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"Undercover Brother" Crashes $1.5 Million Ferrari

Posted Mar 27th 2007 12:21AM by TMZ Staff

Comedian Eddie Griffin saw his life (and his bank account) flash before his eyes Monday after he smashed a $1.5 million Ferrari Enzo into a concrete wall during a charity event at Irwindale Speedway, leaving the ultra-expensive sports car a smoking pile of twisted metal.

The high-speed collision, captured on tape by KCBS in Los Angeles took place during rehearsals for a charity event called "Race for a Cause." Griffin, who starred in "Undercover Brother" and "Norbit," left the crash scene in an ambulance, although he did not suffer any serious injuries and seemed to be in good spirits.

The luxury automobiles used in the charity event were part of a promotion for the film "Redline," a movie about the high-end world of high-performance sports cars.

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16. well I guess Race against Drugs wont be hiring him anytime sooner

lol

As far as the crash test?
If he wasnt going that fast which he probably wasnt for it to fall apart that much is insane and they need to enhance something there

But again in the United States theres arent too many places to drive Enzo's on the street

The Enzo was initially announced at the 2002 Paris Motor Show with a limited production run of 349 units and priced at US$643,330. The company sent invitations to existing customers, specifically, those who had previously bought the Ferrari F40 and Ferrari F50. All 349 cars were sold in this way before production began. Later, after numerous requests, Ferrari decided to build 50 more Enzos, bringing the total to 399.

On November 8, 2005, Ferrari announced that it would build one additional Enzo, bringing the total to 400. The car, chassis #ZFFCZ56B000141920, was auctioned by Sotheby's Maranello Auction on June 28, 2005 to benefit survivors of the 2004 Tsunami for €950,000 (US$1,274,229), almost twice its list price. This sum was presented to Pope Benedict XVI, while Formula One driver Michael Schumacher gave the pope a steering wheel to commemorate the donation. This wheel included a plaque which read, "The Formula 1 World Champion's steering wheel to His Holiness Benedict XVI, Christianity's driver."

The Enzo Ferrari typically trades above $1,000,000 (£500,000) at auction.[1]

Three prototype "mules" were built, M1, M2, and M3. Each was bodied to look like a 348, even though the mules were built in 2000. The third mule was offered for auction alongside the 400th Enzo in June, 2005, bringing €195,500 (US$236,300).[2]

http://www.raceagainstdrugs.org

Posted at 6:04AM on Mar 27th 2007 by Alan

17. The only people crying about the accident is the insurance company.

Posted at 6:24AM on Mar 27th 2007 by TBA

18. As for "racing for a cause," wouldn't it have been more effective to maybe auction off the car and donate the proceeds to a charity, instead of letting some comedian whom nobody has ever heard of crash and total it?

Posted at 9:48PM on Mar 27th 2007 by Idiot Celebrities Blog

19. He should leave race car driving to the experts! Although I am glad he was not seriously hurt.

Posted at 6:37AM on Mar 27th 2007 by evie

20. That car was to complicated for buckwheat

Posted at 7:05AM on Mar 27th 2007 by Dduke

21. WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP - BLACK MEN CAN'T DRIVE : PLEASE ACCEPT THIS OK !!

Posted at 7:22AM on Mar 27th 2007 by Lord Snooty

22. i just saw the crash on the early show on cbs. i was laughing my ass off. first of all i thought it was weird b/c the turn looked really tight. like it wasn't made for a car. maybe i need to watch it again. but what was even funnier was after they finished showing the footage they come back to julie chen and the other guy. then they start to imitate the scene from undercover brother where he's driving with the drink in his hand. i thought that was pretty damn funny.

Posted at 8:20AM on Mar 27th 2007 by skeptical at best

23. I'm I suppose to care?

Posted at 8:49AM on Mar 27th 2007 by Just Ducky

24. According to CNN, the price tag is 1.5Million.

Posted at 9:04AM on Mar 27th 2007 by Dottie

25. hey everybody! thats just PROVES black guys CANT DRIVE???

Posted at 9:02AM on Mar 27th 2007 by jolee

26. too bad he's still alive

Posted at 9:18AM on Mar 27th 2007 by celebrity asshole

27.
NO PUZZLE HERE...........BLACK GUYS CAN'T DRIVE !!!!.....LOOK AT RACING RECORDS....YOU WON'T FIND BLACKS TAKING ANY TROPHIES......THEY CAN PLAY BALL, RAP AND HAVE BABIES....THATS ABLUT ALL....OH YEAH.!!!.....WHINE...AND BELLY ACHE........

GRIFFIN HAS NO WORRIES....HE'S ENTITLED !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 2:52PM on Mar 27th 2007 by Frankie Hoge

28. i agree, the car is over a mil. who cares.. he was doing it for a movie, so it is insured by the producers. he won't pay a dime. however, WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF THE DANNIELYN PATERNITY TEST???? tmz, ur slippin

Posted at 9:43AM on Mar 27th 2007 by dippen

29. can somebody tell me why this dumbass was at the charity event driving this thing?

Posted at 9:49AM on Mar 27th 2007 by cleveland1

30. Oh well, guess that's the last time the "Undercover brotha" will be driving csomebody's priceless car!!! But to that IDIOT #15 "Mr. HATER", Whites boys CRACK UP on the NASCAR all the time....the brothas' have the sense enough NOt to do it in the first place...kinda like hockey!
FOOL!!

Posted at 10:12AM on Mar 27th 2007 by Kevin

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