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If you are looking for a Ferrari the cheapest way to get it is bidding for a requisitioned to a drug boss: it costs 150 euros

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Not every day One can bid For a Ferrari FF or a Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG Second hand. But much less common is that these luxury cars can be achieved by a departure price of just 150 euros. However, there is a reason for weight behind: these high -end cars are goods confiscated to drug trafficking or seized to those responsible for those crimes after firm judicial sentences. A Ferrari FF and a Mercedes G 63 at a symbolic price As surreal that seems, the departure price for both cars is only 150 euros. We do not lack any zero in the amount. The main inconvenience is that both cars have been affected by floods in the judicial deposits in which they were kept. He Ferrari FF in Madridwhile the Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG was affected by the Dana of Valencia that flooded the facilities of the judicial deposit in Cheste. The auction is based on a symbolic figure, far from the real value in the Spanish second -hand market, in which a similar FF FF, with 660 hp V12 engine and registration around 2012, can be found in concessionaires or platforms specialized by about 145,000 euros. This Support is a real red bullet capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.7 seconds and reaching 335 km/h that in its original sale price did not fall from 280,000 euros. For its part, the Mercedes-Benz G. 63 AMG with 5.5 -liter v8 biturbo engine, it is a luxury SUV whose 2014 to 2016 version is around a price of between 75,000 and 95,000 euros In the occasion market, also part of those 150 euros in the public auction. Both models are considered objects of desire both by collectors and by conductors that seek exclusivity and power. Auctioned to reverse the damage caused Once requisitioned, the seized assets, such as the Ferrari FF and the Mercedes-Benz G 63 to which we referred to, become managed by the Ministry of Health through the Government Delegation to finance the National Drug Plan. The “low cost” sale of these jewels on wheels responds to an auction policy that seeks to convert the money and resources of illegal activities into prevention and social help projects. According to Memory of the National Drug Plan, in 2024 1,881 seizures were registered from which some were obtained income of 28.35 million euros from Background of goods seized for illicit drug trafficking and other related crimes. Only in this electronic auction format, the seized goods fund obtained 3.22 million euros for several lots of machinery, vehicles, jewelry, boats, etc. As indicated in the report, 70% of the income obtained by the auction of goods seized to drug trafficking is used to reduce demand (prevention and attention to drug dependence), while the remaining 30% finances police and judicial projects for Fight drug trafficking and related crimes. The auction process is already open in the Escrapalia portal and will end on September 25. To be able to participate, those interested should register, present their documentation and pay a refundable bond that supports you in the bids. In addition, vehicles can be visited face -to -face on September 24 in Coslada (Madrid). In Xataka | Social security has entered the housing market. He is auctioning seized houses and floors from 10,000 euros Image | Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz

Mat Watson, expert in Supercars, about the Purosangue Ferrari

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To a Kia Ev6 GT and a pure Ferrari They separate 340,000 euros and four victories. Specifically, those achieved by Mat Watson, Carwow journalist, in Milla’s room. The medium has faced to two rivals who seem to arrive from different galaxies in the classic test of the mile room (400 meters). He Ferrari Purosangue It is one of the most anticipated products of the Italian company in recent years to enter the SUV market. It is sold for almost 400,000 euros to which we can add innumerable extras that, evidently, make the final bill. Some, if you want to skip your huge waiting list, are Selling in Spain for more than one million euros. Although seeing the success that everything has had indicates that the Purosangue Ferrari was going to be an immediate sales success, the Italian company wanted to save him a huge Atmospheric V12 motor of 6.5 liters of displacement to make it clear that we were not facing a second -important Ferrari or an unimportant model for the brand. Of course, its 725 hp did not seem. He KIA EV6 GTon the other hand, it has been recently updated with some aesthetic and, above all, mechanical. It was the most powerful electric car or with a more sporty vocation of KIA with its 585 hp but the Koreans have wanted to take it to a new level by raising its power to 609 hp but can sustain a 650 hp peak for a few seconds. However, it is still a car that is sold for just over 60,000 euros. That is what breaks the schemes because, as you can imagine, yes, the KIA has been winning in the acceleration test with the Purosangue Ferrari. Of five occasions, the KIA won in four of them. And the fifth did not do it because from Carwow they aware of the Korean electric. “At least it’s as fast as a kia” Two SUVs, a line and something to show: who was going to be faster. And from the first moment it was seen how Ferrari was going to have many problems to pass over an electric car, less powerful and much less large. So many difficulties that, in fact, they reduced Ferrari to the second position (of two opponents) all the occasions in which the exit launched was given. In fact, only once the Purosangue Ferrari managed to overcome the Korean electric SUV. It was when Watson, aboard the KIA, activated the Simulated march change that the company is introducing its sportier models and that it is controlled with some cams on the steering wheel. There, the Ferrari devastated. “Ferrari can already say that he has a faster car than a kia,” Watson joked for Walkie Talkie with his partner who responds between laughs that “surely in Maranello they are super happy.” If we are going to concrete figures, the Kia Ev6 GT weighs 2,200 kg, 50 kg heavier than the Purosangue Ferrari and its power is lower but its motor torque is significantly higher, generating up to 770 nm by the 716 Nm of the Ferrari. And that is seen in the video. That overweight subtracts competitiveness in the first meters from the Kia but very soon manages to put ahead with each start thanks to its huge torque but, above all, that an electric car can manage much better the power it sends to the ground. From the first moment has all the power at your disposalNot as a combustion engine, so it only remains for software capable of managing that brutal power so that the wheels do not lose traction. The duel is especially bleeding because we are facing a car that costs almost 350,000 euros less than a Ferrari and that takes the colors despite facing a huge V12, the jewel of the crown of the Italian engines. Although we had already seen similar evidence, such as The McMurtry Spéirling passing over the Ferrari Laferrarithis time is different because that electric car is designed to get the most possible performance, with a very light cabin that allows you to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 1.4 seconds or Stay mouth. The test of Carwow It is, in short, the confirmation of how the electric car has made us break schemes of what was considered fast. How excessive power (a good example is the Xiaomi Su7) is at your fingertips with the electric vehicle. Ferrari, at least, will show him that always sweet and hoarse sound to V12. Photo | Kia and Ferrari In Xataka | Ferrari has won on land, but now points to the ocean. His new challenge is a ship that works without a drop of fuel

Ferrari had been demanding a toy company for 10 years. Everything for Testarossa to be a car and not a bicycle

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To whom we already comb some gray hair, the name Testarossa transports us directly to the Miami of the late 80s, when Sonny Crockettand Rico Tubbs they jumped from the yachts of the drug traffickers and put themselves at the wheel of a Ferrari Testarossa Blanco in the Mythical corruption in Miami (Miami Vice). In a good part thanks to that series, Ferrari turned the Testarossa in a legend Departure from Pininfarina pencils, causing all the children of the time to sigh to see the unmistakable lateral air intakes (they were known as cheese gradators) of this model. However, in an act of monumental awkwardness by Ferrari, the Italian firm lost commercial control of the Testarossa brand. According The published by Reutersa judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (TJUE) has been returned after more than a decade fighting for them. “A toy” that one day set up a V12 The nightmare for Ferrari with the Testarossa brand began just over a decade ago. AUTEC AG, a German toy company, appealed to the expiration of the Testarossa brand registration proving that Ferrari had not used it in any product between 2010 and 2015. The European trademarks They establish that, although trademarks have been registered, they must use them within five years since their registration. This loophole allowed to request the rights of uses on the Testarossa brand before the Office of Intellectual Property of the European Union (EUIPO) that accepted the petition. From that moment, the name of the Ferrari engineering jewel of the 80s, which mounted a 390 hp V12 engine That allowed him to touch the 300 km/h, it could also be an electric bicycle, razor machinillas or a radio -controlled car. In the late 80s, the new Ferrari Testarossa had an approximate price of about 145,000 euros, which is equivalent to about 419,000 today. Today, some of those cars They have come to auction for up to 241,000 euros. Not bad for a car with more than 35 years. The Ferrari Testarossa are eternal According to assured Andrea Scioletti, director of Used Vehicles of Ferrari A Drivemore than 90% of the Ferrari who have left the Maranello factory They are still in circulation. Paradoxically, That reliability It is the one that has saved the Italian manufacturer from losing his most legendary brand. The 7,000 units of the Ferrari Testarossa were manufactured between 1984 and 1996. Since then, that model has only been marketed through second -hand concessionaires or Distributors authorized by Ferrarias well as that of its spare parts. According to The criterion of the Court of Justice of the European Union, those resale of products under that brand can already constitute an effective use of the brand, either directly through its distributors, or authorizing your sale When it comes to third parties. With This sentencethe European Court revoked an earlier ruling of the Regional Court of Düsseldorf that, according to The published In the German Spiegelgranted AUTEC AG the right of use of the Testarossa brand by denoting the argument of second -hand cars and the spare parts that Ferrari wielded. “The use of the brand to guarantee the identity of the origin of the products for which it was registered, by reselling second -hand products, can constitute effective use,” the new sentence details. The cultural imprint that left in the young people of the time the iconography of the series, made years after the end of its production, continue to sell figures at the Testarossa scale graduated by Ferrari. Which has also been considered by the TJCE as a form of use of the brand. In Xataka | The Rocambolesca History of Ferrari 512 TR of Michael Jordan: 15 years lost and has appeared among the ashes of a fire In Xataka | Ferrari will expand its blacklist prohibiting “tuning” and other extravagances: it is not for bad taste, they are just business Image | Ferrari, Wikimedia Commons (Janderk1968)

Ferrari has won on land, but now points to the ocean. His new challenge is a ship that works without a drop of fuel

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Ferrari has already conquered the circuits. Now he wants to do the same in the ocean. Its new project has no wheels, nor ailerons, nor a V12 engine. Is called Hypersail And it is a Monohull of regattasalthough that description barely scratches the surface. The Italian brand has decided to build an extreme boat, designed to challenge resistance and engineering. The challenge is not less: to create a 100 -foot monoccasco that literally rises on water, driven only by renewable energies. Without a drop of fuel. A brand that is no longer limited to asphalt For decades, Ferrari has been synonymous with competition, engineering and prestige. Its history has been written in the most demanding paths and in the most select garages in the world. But times are changing. The brand continues to manufacture sports cars, yes, but it is also expanding its playing field. Today Ferrari not only innovates in his vehicles, he also does it in his strategy. Part of that evolution It has to do with the public. The Z and millennial generation They already suppose 40 % of their new buyers. They are younger customers, interested in design and technology, but also in impact and sustainability. And Ferrari is adapting. In that context, Hypersail It does not seem to be a whim or a marketing maneuver. It can be a way to apply everything learned in the asphalt to a different environment, although later also carrying that experience obtained in the water to their cars. Ferrari describes Hypersail Like a floating laboratory. And it is not an exaggeration. The boat, designed by the Naval Architect Guillaume Verdier and directed by the navigator Giovanni SoldiniIt has little to do with a conventional ship. Its structure is designed to keep the helmet out of the water by means of three support points: a foil coupled to a tilting keel, another in the rudder and one side that acts alternately. This provision Reduces friction to a minimum and literally allows “flying” on the waves. The most radical aspect of the project is not seen with the naked eye: it does not carry a combustion engine. All the energy necessary for its operation – from the control of hydraulic systems to navigation computers – is generated on board while sailing. The source is exclusively renewable: solar, wind and kinetic. It is not just about installing panels or captors, but of redesigning each system to be as efficient as possible. There are no hidden generators or plans B. According to the company itself, for many, this combination of total autonomy and oceanic navigation It seemed unfeasible. Ferrari wants to demonstrate that it is perfectly possible. Ferrari not only contributes his name, he actively participates in development. The equipment has applied to the sailboat many of the tools already used in its cars: aerodynamic simulation, advanced structural calculations and a flight control system adapted to the marine environment. That joint work has already resulted in nine patents, with another six in preparation. The ship reacts in real time to sea conditions, adjusting its position as a racing car would make it trace a curve. According to Ferrari, the development of Hypersail is also contributing to the evolution of its sports. The company has not specified specific models, but this technological approach would fit with its current hyper -sports linelike him Ferrari F80a hybrid of 1,200 hp called to continue what Enzo and Laferrari left. Hypersail It is not a finished product. It is an idea under construction. His assembly has already begun in Italy and the launch is scheduled for 2026. For now, Ferrari has shared very few images of the project, and everything indicates that we will have to wait to see more details of its development. Until then, the sailboat will continue to evolve as an open innovation platform. Images | Ferrari In Xataka | In Australia they already have the ‘infinite train’. To batteries, without catenary and unlimited autonomy, but with a great asterisk

In Singapore, luxury is not having a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. True luxury is simply driving

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Singaporethat little city/country-state between Malaysia and Indonesia where they barely exceed five million inhabitants, is a Place of contrasts. While the enclave has a high degree of government control and certain practices that can be described as repressive, on the other they embrace new technologies to the point of being A world reference in the public sphere towards AI. There, having a car is not a practical need, it is a statement of status. Drive in Singapore. The story was told this week The New York Times. In Singapore, possessing a car is not something practical, it is rather a statement comparable to dressing a designer suit or wearing a luxury watch. The reason? He Property Certificates System (introduced in 1990 to control congestion and pollution) imposes on citizens the payment of Astronomical sums Only for the right to buy a vehicle. These certificates, known as Certificates of Entitlement (COE), can reach up to $ 84,000raising the total price of common cars to Exorbitant figures more typical of a supercar. As the newspaper of Insurance agent Andre Lee told the newspaper, which in 2020 paid $ 24,000 for a kia forte Second hand, having a car was simply part of its professional image, although it later acknowledged that the expense was not justified and chose to sell it. An unnecessary luxury. It is also explained on the other hand. With a public transport network affordable and effective, Few residents They really need a car to move around the city. Long routes cost less than two dollars and transport apps such as Grab are widely available. Despite this, twice a month they are celebrated COE auctionswith limited quotas set by the government. This policy has been very effective: Singapore has only 11 cars per 100 inhabitants, well below countries like the United States or Italy, where the figure exceeds 75. Other cities have adopted by measures against congestion, such as urban tolls In LondonStockholm or New Yorkbut no charge both for having a car and Singapore. The car and social classes. For the richest in the country, acquiring a vehicle with all associated costs does not represent a problem. Su-Sanne Ching, businesswoman, said paid $ 150,000 by A Mercedes-Benzincluding a coe of $ 60,000. On the other hand, for the middle class, especially families with children, the car becomes a luxury difficult to sustain. Joy Fang and her husband told the Times that they bought in 2022 a used Hyundai for $ 58,000 to take their two children. Every month they allocate More than 10% of their family budget to keep the vehicle, which has forced them to reduce departures and trips. Even so, they consider that the alternative (moving with young children and bags in public transport) is unfeasible. Sometimes not even symbolism. There are more extreme cases. Even for those who acquire a car for symbolic or professional reasons, Like Andre Leecumulative expenses can make The decision loses meaning. Maintenance, gasoline, parking and insurance end up exceeding the initial expectations. Read, for example, sold his car three years after buying it and now moves in public transport, or borrows his father’s vehicle when he needs to meet with customers. In his opinion, there are other priorities that ended up despite more than the image that projected to have their own car. Rational choice against chaos. Singapore’s restrictive model contrasts with that of other Southeast Asia cities Like Yakarta or Bangkokwhere extreme traffic converts displacements into an odyssey. For many Singapurenses, giving up the personal car is a reasonable price for enjoying more clear streets and fast journeys. In this regard and According to sociologist Chua Beng Huatthe choice is cultural and practical: the population prefers to avoid long hours behind the wheel. The man himself, despite having a SUV byd to move his grandchildren, says he turns to the subway when he goes to the center. Ultimately, the car in Singapore seems to have become a more than functional aspirational good, one reserved for those who can afford it without compromising their economy. Unlike other parts of the world where the vehicle represents an almost imperative need for mobility or independence, on the island-state it is, for many, A luxury compared With the most ostentatious objects. There is like having a rolex, or almost. Image | William Cho In Xataka | Guide to know if your car can circulate through the Zbe of Madrid in 2025: labels, registered and areas In Xataka | How to make an appointment at the IMSS online in Mexico

Today they cost the same as an authentic Ferrari

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In the mid -80s of the last century there was a category in the World Rally Championship in which vehicles of just 1,000 kilos They flew on the roads of ground driven by up to 600 hp. It was the golden era of group B of Rallyes, and the risk of driving these four -wheeled missiles made this category be eliminated, this category was soon eliminated, Leaving legends as the Lancia Delta S4 Integrale, Audi S1 ​​Quattro and Peugeot 205 T16. The only requirement for brands to participate in this category was that the car that competed had At least 200 approved units for street. Ford designed the RS200 specifically for this test, and manufactured 200 units to comply with the regulation share. That, in itself, already makes it a Very quoted piece For collectors. But Ford went a little further by giving another twist to exclusivity and made 20 of them under the distinctive S (from Special) in his name. He Canadian Murray Dewert He was in charge of refining his engine by adding 100 hp more to the 200 hp that already mounted the “standard” RS200 model. The intense story of the RS200 s Ford The RS200 Ford was specifically designed for Compete in Rally Group B And he appeared in the mid -80s, highlighting for his total traction. Ghia designed an ultralight fiberglass chassis, and installed a 1.8 -liter turbo engine, developed by Cosworth, capable of generating up to 450 hp in its competition version. Therefore, the 20 units of the RS200 s was a street car, but with only 100 hp less than the competence on the tracks. However, group B’s competitions were canceled in 1986 due to numerous fatal accidents suffered by cars that participated in this category, which resulted in Several deaths both among pilots and among the audience due to frequent track departures. That left the RS200 without the possibility of demonstrating its maximum potential on the slopes. Despite this, the highway approved units gained value as collection pieces due to their advanced technology and exclusivity. The Ford “Rosso” The Exclusivity of the RS200 S Ford that concerns us is not so much in its poor global production, as in being a RARE Av For collecting, of which even There is a video of the moment in which Ford gives it to those who now sell it. Within the RS200 s variant with higher performance, only four were painted with an unpublished special color in a Ford car: the Red Ferrari. That makes these units some extremely rare pieces, if it also takes into account that It is estimated that only two Of those four units they have come to this day. This finish was not part of the original factory design, but a specific application that makes it even more unique and special for collectors and enthusiasts. A Treasury for Collectors The model that goes to the market on February 22 in the auction house Iconic auctix It is unit 138 and has been carefully maintained and has 32,186 kilometers in the odometer, which is unusual for a car of this era. In addition, it has been reviewed by specialists, ensuring that is preserved in excellent conditions both in its mechanics and in its body. This detail guarantees that it is not only a collection car, but a fully functional and ready to be driven and admired. The organizers of the auction estimate that it could reach a price of between 270,000 and 340,000 euros given its impeccable status and the rarity of the unit. In addition, it is equipped with outstanding characteristics for the time such as specific Speedline tires, the original interior and a mechanical configuration that makes it as shocking as it was more than three decades ago. A curiosity that shows this unit is that, when being in the United Kingdom, it has the wheel to the right. However, this was not its original configuration that the steering wheel had “in the right place“Ford modified it before giving it to its owner, and facilitated the original pieces in case you wanted to reverse the change. In Xataka | A Rolls-Royce, a Toyota and two millionaires: in 1981 the weirdest car that the Paris-Dakar participated participated Image | Iconic auctix

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