Procrastinating holiday shoppers can now grab one of Miami's most iconic two-seaters: the all-white 1986 Ferrari Testarossa driven by TV cops "Sonny" Crockett and Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs in the hit 1980s series "Miami Vice." The car is available on eBay through January 7 and is being offered for $1.75 million by a south Florida pawn and auto loan company.
It acquired the car in 2012 from the person who purchased it from the series producer, a department of Universal Studios, in 1991, according to Auto Pawn Plus owner Peter Lima. "This has been in a garage, hidden for almost 30 years," he said. Ferrari could not be reached to confirm the car's authenticity. The vehicle has done 16,000 miles (25,750 km) and has the built-in Motorola phone used in the show, Lima said.
Throughout the series, which aired on NBC for five seasons from 1984 to 1989, producers used a number of cars, including a replica Ferrari for flashy shots cruising down Miami's sun-soaked, palm tree-lined streets. However when Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari discovered the show was using a replica he demanded Universal use authentic cars, according to Lima. Producers acquired two black 12-cylinder Testarossas that were later repainted white, according to work receipts.