Ferrari's/Lambos...
 

Sorry if this is in the wrong area, nowhere else quite seemed as fitting.

Im going to Italy for Three months (feb-May) and I was wondering... Do Ferrari or Lamborghini allow the general public to test-drive their cars?? Anywhere you can fork out some $$ and pay for a drive? I figure if NASCAR does it in America, why not Ferrari in Italy? :) If anyone knows ANYTHING about this or can point me in the right direction... Well i figure it's worth a shot. :drive:

-Charlie

lmao fat chance they will even let you in the door. I very very very highly doubt they will elt a normie test drive a car without some type of massive payment and a signed paper stating you break you buy or they kill you whichever comes first

I agree, unless you were about to buy the car then theres no way you are going to get a test drive. I got to test drive the Lambo Gallardo I had before I bought it...but they knew I didn't fly 600 miles for nothing.

Any companies that own their own? I've seen a few places in the UK that'll let you drive a new Gallardo around a track for a few laps. Maybe i'll be taking a spring break to the UK...

There's a company in Europe that allows you to rent exotics for a day, weekend, week, etc. for a price. They've got Ferraris/Lambos/Porsches/etc. They also have tour routes for you to go on as well. Give me a sec while I try to find the link.

Here you go. I'd love to do this at one point in my life. http://www.euro-sportiva.com/

They charge around $4k+ to rent a Ferrari for 3 days, Lamborghinis are a bit more, and they've got a hefty deposit. Doubt it was the price range you were thinking of, but its' one of the most complete rental places I've seen before. I don't think they have a mileage limit, they have tours set up, etc.

thanks guys, i figure it was worth a shot. looks like i'll be stuck going to the factory and taking a tour... who's gonna tell me they dont offer those?

Do yourself a favor and join Ferrarichat.com and or Lambopower.com. Theres a couple people who go to Italy and they can help you out. Theres many people who have toured Pagaini, Ferrari, and Lambo so its worth joining.


Check this website out too http://www.drive-a-formula-1.com/drive-a-formula-1.html

I rented a Ferrari one of the times that I went to Hawaii, and have seen some exotic rental car Europe sites. One of them is "Italy-by-Ferrari" or something like that. They also have a "Paris-by-Vespa" company.

http://www.finesthotels.net/ferrari/

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LOL they might not

I know a kid in my former highschool whose dad owned a Bently Dealer. He would roll up in a Bently and apparently they would let him test drive anything. I was never there with him, but my friends have been, so I believe it. I guess if you look the part, they're going to try and make a sale.

I could see that, if you are rolling in a new Bentley and the police aren't following you into the Ferrari dealership, I'd probably let them test drive one too :)

That appearance thing can come back and bite them though, years ago a local multi-millionaire (on the Forbes list) stopped by the MB dealership for his yearly S-class upgrade, someone didn't recognize him and didn't want to let him test drive. He calmly walked over to the BMW dealership and has been in 7-series' ever since.

They will let you test drive just about anything I'm sure. I was in San Francisco last spring break staying at my uncle's house. He has bought and sold quite a few ferrari's and maserati's so I'm not sure if that had anything do it with it but we got to test drive a new Maserati Coupe and run the hell out of it with the salesman. I sat in just about all of the cars, and fired up a couple of them too. They were nice and let us do just about whatever we wanted. There was a guy there testing driving a 360 Modena Stradale (race version) for fun also...

I'm sure that had a LOT to do with it! :)

Cool story though.