Only In China: Prancing Horse Kicks Prancing Horse. Film At 11
A Ferrari 458, followed by a Lamborghini Aventador were on an outing in Shanghai when a local horse riding club crossed their path. The Ferrari driver demanded the right of way with the tool commonly used in China, the horn.
The horse next to the Ferrari did what many Chinese would like to do: The horse kicked the 458 into the shins, hard.
According to Carnewschina, the Ferrari driver switched from horn to screaming, “but he didn’t call for police, likely because he didn’t have a license plate on his horse-kicked car.”
“This incident in Shanghai is the third set-back for Ferrari in China in a very short time. In early May Ferrari had to apologize to ‘the’ Chinese people for damaging an old city wall, and just last week Ferrari announced an embarrassing recall.”
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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That's horse power! :P
A couple of years ago, a 15 year old kid on a bicycle hit my Honda Accord and clobbered the right front fender, the hood and the windshield. The tab was $2400. Imagine what you could do to a Ferrari if you and a couple of friends jumped on it with your hobnailed boots.
Will there be signs posted in horse stalls now teaching horses how to recognize "supercars"? Much like there is for bus drivers in China? Anyway, people who haven't been to China really don't understand. The rich in this country can do whatever they want as long as they aren't publicly noticed or embarrass the Party. Copious displays of wealth like that in Shanghai are beyond commonplace. People here love to brag and show off. So the louder and more expensive the car/purse/shoes/jewelry/watch the better. Most likely the owner of the vehicle didn't complain because going to court to get it fixed would have taken more time than he cared to deal with and the owner of the horse(and the rider) probably couldn't pay anyway. It's not like they are required to have horse insurance here.
Communism is the best economic system (in theory). So Marx and Lenin were right (in theory). Pink shirts, ponytails, moustaches and sandals are a good ensemble (in theory).