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First Ferrari 458 in the U.S. Goes for $530,000 at Auction

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Remember Haiti? It was that place that got decimated by an earthquake right before that other place was destroyed by an earthquake. Well, Ferrari remembers, so it held a big, swanky party in Beverly Hills to raise money for Haitian relief agencies.

During the party, an auction was held to extract money from the well-heeled celebs. Although most of the stuff was your typical "be near Ferrari" fare like a racing suit and a chance to be on a pit crew for a day, the big prize of the night was the first Ferrari 458 in the U.S.

Dan Neil, now of Wall Street Journal fame, conducted the auction and managed to squeeze out a bid for $530,000, which is probably about twice the sticker price. Good to be rich eh?
 

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7 Comments

93aero says:

11:50 AM, 03/19/10

RainX latitude wipers?.... classy ;)

stovt001 says:

12:36 PM, 03/19/10

I didn't like the styling of this car when it was first shown, and I'm still not a real fan, but I'm slowly warming up to it.

desmolicious says:

12:57 PM, 03/19/10

Amazing how next to no-one is paying any attention to the car in that photo.

DLu says:

01:12 PM, 03/19/10

LOL @ desmolicious

I hope whoever got it either drives it like it's mean for, or let some poor/ill kids have a ride in it. Put that baby to *good* use! :)

DLu says:

01:13 PM, 03/19/10

... and get your greasy hand off the finish! ;)

I don't like how he's the voice for my beloved Mazda brand ... oh well

cr_driver says:

05:00 PM, 03/19/10

I`m sure everyone already looked at the car a lot.
This car is awesome.

lmbvette says:

12:37 PM, 03/22/10

Is that Patrick Dempsey of Gray's Anatomy fame? Dude...get off the car!

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