This Ferrari Testarossa is ‘the most expensive toy car in the world’ – are your kids worth the £75,000 price tag?
Half scale replica is one of only three in the world and will cost you almost as much as a full size 1980s Ferrari Testarossa
WITH a top speed of 25mph and an engine from a lawn-mower this is the slowest Ferrari ever made.
But it's also one of the most expensive toy cars in the world and is up for sale for £75,000.
The Ferrari Testarossa Spider - a half size replica of the 1980s supercar - is one of just three in the world originally built exclusively for Harrods 30 years ago.
It cost £35,000 when new but prices have soared and the "toy" is now worth almost as much as a full size model.
A 1991 example with a 500bhp race engine and 29,000 miles on the clock is currently on the market for £89,000.
The car aimed at kids aged five to nine was given the thumbs up by one lucky schoolboy.
Five-year-old petrolhead Seb Goss got behind the wheel of the car before it's sold.
Seb said: "It's great - I have only got little model one to play with at home but I would like a real one when I grow up."
The car has a fibreglass body with working doors, bonnet and boot. There's a petrol engine, pop-up headlights, full speedo and rev counter, a leather interior and official Ferrari steering wheel.
Owner Howard Watts, who runs Riddelsdell's Garage in Boxford, Suffolk said: "It's a real mini-classic, a unique little car with a terrific history - the makers had to get permission from Ferrari before they could build it.
"It was in a poor state and has taken us a year to get all the parts needed to restore it to its former glory and put it back into showroom condition.
"It may be classed as a toy but it is beautifully built and engineered and the attention to detail is quite remarkable.
"We are officially the oldest garage in Europe - steam and traction engines used to be repaired here in the first decade of the last century - and having this wonderful toy car in our workshop has brought lots of smiles to everyone who has seen it.
"I have a collection of classic and performance cars including Porsches and Jaguars and the little Ferrari has been a great 'fun' addition but now I want to work on another restoration project - on a full-size car.
"It needs a very young driver who will appreciate it and be able to use it - though of course it is not street legal and cannot be driven on the roads."
The Testarossa was built by Ferrari between 1984 and 1991 at the Modena factory with a 12 cylinder five litre engine which developed 390bhp, reached 60mph in just over five seconds and had a top speed of 180mph.
Famous owners included singer Elton John, French actor Alain Delon and US star Tom Selleck.
A white Testarossa used in the "Miami Vice" series by TV detectives Crockett and Tubbs sold at auction nearly two years ago for £125,000.
