According to the previous article on Jalopnik, Ferrari claims the tool only works up to 311 miles/500 km...

I am guessing these are never titled ‘new’ cars. Somebody buying a new Ferrari, probably doesn’t want to see that his new car has already been flogged for 300 miles, so the dealer quietly sets these all back to zero just so the new Ferrari buyer thinks he is getting a brand spanking new car off the showroom floor.

How does Ferrari make any money from this? And I fail to see how this would improve Ferrari’s Prestige and Reputation in any way.

Runs a little hot...

I think that the damage to the purchaser of the car goes way beyond what the article is saying about simply value. If the odometer is set on, say, a LaFerrari, from 1,500 to zero, it’s still basically a new car so the only damage would be the value. However, if you buy something like a 458 which was reset from 20-25k,…

No rust!

...if it was just one guy rolling back the odometers of Daewoos in his garage and flipping the cars for cash, the Feds probably wouldn’t get involved.

Two reasons:

Reading the details, Ferrari claims the reset could only be done if the odometer reads 500 km (330 miles) or less. If that is true, would an owner keep lowering the mileage as it runs up to that distance? And I’d note that high end Ferraris are not ordered by the dealer as order slots are provided to loyal Ferrari…

I have a few logistical questions. How do these roll backs not turn up on Ferrari’s going in for service? Let’s say I have a 458 and last time I got the oil changed it had 7K miles on it but now it only has 2K miles on it ... how does the computer not flag that? Does the service tech just record it? If so it would…

This man tells you he didn’t roll back the odometer. Do you trust him? I do not trust him.

For sale: Ferrari 458 with just 1000 original miles; slightly crispy.

It would also be impossible for Ferrari to claim ignorance of the issue because, as we have outlined previously, the DEIS tester requires approval from Ferrari SA first in order to make such changes to the cars.

Or set your odometer to 900,000 miles and get written up in every magazine!

I don’t think most people scrutinize cars the same way they do Teslas. A tesla can’t alter a windsheild wiper without it being all over the internet webpages/ news.

Does that mean after the redesigned model comes out it’ll be slower and the battery life will diminish drastically?

Panel gaps are inexcusable on any vehicle, but perspective here helps.

Making more power out of Mazda’s normally aspirated powerplants hasn’t ever been hard, even keeping them naturally aspirated.

This is why whenever I see those rubber hoses on the road for measuring speed, I always go over them as fast as I can. Need to raise up that “prevailing speed” measurement.