Rare cars have a shelf life. And apparently, it just expired for this specific machine.
There were fewer than 1,000 of them ever built. The Ferrari 812 Competizione is the stuff of dream journals. Now. One fewer exists in a recognizable state. A European-plated example hit the dirt in Scotland. The conversation about repair died before it was even whispered.
It belonged to Thijs Timmermans down in the Netherlands. A dealership. They filmed it a lot. Last year someone actually drove this matte blue beauty with its yellow racing stripes past 205 mph on the German Autobahn. Three hundred thirty kilometers per hour. It looked angry. It was worth more than $2 million.
Now? Just scrap.
We don’t see the crash itself. Instagram gave us the aftermath. A narrow two-lane road did its worst. The car bounced off everything. Front, back, left, right. Physics is brutal.
Look at the front end.
It’s gone. The hood vanished. So did the bumper. Headlights shattered. The quarter panels got ripped right off. Carbon fiber intakes snapped away from the 6.5 liter naturally aspirated V12. Hoses snapped like twigs.
The windshield caved inward. The back? Shredded. Two taillights hung on for dear life. One rear tire flew off the wheel well during whatever off-road excursion ensued. The airbags deployed. Obviously.
The driver walked away. Uninjured. That’s the only win in the room.
Was it worth it?
The metal is twisted. The history is intact, mostly. But the car itself. It’s just a pile of expensive carbon fiber now. No wrap up here. No lesson learned. Just a sad afternoon on a Scottish road.
The wreckage is the kind that ends the conversation about repair before it starts.
Sometimes the numbers don’t add up. Sometimes the machine breaks.
