- Police in Brazil shut down a factory making fake Lamborghinis and Ferraris on Monday.
- The sham cars were being sold for 1/5th the price of the real exotic supercars.
- The shop was offering the cars on social media for $45,000 to $60,000. The Italian automakers notified police.
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Brazilian police have shut down a covert factory making knock-off Ferraris and Lamborghinis on Monday, following complaints from the two Italian automakers.
Police arrested a father and son duo who owned the workshop in Santa Catarina, about 840 miles southwest of Rio de Janeiro, according to the $4.
The shop was offering the cars on social media for $45,000 to $60,000, which is far less than what the genuine exotic supercars cost. The least-expensive 2019 Ferrari model is the $4 with a MSRP of $214,533 and the Lamborghini $4 has a base price $200,000.
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The sleek vehicles looked similar to the authentic ones and included badges and seats embroidered with the car companies' logos.
Police delegate Angelo Fragelli told $4 that the mechanical parts came from old cars, such as the engine of a Chevrolet Omega. Authorities are still looking into how many sham vehicles were made.
The raid comes just a few weeks after an Italian court recognized the Ferrari 250 GTO as a work of art, protecting it from reproductions, according to $4. Only a few dozen of those cars were made during a two-year period in the early 1960s. One Ferrari 250 GTO sold at auction in 2018 for $48 million.