Ferrari 612 P4/5 on I-287 in NY

[dw1]

Now here's something you don't see every day.

A Ferrari 612 P4/5 on I-287 between NJ & the Tappan Zee Bridge.

If the road looks familar, it is because it is one of the roads used for the NY-NJ-PA spring run.
NY/NJ/CT/PA Spring kick off run

I was on a business trip from NJ to CT Monday (7/16/12) afternoon and saw a rather "flat" looking car some distance ahead of me. I caught up and took these photos. Notably, the Ferrari was not going very fast - barely above the speed limit - probably because it is such an obvious cop magnet and because of its value.

Here is the same car car (with the same NY license plate as I photographed, no less) at a Paris auto show:
Paris Motor Show: Ferrari 612 P4/5 photos

[kaisen]

You won't see it every day because there is exactly one of them.

Jim lives in Syosset

Cool car, huh?

[herr_oberst]

Kaisen, you beat me to it!

Never liked the exhaust tips, but it's nice to see the guy drives it!

[dw1]

I sort of figured that people here might know more about the car & owner than I.

Being more of a Porsche fan than a Ferrari one, I wasn't familar with the car until now.

For those who don't know, it is a custom one-off car based on an Enzo and built for director and stock exchange magnate James Glickenhaus.

2008 Ferrari 612 P4/5 - Top Speed

According to the article, he paid something around $3,000,000 for it.

Seeing something like this at a car show, concourse, or race track is one thing. Seeing on normal roads and contrasted with "regular" cars is very different. Kind of like seeing a 917 or 962 on the highway. Much more dramatic/unusual than Ford's modern interpretation of the GT40, a new 'vette, a Viper, virtually any 911 variant, or many other high-performance cars.

[kaisen]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Kaisen, you beat me to it!

Never liked the exhaust tips, but it's nice to see the guy drives it!

It's had three different evolutions of exhaust tips over the years.

[kaisen]

Originally Posted by dw1

Seeing something like this at a car show, concourse, or race track is one thing. Seeing on normal roads and contrasted with "regular" cars is very different. Kind of like seeing a 917 or 962 on the highway.

Jim's favorite saying, paraphrased "Not driving your car to protect its value is like not having sex with your girlfriend so she's more desireable for the next guy"

The race version, P4/5 Competizione, is also street-legal with NY plates, and he drives it on the backroads of Europe with very little change to how it ran the 24 hours at the Ring.

[kevin993]

Jim posts a lot at FerrariChat if you want to spend time digging into the history and evolution of the car (and a few other gems in his garage). Here's his race car with similar styling that he's run at the N24:





Will be interesting to see if the next Ferrari supercar takes styling cues from Jim's car.

[enzo1]

F70 spy shots...

[kaisen]

[enzo1]

[Sarc]

Always thought the P4/5 as what the Enzo should have been.
Never met him personally, but from some exchanges on fchat, he comes across as a cool dude.
Love the story from him that recently surfaced about his encounter with Miles Davis, a totaled Miura, and a couple ziplock bags of Peru's finest.

[Damian in NJ]

He also had Girard Perregaux make up a special edition watch for his friends and colleagues who worked on the car.

[Damian in NJ]

And he's not highbrow either, he has a really sweet Fiat Dino.

[stealthn]

Sorry it's fuggly

[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by stealthn

Sorry it's fuggly

x612 P4/5

[Sarc]

Originally Posted by stealthn

Sorry it's fuggly

Different strokes...

[Laneco]

Originally Posted by kaisen

You won't see it every day because there is exactly one of them.

Jim lives in Syosset

Cool car, huh?

OK, this along with many previous posts in the same vein, have convinced me that Eric knows EVERYBODY who is into cars!

angela

[enzo1]

front of the f70...

[McLovin]

Jim's livin the life.