Eric Clapton's Special Order 458 Italia

ORIGINALLY POSTED HERE (Shmee150)

This is the new Ferrari SP12, a Special Project creation built for Eric Clapton for a cost of £3m over a period of 2 years. The car is based on the framework and engine of the Ferrari 458 Italia but features numerous design changes to tweak it back to an appearance of Ferraris of old including the 512 Boxer and the headlights from the Enzo.

The car had originally planned to be a 12 cyclinder version but clearly this was too much to ask and as such it seems to run the V8 and controls of the normal car.

This footage was shot for Shmee150, fairly discretely hence the wobbles and lack of focus while the car was outside. I must apologise for the imperfect quality but felt the unique footage of this one-of-one car was worth posting.

Some photos can be found here: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjyFuwMU

Thanks for watching, Tim (Shmee150)



And the man himself, Layla Live at Madison Square Garden 1999 - making his own symphony.