• custom cars

    Ferrari To Rich Customers: You Give Us Money, We Build You A One-Off

    Formalizing a long history of coach-built specials for super-crazy-rich customers (remember the James Glickenhaus Ferrari P4/5?), Ferrari has confirmed to Car magazine that they'll build you just about any car you want if you're prepared to pay for it. We're not talking about the Scaglietti personalization program here either; the only limitations are no SUVs, station wagons or sedans, and you have to use the chassis and airbags of an existing model. So, how many zeroes are involved? More »

    2:40 PM on Tue Jul 8 2008
    By Wes Siler
    4,075 views, 51 comments

    Latest by Upsilon: Two words:Battle Cars. ~Y more »

  • custom cars

    Glickenhaus Ferrari P4/5 Heading To 2008 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

    Not doing anything in the beginning of April? Want to see James Glickenhaus' Pininfarina-designed Ferrari P4/5? Feel like going to Bahrain? Now's your chance to scratch all those itches at once. Glickenhaus is heading to the U.A.E. for the 2008 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix on April 4th-6th. It's an event we're told will "play host to a mouth-watering array of machinery celebrating Ferrari's sixty years as a constructor of Formula One and sports racing cars." And oh yes, he's bringing his P4/5.

    6:30 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
    By Ray Wert
    3,107 views, 23 comments

    Latest by a7mado: Bahrain is a country and not part of the UAE. Cmon guys its simple geography.... more »

  • custom cars

    Garage419 Talks P4/5 With James Glickenhause At Palm Beach Supercar Weekend

    If we were obscenely rich car owners, we hope that we'd be obscenely rich in the vein of James Glickenhaus, owner of the one-and-only Ferrari P4/5. As opposed to shutting cars away in garages merely to accrue value, the Glickster takes his unique vehicles outdoors where they accrue lust from car nuts like us. In the meantime, we'll just have to live vicariously through him in this interview from Garage419, which includes a great discussion of downforce-inducing exhaust designs. [Garage419]

    3:15 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
    By Matt Hardigree
    970 views, 18 comments

    Latest by Mr_Sives_Remotoc: @CARBONFIBER: "The man built arguably one of the most truly..." let me correct you, the man signed arguably one of more »

  • glick!

    James Glickenhaus Shows off His Toys

    Big Daddy Glick gives us a tour of his bespoke Pininfarina Ferrari P4/5, parked beside the classic P3/4 that inspired him to disfigure an Enzo to such a degree. It's filmed in the backyard of Jalopnik's New York compound, in Westchester County (motto: Come watch our bond traders procreate!). He also describes the process of backing up a Brinks truck full of cash at the Pininfarina headquarters in exchange for their coachworks efforts, and Ferrari's reaction to his plan. All that and how his wife got to pick the seat cover fabrics. Haters step off, this is the feel-good hit of the year. – Mike Spinelli More »

    7:00 AM on Fri Jun 22 2007
    By Mike Spinelli
    1,005 views, 24 comments

    Latest by offyatindy: When it comes to older guys and younger women, Flavio Briatore (impregnator of Heidi Klum) still gets the nod as more »

  • news

    Glickenhaus on Living With the P4/5

    Ed Jim "Big Daddy" Glickenhaus has had a few months to toy with his Pininfarina-built, Enzo-based Ferrari P4/5, and the auto types over at Forbes commissioned Ted West (who did the Car and Driver P4/5 profile released just before the car's debut at Pebble Beach last summer) to speak with tha Glick about what the car's like to live with. He was careful not to dis the underlying Enzo, pointing out that the P4/5 is both an evolution and a result of technology that's four years newer. He then went on to point out that his machine is faster, louder and less likely to scrape on curbs than Ferrari's own basket-case-mad supercar. – Davey G. Johnson More »

    9:00 AM on Fri Dec 15 2006
    By Davey G. Johnson
    476 views, 2 comments

    Latest by AndrewSaar: I may actually be in love with this man. So many guys who have these fantastic creations let them more »

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    Lewis Black Rants On James Glickenhaus And His Bespoke Ferrari

    Lewis Black, always looking to cover things that've slipped through the cracks, decided to take on James Glickenhaus. Glickenhaus is the Ferrari collector who went and commissioned Pininfarina to build him a $3 million bespoke update of the Ferrari P4 over an Enzo chassis, the 612 P4/5. It'd appear that every time this car gets mentioned in the newspaper, it gets an upgrade of about half a million in the price tag. By Detroit, we're thinking they'll be pegging the price at about $9 million. As for Mr. Back In Black, wait for the always funny money shot at the end — we guarantee the punchline'll be worth it. – Ray Wert More »

    8:51 AM on Mon Oct 16 2006
    By Ray Wert
    231 views, Comment

  • custom cars/hot rods

    Glickenhaus Ferrari in the Parisphere

    Rich guy and Ferrari buff James Glickenhaus showed off his Pininfarina-designed Ferrari 612 P4/5 for the international media yesterday at the Paris show. This morning we caught the customized Enzo as it rode the turntable with obligatory Sultry Italian Model(TM), showing off its various bits. Glickenhaus also told us he was among the first to order one of Alfa Romeo's sexy new 8C Competizione models — which will sport a 4.7-liter 460-hp V8 — after Alfa opened its book on the model yesterday (no word on price). Between the Ferrari, Alfa and "Basket Case II," Big G is our new Captain Kangaroo. [Gallery] More »

    8:45 AM on Fri Sep 29 2006
    By Mike Spinelli
    3,025 views, 5 comments

    Latest by Bumblebee: Hey Glick - I'm hoping to score a '91 Miata. Can I have those c notes you wipe your ass more »

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    James Glickenhaus' Ferrari P4/5 Coming-Out Party

    As debutante balls go, this one was a doozy, featuring all manner of exotica and just plain expensica. While our favorite car in the building was Spyker honcho Victor Muller's three-place vintage Rolls with a wooden deck and a side-mounted gun-rack built for some maharajah or other, all eyes were on the stage for the unveiling of James Glickenhaus' Pininfarina designed-and-built P4/5. We've written about it ad nauseum, and pix from Pebble have already appeared on the site, so this post is essentially an addendum to illustrate the sheer madness as the great washed (you think they let the unwashed through the gates at Pebble Beach, son?) swarmed the magnificent vision in carbon fiber. Still, Jim, we've gotta give you shit on the horrid Jock Jams you cranked during the reveal. Next time you drop four mil on a custom car, call us. We'll set you straight on the tunes. H sker D 's "New Day Rising" seems like it would've been the natural choice for such an occasion. More »

    7:00 AM on Wed Aug 23 2006
    By Davey G. Johnson
    237 views, Comment

  • clips

    Coming Out: James Glickenhaus Unveils His Pininfarina-Built Ferrari P4/5


    Video by Dru Wynings More »
  • concept cars

    Glickenhaus Ferrari P4/5: Test-Drive Video

    We've never videotaped a new-car test drive before — 20 minutes of bullshit talk from a guy in a bad suit, and us trying to decide when to "test the brakes," isn't exactly cinemographic gold in the making. But again, we didn't spend $3 million to get our own, custom Ferrari, designed by Pininfarina. Luckily, buyer James Glickenhaus recorded his first time behind the wheel of his Ferrari P4/5 for posterity. It's not long, but at least there's no one yammering on about trunk space. [Thanks to Anthony for the tip.] More »

    11:11 AM on Thu Aug 3 2006
    By Mike Spinelli
    281 views, 2 comments

    Latest by andyf: Yeah that is a bit odd ... I assume the test drive was recorded before it was painted red. more »