The Gizmondo Plot Thickens

[fitbabits]

Thanks to Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/) for the latest news (http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=63089).

A week after former Gizmondo executive Stefan Eriksson's Enzo Ferrari was destroyed on a Californian highway, police have announced that a gun magazine found nearby may be connected to the crash.

According to the LA Times, detectives are attempting to determine whether the magazine is linked to the incident. They are looking to interview a person who they think was in the car with Eriksson - presumably the mysterious 'Dietrich', who Eriksson has previously claimed was driving at the time of the crash.

Sergeant Phil Brooks also told the LA Times that the vehicle was one of two Enzos imported into the US by Eriksson, along with a Mercedes SLR. Brooks said that police have not been able to find the correct papers for the car, meaning it was not "street legal" for driving on Californian roads.

Brooks added that police now believe the car was travelling at 162 miles per hour when it crashed, and not 120 mph as previously reported. The crash occurred when the Ferrari hit a bump in the road, causing it to fly through the air and smash into a power pole.What a mess...

[MagicAlex]

There's an easy way out of this mess. They just have to say the videogames made them do it. Isn't there a mission in Grand Theft Auto where you have to crash someone's Ferrari and shoot things?

[fitbabits]

There's an easy way out of this mess. They just have to say the videogames made them do it. Isn't there a mission in Grand Theft Auto where you have to crash someone's Ferrari and shoot things?
Shhhhh. :)

[drakkarim]

like i said before, too bad he/they didn't die, less cess in the gene pool.

[phantomhitman]

How the hell did this guy have this much money. For a company that never made money he had roughly 3 million dollars in 3 cars. Unless the cars were stolen from overseas or something.

[crashedout]

Given the way the SLR is designed and MB safety equipment I am sure it kept right on going. Imagine seeing the Enzo fly...wow.

[Meusli]

I just love the whole "a guy named Dietrich was driving at the time" excuse. The sort of excuse a child would come up with ;)

[Klade]

It wasn't me! It was the one armed man!

[Atorak]

How the hell did this guy have this much money. For a company that never made money he had roughly 3 million dollars in 3 cars. Unless the cars were stolen from overseas or something.

SLR McLaren Base Price = $452,750

Ferrari Enzo Base Price = $652,000 x 2 = $1,304,000

SLR McLaren + Two (2) Ferrari Enzos = $1,756,750

/end nitpicking :)

[bboy]

Brilliant!

Dietrich defense > Chewbacca defense?

[IagoTheHunted]

How the hell did this guy have this much money. For a company that never made money he had roughly 3 million dollars in 3 cars. Unless the cars were stolen from overseas or something.

The company was never intended to make money, it was just a way to trick investors out of theirs (like the Phantom). Pluss this guy is suspected to have mafia ties in Sweden (I think Sweden) where he has an outstanding warrent.

[The Continental]

SLR McLaren Base Price = $452,750

Ferrari Enzo Base Price = $652,000 x 2 = $1,304,000

SLR McLaren + Two (2) Ferrari Enzos = $1,756,750

/end nitpicking :)

Good luck finding an Enzo for the base price. There were something like 400 produced, and as with most of Ferarri's limited production or anniversery models, companies that specialize in the sale of exotic cars typically have their orders in long before the cars are produced, thus they buy them at the retail price and sell them for much more. The Enzo is probably much closer to the $800,000 to $1,000,000 mark much like the F50 before it.

[Bone]

Apparently at least two of the cars were reported stolen in Europe. Nobody is sure how he got the cars over here, and they weren't street legal.

And of course, it was all Dietrich's fault. That German knows how to party!

[Roc Ingersol]

It wasn't me, it was the one-armed man! (named dietrich)

waitaminute... hard partying german in stolen sportscar?
Someone should ask these guys (http://images.fandango.com/images/movies/large/supertroopers_pic1.jpg) if they've seen anyone matching the description (http://socoshenanigans.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/super_troopers_03.jpg).

[ChamberX]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think this would have made a great game? Maybe even Gizmondo's killer app?

[Echani]

I know Dietrich's Wild Ride would have me queueing in Gamestop for my Gizmondo.

[ruprect]

I was thinking the same thing, ChamberX. That or a movie. They could call it something like "GIZMURDER!"

<audience groans>

[absolut taco]

The company was never intended to make money, it was just a way to trick investors out of theirs (like the Phantom). Pluss this guy is suspected to have mafia ties in Sweden (I think Sweden) where he has an outstanding warrent.
The Swedish newspapers that I read online are all talking about his ties with the mafia... They also love to use his nickname "Tjock-Steffe" (Fat-Steffe)...

[King Chaos]

I don't get it... was it a magazine to a gun... like a "clip" or was it a magazine about guns that they found? :D

[Yeti2005]

Brilliant!

Dietrich defense > Chewbacca defense?

Why would Dietrich, an eight-foot tall German, want to hang out with Gizmondo executive Stefan Eriksson? That does NOT MAKE SENSE! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does NOT MAKE SENSE! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Dietrich! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does NOT MAKE SENSE! If Dietrich lives in Germany, you must acquit! The defense rests.

[Doctor Setebos]

I don't get it... was it a magazine to a gun... like a "clip" or was it a magazine about guns that they found? :DOh, wow -- that's funny. I hadn't even considered the fact that a magazine can also be a gun clip! I read the article and assumed they were talking about some gun enthusiast magazine.

I'm not myself these days. :rolleyes:

[phantomhitman]

Good luck finding an Enzo for the base price. There were something like 400 produced, and as with most of Ferarri's limited production or anniversery models, companies that specialize in the sale of exotic cars typically have their orders in long before the cars are produced, thus they buy them at the retail price and sell them for much more. The Enzo is probably much closer to the $800,000 to $1,000,000 mark much like the F50 before it.

thank you, now i dont have to type it out. Just to update that figure, more than not they go for over one million. The slrs are also pushing intot he 600-700k range.
/tagteamownage ;)

[Grimmjow]

its funny cuz i was gonna pust the scan i did of the newspaper showing this....looks like this guy had plans

[ChamberX]

I was thinking the same thing, ChamberX. That or a movie. They could call it something like "GIZMURDER!"

<audience groans>

The tagline would read: GAME OVER WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING...

[cppcrusader]

Oh, wow -- that's funny. I hadn't even considered the fact that a magazine can also be a gun clip! I read the article and assumed they were talking about some gun enthusiast magazine.

I'm not myself these days. :rolleyes:

Don't feel bad I read it the same way, even though I should know better. It did seem like an odd clue for them to make a connection with. An ammo clip makes much more sense. Especially considering his mafia ties.

[laggerific]

don't they have black boxes to determine just how fast he was going?

[ezzkmo]

I read it as a gun magazine (real bullets), as in shots were fired. Driving 162 mph and being shot at, prolly escaping a raging Gizmondo fanboy.

[ElectricMonk]

i've been trying to go to gizmondo's site now just to see what the heck they do but i guess this has been great advertising for them.

[fnname]

Haha..when I read this yesterday..I thought it was a Gun Magazine...as in reading material..DOH!
Anyway...who is buying all the Gizmondos to pay for this guys Ferrarri?

[Sensei-X]

He probably still has quite a bit of his funny money from his days of running with a counterfeiting ring in Europe.

[The Continental]

I read it as a gun magazine (real bullets), as in shots were fired. Driving 162 mph and being shot at, prolly escaping a raging Gizmondo fanboy.

You'll probably have an easier time finding this "Dietrich" person than finding a Gizmondo fan of any sort.

[IagoTheHunted]

Haha..when I read this yesterday..I thought it was a Gun Magazine...as in reading material..DOH!
Anyway...who is buying all the Gizmondos to pay for this guys Ferrarri?

I said it already but nobodys buying gizmondos. His investers bought the ferarri, along with several other cars and huge commisions to his friends and wife for useless crap. The whole thing was/is a scam.