Ever found a Ferrari engine from a crash and wanted to stick it in a lightweight British Sportscar? Probably not, but that’s precisely why Davie Joubert did in this insane one-off build.
It’s fair to say that South African Dawie Joubert has a taste for speed and a flair for the spectacular. With a background in drag racing, he fell in love with the Lotus Elise but when he finally bought one he found it terribly underpowered.
And so he shoved a Honda K-Series engine in the back but he still felt the car could handle a lot more horsepower. As fate would have it, he was told that a Ferrari 488 GTB had crashed somewhere in South Africa and after a year of trying, he convinced the owner to sell him the wreck, and here is the result.
The car was specifically built to take part in the prestigious annual Simola Hillclimb, which our video guy Ciro just raced in an electric car in May this year, alongside this beast. With the twin-turbo Ferrari V8 under the rear hood sending an insane 571 kW to the rears, and an aggressive aero set-up, the Lotus Ferrari was incredibly quick up the hill. Join us as the owner tells us his story and fills us in on all the juicy details about his incredible car.
