Ferrari Stretch news - Stretching the point -2008

That's gratitude for you. You spent £200,000 modifying a 360 Modena (plus the 130-odd grand it cost to buy the car in the first place), turning it into a 23-foot long, eight-seater stretch limo, and what thanks does Ferrari give you for your hard work?

By threatening you with legal action, that's what. Ferrari has ordered Dan Cawley of Cheadle, Manchester, to remove every prancing horse badge from his 166mph Ferrarisine in the next 14 days, or else... well, we don't exactly know what, but we've got horrible visions of that horse's head scene from the Godfather.

Ferrari argues that the Mr Cawley's modifications means that the car is no longer a Ferrari. Mr Cawley isn't happy. "What kind of precedent does it set when you can't do what you like with your own property?" he says.

TG finds itself in a moral quandary. On the one hand, the Ferrarisine is obviously a Bad and Wrong Thing. On the other, we can't help thinking Ferrari's legal team is being a bit, well, touchy.

Maybe they'd feel differently if Mr Cawley offered them a nice ride around Cheadle town centre with all the Asti Spumante they can quaff.