 mph.
Back in 2017, a Ferrari 458 Spider sports car worth $300,000 that was seized from an ex-mafia boss in September 2015 joined the fleet a local police station in Milan, Italy.
Though now dressed in green police livery, this Ferrari will never be used to chase down bad guys. Instead, police planned to use the 458 Spider to educate children that crime doesn’t pay.
Other modifications done to the Ferrari sports car formerly finished in white includes the addition of sirens, police lights, which were added behind the cabin as well as in the bonnet gap.
Still powering the Ferrari 458 Spider is a 4.5L Naturally Aspirated V8, which produces 562-horsepower and 398 lb-ft of torque, allowing a 0-60 mph in 3.1 seconds and a top speed of 199 mph.
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Back in 2021, the Italian Mafia warned ambulance drivers in Naples to stop using one of the vehicles important feature, the sirens. Siren is known for aiding the vehicle to forge easily through busy streets during emergencies.
Why? According to local reports, their sirens and flashing lights makes drug sellers and buyers think it is the police that are coming.
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