This week, the boys are tackling their most expensive rescue job yet – the Ferrari Mondial.
Mario hopes to reconnect with his Italian roots by convincing Bernie to take on one of thea true aristocrats of the car world, a Ferrari. Needless to say, anything associated with the famous prancing horse logo carries a hefty price tag, and rescues are no exception. Mario knows that he will face an uphill struggle persuading Bernie to agree. With the assistance of some clever marketing and a trip to a Ferrari Day at the Spa Grand Prix circuit, however, Mario succeeds in getting the car and the project that he wants.
It is soon clear that Bernie’s reservations had some basis in reality. Before the rescue is even properly off the ground, the boys are losing money hand over fist. It looks increasingly unlikely that the team will be able to turn the wreck they have bought into the sparkling sports car they had hoped to produce, let alone make any sort of profit on it. With the car suffering from shorts in the wiring, dodgy vinyl wraps and almost terminal rot, the project is proving to be nothing but a headache to all concerned.
As far as Bernie is concerned, the final nail in the coffin of the Ferrari rescue is hammered in when Mario brings in a specialist to take on the all-important servicing of the engine without consulting him. The boys face a mammoth struggle to overcome their differences and turn a profit on their latest tricky venture.