Ferrari’s most famous police car cruised Rome in the 1960s

The talented video crew at Petrolicious unearthed this historical nugget from Italy: In 1962, as a reward for fighting back the Mafia, the city of Rome acquired two special police cars — V-12 powered Ferrari 250 GTE coupes, given by Enzo Ferrari himself as a way to test the market for police vehicles. While one was destroyed in a fatal accident on its test day, the other patrolled the streets for years — and while Ferrari never built another patrol car, the 250 GTE became a part of Roman lore.