This Huge Ferrari Collection Will Amaze You
For most people, seeing a Ferrari drive down the road is a special event, but this huge collection owned by David Lee would boggle their minds. The man is a prolific collector of rides from Maranello, but usually we only get to see a few of his rides at a time. However, he's given a full, in-depth tour of everything he owns and it's amazing.The man owns Ferraris ranging from model years 1964 to 2024. His collection contains rides from seven different decades, showing you quite a bit of history from the brand and showcasing the evolution of its designs and technologies.
Lee starts out the tour with his Big Five cars, which he owns in both red and yellow, calling them 'ketchup and mustard.' These are, of course, the Ferrari 288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, and LaFerrari Aperta. Those alone are impressive, but that's just the beginning.
After that, Lee shows off even more of a rarity: Michael Schumacher's F2002 Formula one race car. That's right, it's the car Schumacher piloted to a World Championship and is something you won't see just anywhere.
As Lee explains, you have to prove your worthiness to Ferrari to gain access to different cars, in particular the limited edition models. We already are well aware of that, but it constantly amazes us how many people are utterly clueless about how selective the automaker is.
The man says when you work up to a certain level, Ferrari will offer to sell old F1 cars to you as a customer. We can imagine those don't come cheap and the sales contract probably has a lot of stipulations included, because you're becoming a caretaker for part of Scuderia Ferrari's storied past.
Therea are many other impressive rides showcased in this collection tour, so check out the video and enjoy.
Images via Ferrari Collector David Lee/YouTube
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