Over the years, the ritzy world of Hollywood movies gave us a huge number of car and man duos on the big screen. James Bond and Aston Martin come to mind first and foresmost for obvious reasons, with the 1980s Ferrari Testarossa and Miami Vice up there in our top 10 favorite pairs as well.
The '80s were an era of excess in the United States. Reagan was elected US prez in 1980, the Commodore 64 went to become the best-selling computer model of all time, while the in crowd was mad for matching suspenders with a business suit. Interesting times.
Truth be told, there wasn't much happening during those years if you were in high school or a young graduate. But there was Miami Vice, a crime drama / neo-noir TV series that aired from '84 to '89 and showed kids all over the US how slick the Metro-Dade Police Department is at fighting crooks.
Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and Rico Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas) became heroes for Generation X kids overnight. That's because they were more kickass compared to the schmancy 007, but the Ferrari Testarossa also had a big role in catching the imagination of youngsters that grew up in the 1980s.
In total, only two Testarossa vehicles were given to the show's producers by old man Enzo Ferrari
Originally painted black, the camera equipment back then wasn't good enough to shoot a black-painted car in low light conditions, the reason why white was adopted for the Miami Vice show's ride of choice.
If you want to own one of those two original Miami Vice Ferrari Testarossa cars, we do recommend to prepare a whopping $1.75 million for buying it. On sale on eBay, this vintage Pracing Horse only shows 16,000 miles (25,750 kilometers) on the clock and "Miami Vice - Universal Studios" badges all over.
To boot, that money also buys you an extremely rare mono specchio (single mirror) model, with provenance documents and a thumpin' great 390 horsepower 4.9-liter (301.6 cu. in.) Colombo flat-12 tower-of-power.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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