15 Wild Fake Ferraris

Rolling up in 458 Spider and smashing the pedal to the floor generally stops people in their tracks and turns the heads of everyone on the street. You can't blame them—it's not every day that people get to see such a brutal demonstration of automotive beauty.

But what if you saw that sweet ride get smoked by a Toyota full of hippies? In early August, Spanish police raided a garage in Valencia that was creating (you guessed it) fake Ferraris. They were powered by standard four-cylinder Toyota engines. The rides looked impressive, but the performance was ... eh.

Because of their tom-foolery, we've rounded up the 15 craziest fake Ferraris on the interwebs. Some of the stories are of fans just looking to pay homage to their favorite cars, some are hilarious attempts at ballin',and some just make you say "really?". They all, however, share one thing in common—they're not what they appear to be.

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Based On: Toyota MR2

Do some of the shapes on this car sort of resemble a legendary Italian sports car? A little, if you tilt your heaad at 83 degrees. But does it look like a Ferrari? Hell no. It was a cute try, though.

Based On: Citroen AX 1.1

Why didn't we think of this when we were tasked with building something out of paper mache? This is pretty much the best piñata ever.

Based On: Geely Coupe

Ferrari Enzos are extremely rare in their base model. You really expect people to think they're witnessing one of the most insane race cars on the planet?

Based On: Unknown

We have the question mark, because, honestly, this doesn't look like there is just one piece of fake Ferrari DNA in there. There's some Testarossa, there's some Enzo (sort of) ... what a mess.

Based On: Pontiac Fierro

If nothing else, this car gave us the hilarious image of a miniature frankenstein cruising down the street on Halloween trying to pick up chicks.

Based On: Toyota MR2

Two doors, a badge, and a red coat of paint don't make this a Ferrari. What, you thought the new models came with one exhaust pipe?

Based On: Suzuki SC 100 GX

It's like a rejected Hot Wheels car that someone decided to build. We just want to fold it up and put it into our pocket.

Based On: Fake Replicas

Italian counterfeiters built these fakes and sold them for less than 20,000 Euros. It must've taken a team of dedicated Ferrari enthusiasts to discern the real things from the fakes.

Based On: Peugeot 406 Coupe

This dude definitely needs the racing seats to keep him from flying out of this Peugout-based kit. SO MUCH SPEED AND POWER.

Based On: smart car

We must have missed that part of history when Ferrari dipped into the sub compact category. What these pictures don't show are the hordes of women running the other way when this ride approaches.

Based On: Toyota MR2

New Motoring Mag found this 1991 Ferrari 360 Spider F1 2dr M Convertible 3.6 listed on Auto Trader for the too-good-to-be-true price of £5,999. It is, of course, too good to be true. The dead giveaway probably should be the fact that this car is not, in fact, a convertible. If you're going to con someone, at least put a little effort into it.

Based On: Lexus SC430

Can you believe somebody destroyed a hard-top convertible Lexus for this?

Based On: Toyota Corolla

This Toyota Corolla-based knock-off is the embodiment of ballin' on a budget. Like, a really, really small budget, and a nearly non-existent amount of ballin'. Of all the replicas on this list, however, we'll award it with a red ribbon for the best worst car.

Based On: Toyota Celica

We don't know what's a more embarrassing way to look at this: The person is so ashamed to be driving a Toyota that they felt they needed to heavily alter it's appearance or the fact that somebody thought it'd be a good idea to build a Ferrari look-alike on a Toyota platform.

Based On: Mitsubishi 3000 GT

This "Ferrari F430" was up for grabs on eBay for the low price $15,000. It's a great deal for a front-wheel drive, actually-is-a-Mitsubishi300GT-F430, so make sure you strike while the iron is hot!