Cars & Bikes

Inside the World’s Most Exclusive Auto Shop

Where $7,000 radar-detectors are the starting point and seven-figure sound systems the checkered flag.
Photographer: Dolly Faibyshev for Bloomberg

Ferrari’s F430 Scuderia was about 60 years in the making. Larry Feherenbaker started tearing his apart in a matter of weeks.

Actually, he hired Ai Design to do it. A custom car shop near Manhattan, Ai installed a roll cage, a fire extinguishing system, downdraft plates, a wing, a new exhaust system, a new suspension and a custom-built nose. In the process, the so-called prancing stallion—shiny and plush off the assembly line—became a rangy, raw-boned creature that was relatively painful to ride.