This 2000 Ferrari 456M is for sale in Littleton, Colorado with a buy-it-now price of $45,000. The factory 5.5 L V12 and four-speed automatic transmission were replaced with a 3.0 L 2JZ inline-six and five-speed automatic transmission from a 2001 Lexus GS300. The engine was installed using modified BMW V12 mounts and rides on rebuilt 456M front shocks and 575M rear shocks. The car’s factory pop-up headlights were changed to aftermarket Toyota Celica headlights. The current owner says the car passed California emission test two years ago and had over $3K on a service check. Issues with the car include a scratch on the passenger’s door, windows will not roll down fully, engine light will come on, key fobs do not work, transmission oil gauge does not work. If you are interested in knowing how this project was born, please read Road&Track’s article.
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Did he add a turbo or left it NA?
I believe it is NA. Surely if it was turbo, the owner would mention it in the listing? “Engine is now a 3.0-liter 2JZ straight-six on BMW V12 engine-mounts”.
So basiccaly it’s a Ferrari, with performance of Lexus GS300? With a manual and a turbo I could see it selling for 45k. The way it is now – no.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. What a damn shame.
Worse than the engine swap is the pop up headlights swapped for celica units. 🙁
Hmmm- engine swap- OK a V12 is expensive to rebuild…but why not the V-8 if going NA.
The headlights- you really think you can do a better job than Pininfarina? Yeah- right….
I got that Ferrari now who wants to see what it looks like?