Shaquille O'Neal's 1998 Ferrari Spider F35 has been auctioned off these days on the Bring A Trailer website. The former Lakers center has in fact decided to give up his jewel, made to measure for The Diesel in 1998 - he could not drive a normal car: it is another 2.16 meters and with a weight of 147 kilos. For the moment, the highest offer registered on the site is 49 thousand dollars (about 39 thousand euros) and the auction expires at 10:35 pm tonight (Italian time).
The machine is fully equipped, with bluetooth, and the modifications made as required by
O'Neal, who for his
physical needs had the soft top removed from above the car to replace it with a tonneau; the tank was moved from the back to under the hood of the car, so as to have more space for passengers. There are also four seat belts (which have, given the former basketball player's nickname, superman logo) and Pirelli P Zero tyres with nineteen-inch Giovanna Luxury Argento rims; the engine is the 3.5-liter 380 hp V8 engine, with a robotic gearbox like the Formula 1 models. The color is what has always made this Ferrari model, Argento Nurburning, iconic. For those concerned there is little to worry about. The car is practically new, with only
12,000 km registered on the odometer and according to experts, since it is a special but not so rare Ferrari model, the offer prices will not be extraordinary for such a model.
