How I fell in love with the rarest F50 

Gated manual transmission ✔️, NA v12 ✔️, full carbon tub ✔️, insane styling ✔️, and one of the most beautiful/mean exhaust notes of all time ✔️. How could you not love this car

Doug's definition of reasonable cost is like Ed's definition of the middle.

A man of impeccable taste! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to buy some powerball tickets to try and beat him to owning one. Seriously though, Black F-50. The. End.

I do not like black cars but I have to agree that the black F50 is amazing looking.

Spot on about the accessibility of cars today compared to the 90’s even early 2000’s. I spent hours in books stores looking at DuPont registry and any other car magazine just trying to get more info and knowledge on a car. Trying to track prices and values through autoweek classifieds. Different times for sure.

Checking in with also love the F50 and F1. Some of the GOATs 👊

Every car guy has one! That "holy grail" ride! Great Story Doug!

I saw the same car when I was a kid in new orleans, I didn't know who the owner was but he was obviously pretty insane. An unwashed beat on black f50 really does stand out

For me the F-40 is more of a dream. That go kart feel and just how raw they are is just amazing

Another great video to kick off our Monday! Thanks ED!

To be fair... how do you NOT love the F50?

I'm from Massachusetts I live 3 minutes away from state line to Rhode island tiverton..and about 20 minutes from Newport and if you wanna see super cars go to down town Newport you'll see a bunch of super cars... especially summer time...the rich and famous are always driving around in there lambos and Ferraris ect..like you I never seen cars like that till my brother brought me out there to walk around down town and like you I couldn't get enough...it actually made me work harder and save money to finally buy my super car

I'm always scared of buying my dream car if I ever could. That saying "never meet your heroes".

I totally agree that social media and the internet has shaped car culture and the ability to spot those "rare" birds. Not to mention that production numbers of these super cars are probably higher than in the 90s. Here in Austin TX, we vehicles like a 458, Huracán, or GT3 RS driving around town frequently. We also have a few collectors with deep pockets who would have been on your list as a child. Not to mention that our Cars & Coffee now attracts over 1000 cars.

I understand. In the late 80s in my small town a friend/friend of my dads had just bought a new 1987 black Ferrari Testarossa. I was 15 and that was THE CAR to me. My Dad one Saturday said get in we are going somewhere. Sure enough we pulled up into this guys driveway and his garage door opens and there is the Ferrari with the 12 cylinder purring in all it’s drive out tag midnight black glory ! He pulls it out, I look/lust over it takes some pics and ask questions and then a ⛈ happens and the bottom falls out. Tells me I’ll take you for a ride another day( had it just detailed etc) and put it back in the garage. Never got my ride but I still have that pic of me in it poster size 30 years later 😄

I’m almost 42...and I still have every one of my DuPont Registry magazines I bought as a kid growing up dreaming of sports cars!

Congrats on 420k subs! Been watching since 60k it's awesome to see you guys really blow up. Keep up the awesome work!!

Aside from the fact that I absolutely love the F50, and I think it's sublime in black over any and every other color, I just wanna point out that Doug's recount of this car's interesting history is accurate, which is not an easy feat to accomplish with most Ferraris, let alone black F50s. That, plus Doug's pure enthusiasm for the F50, and cars in general, makes this a great video.

I have a Maisto Red F50 which I loved to play with, that picture is my unicorn as well, never seen one in person but I get your excitement since the expectation of dreamimg about it was mind blowing when I was 5

Theres one thing better than a black F50, and thats a black F40

I saw a black F50 in Metairie, LA in the late 90's filling up at an Exxon station. I was about 10 years old. Ill never forget that day.

Maybe you should start with a black F150. Just see where that takes you. I always love a good Doug story. You can tell he is so damn passionate about these cars in such a pure way. All the way back to his childhood. That is really cool.

I wasnt huge on the F50 initially, it always lived in the shadow of the F40 for me personally. But they have REALLY grown on me! One of my absolute favorite cars!

I still think the Ferrari F50 is one of the most beautiful it's not the most beautiful Ferraris ever made simply stunning and elegant

Thanks for another entertaining story. I remember life before the internet when we read magazines for car reviews 😉

Wow, even though I am a fan of the F40LM, that F50 in black was droolworthy!

I like 99% of the VINwiki videos but I loved this one. Reminds me of the my youth also. Made my morning. Thanks for posting.

High mile F50 FTW!

I’m so happy I found this channel. These vids are interesting and excellent!

Saw a Blue Lamborghini Diablo in Mesa AZ today, I absolutely lost it! I'm too young for it to be my dream car, but seeing exotics in person tickles me no matter which one it is.

Few months ago I went to Romans Autos in south London because they shared a picture of a red F50 which was my favourite since I've first seen the images of it. I would never dare to enter the shop, was usually walking around the cars outside and just looking through the glass, but my girlfriend at the time made both of us enter and I almost had a heart attack. So strong feelings to something I would never want to even own because I would be afraid to ever touch it.

I'm 16, still real young. But ive had a bit of experience with cars ( no hyper cars ) but I still get excited seeing some of the simplest cars. I saw an r32 the other day and it made my day. There an fd i see constantly but still get excited. A 2001 hummer h1 gets me happy. All of it makes me unbelievably happy even though I have the ability to see everything at shows sitting there, but its not the same. The first time I saw a countach we were out running errands and I freaked out. I say a murcielago, diablo, diablo sv, aventador s, etc in a dealer and didn't really care as much. Spotting it being driven in the wild is so much better than seeing it where you'd expect it to be.

As a photographer I totally agree with what he says around 2:50 because there is a lack of excitement lately around spotting for sure

I know your pain of growing up in Maine. As a kid there were few things as exciting as seeing a Porsche or Ferrari pass through town. Just the other day I spotted a McLaren 720S in Augusta. Still get excited about that stuff.

im 15 and im still excited when i see my favorite cars drive around somewhere, its just cooler than looking at pictures, and also since youre more likely to see a ferrari or lambourghini drive around than my favorite cars, wich are classics

Ferrari is still my favourite car manufacture. As a kid I would get pit passes to UK FIA GT races with a Ferrari team because his company was a sponsor. My dad has loads of pictures of me standing mouth open as the cars tore into the pit lanes and the crew rushed around them. Even shook Tiff Needells hand to wish him luck - he then wrecked his black Lamborghini on the first lap 😆✌🏼

Starting at 2:32, he brings up a very good and valid point on what it really used to be like when it came to wanting to be around exotic cars. Several years ago, it was NOT what it is today, as far as being able to see some crazy, ultra-rare exotic car do donuts in the middle of a highway: You can go to RU-vid right now and find several THOUSAND vids of people doing that very thing. The only time in the recent past that u really got exposed to that kind of awesome insanity was either you happened to actually BE THERE when it happened, or u found a DVD collection with a few hours of that crazy kind of stuff on it (yes, Dustin-- Thank you SO FRIKIN' MUCH for the "Mischief" series of DVD's) But that was it, really. Now, u have a stupendously huge amount of digital media tailored for EXACTLY THAT kind of crazy, that's accessible anytime, 24/7.

I remember my local Ferrari dealership had a Carolina blue f50 for $360,000

I TOTALLY agree about the internet devaluing the experience of seeing cars. I did similar things growing up and when I came across a special car it was a big moment. Instant access and gratification takes away the hunt - and the hunt is what it’s all about.

Doug had some cool parents to take him all over the place to see those cars. I have to say, even with Cars and Coffee, etc. it's still pretty terrific to see exotic cars out in the wild. :0)

If satan drove a car it would definitely be a black F50. Probably with a blemished title too.

Back in my day I had to walk up a hill 5 miles both ways just to see an exotic car👴

I just can't stop smiling while watching this specialy on the part where his telling those story of him as kid because as teenager i only see such cars on magazines or on youtube so seeing them in person is like a dream come true and i just can't stop smiling the whole day

As a car person who also grew up around Boston in the same time period, I completely understand! I spent many an hour in the Foreign Motors West showroom drooling over cars way cooler than the Ford's my parents drove. Awesome job explaining the excitement of pre-broadband car sighting.

He's not wrong though, a black f50 looks incredible.. that's one of the iconic super cars I have yet to see in person.. one of these days!

When I was a kid my grandma used to take me to all the cool car dealers in town and it got to the point where everyone in my local Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Porsche, and VW dealer just knew who I was and they would take me on rides in the new cars and stuff. It was awesome, I got to ride in an SLS AMG GT and a few normal things like a 911 C2S and an M5. I got to ride in the new 09’ SL when they got the first one in inventory and had a “tent event” to show off the car. Such fond memories. Wow I was such a geek.

Love it. It's black, it's rare, it's NA, and it's done right. Can't say all that about many Ferraris... Having said that, I don't love it as much the F40. F50 might even be a better car but the F40 is MY unicorn

Idk deadmau5 lives near me and he drives his McLaren P1 alot and every time I see it I still go nuts

I'm so used to seeing rare cars living here in Florida and I still get excited when I see them. I also work a mile up the road from Lamborghini Sarasota so I see cars quite often and sometimes test mules.

I remember when I was younger, my father and I would go to Champion Motorsports on Long Island (Now Lamborghini of Long Island) and we would just look at all the amazing exotics. Saw my first F40 there, many Ford GTs, a Carrera GT, the old Vanquish, even a Gumpert Apollo. Some of the most distinct car memories I have. Great story.

My dream Ferrari was a f40 when I was a kid🏁🏁

Totally agree that social media has devalued supercars for kids. I used to gawk at a ferrari rolling by in town as a kid, when I'd see one maybe once a year. Now kids can just see them all over the place online and track them down! Funny story about that particular F50, I'm pretty sure I met a guy who said he was the one who sold it, but he definitely wasn't named Mike Sheehan...lol!

This video brings back vivid memories of my 12 year old self doing this exact sort-of thing with visiting exotic dealers within 500 miles from home, and mainly the day we walked into a place called Motorcars International in Springfield Missouri to be surprised to see a 1995 F50 in red being serviced no less. What an experience it was to see such a car being from a small town in Arkansas. F50 is still the top of the mountain for me.

Great story. I remember seeing this exact same F50 while driving on the Palisades Parkway, and flipped out at the time that I actually got to see one on the road.

Black F50 is also one of my all time unicorn favorites. I hope to buy one or even a red one.

I don’t think it makes it less worthwhile to see cars on the internet. If you love cars, and you see an exotic, you’ll still get that feeling of awe.

When I was young I had a poster of a Porsche 959 and a Ferrari f40 on my bedroom wall!! Kids now have RU-vid!! The dreams are still there but not in the same way..

Absolutely agree, the black F50 is the ultimate Ferrari. Extremely rare and clearly the best paint job possible.

My favorite Doug of the car world!

Gonna be real, the sense of excitement when you see a hypercar has never been devalued for me even as someone who looks at cars online a lot. It's just a different vibe when you see a photo of a hypercar compared to when you see it yourself. Just the other day I saw a silver Evo VII in a drive-through, and for a while there used to be a white Evo VIII that I'd see every so often around town. One of my favourite sightings as well was seeing an orange Aventador in Perth, and a little outside of Perth, a white FC3S Mazda RX-7 in a parking lot.

I don't feel like the internet has devalued the excitement of seeing a nice car. Nothing can compare to actually seeing it and most importantly, hearing it. Seeing a nice car on the internet is a dime a dozen, actually seeing it in person is pretty rare where I live.

Actually had the chance to see the other black US spec F50 yesterday at a Ferrari of Denver track event. Truly and incredible car

It’s taken me years...decades to warm up to the f50....after the f40 it was way too organic in its design but I still understood that under that exterior it was a very unique machine...I felt bad for not loving it like I did the f40 right from the start....the driving session Chris Harris did with both cars was the start of my warming to the f50 and one the best car videos I’ve seen period.

I like the f50, but I'm still such a sucker for an f40 instead. But.. I absolutely love everything. Ugly cars, fast cars, custom cars, show cars, stock cars, old cars, tough cars, treasured cars, junk cars, rare, new, weird, fun, classy, luxurious, whatever! You name it! I learn a lot every day, and every car has it's perks and drawbacks. I appreciate it all, but really love the unique.

I nerded-out to a photo in Car & Driver of a Lamborghini Countache for an entire year. The same damn photo...to get a fix. Seems silly today.

This dude reminds me of what I’m like. I have my dad take me to car dealers and cars and coffee all the time.

The Ferrari F50 in Nero Daytona is my favorite road car ever (excluding a road legal F1 GTR LT). IMPORTANT: My friend the other day that knew I loved the F50 in black and sent me a picture from Arvada CO of one and I almost instantly shot it away as a fake photo. I then learned that it was a real Nero Daytona F50 and more important than that the car has been in hiding and no supercar registry (vinwiki, exclusivecarregistry, dupoint) has its vin in their system. This blew my mind and unfortunately I don’t have a picture of the license plate. It is amazing to know ones in Colorado, especially one that nobody knows about.

Him talking about DuPont . Dude . I love that magazine . Picked one up today love it .

Liking and loving these videos since the 30K Ferrari

Early 2000's, my early teens, New Hampshire, snow outside and I'm looking at a bland warehouse but packed with brand new Vipers. What a memory.

Saw the exact black F50 at car week this week. Just incredible.

I love these videos. They're great when I'm driving because i don't need to stare at my phone, so thank you for giving me entertainment while i drive without the risk of hitting a 🌲

Another riveting yarn from Ambien Doug. Wait until you hear about the one time he almost saw an f1 but didn't. this guy has the power to put anyone to sleep in moments.

When you own a black sports car, they look great clean but terrible dirty. Keeping it clean every day is a labor of love (a mandatory labor of love).

Doug and Rob have the best stories

The Doug videos are always entertaining to watch👍🏻👍🏻

Helped paint cars for a little while with a guy up in north Georgia who used to do all the paint work for Ferrari of Atlanta. He also used to do a ton of work on all those exotic cars at his shop behind his house. He has a photo album of all these cars he's worked on there, and one time he had a red and a black F50 at his house at the same time! I'm like you, the black F50 has always been my favorite exotic car. I think there were only 4 ever made, and 3 were in the US. How rare is that?? AND, very unexpected too. I'd think there'd almost be as many black ones as there were red ones. So this guy Scott lives in this little subdivision and there were so many badass crazy expensive cars going in and out of his place that his neighbors got all worried that something illegal was going on, and I think it was the GBI who ended up coming out to investigate him, haha.

Best true analog drivers ferrari to this day.

when I heard someone crashed the black F50 it broke my heart

Got a humble request, please release vinwiki in Australia. Thankyou

A black f50 is the most beautiful creation man has ever made.

I still have a ferrari F50 poster in my room to this day lol Had it since I was like 7

That and a jaguar xj220!! All time favorites in my opinion.

My local car group had a Sunday morning meet last summer at a Starbucks (43950 area code) and a private hauler pulled up to get some coffee. We took bets as to what was in the trailer. As the gentleman came out of Starbucks, he asked us if we wanted to see what was inside. As sure as God has sandals, it was a black F50 in the back of the trailer. We were asked not to take pictures as the owner could be upset that he was showing it. It was pretty cool seeing a black F50 that close.

One of my favorite story tellers on here

When I was 14, I remember pretending to be an exotic owner so that I could interact with the guys on the local forums and find out what was going on with meets, rallies, etc.. This was in 2005 when there were much less exotics in the world in general. It was harder to seek them out. Your parents were much more gracious than mine though. I agree, it was quite special when you had to hunt down the exotics and take pics on your sony digital camera and post them to Flickr, and not an iPhone with Instagram. Some of the magic has definitely been lost over the years. But having been born into that generation is what really nourished my passion for cars.

I love Doug's reiteration of his past! He is a fantastic story teller who gives important points to the plot, but also stays on track to the story. Unfortunately for whatever reason when he sits in that chair he looks like he is in a wheelchair.

People ask me my favorite car all the time and it's very very hard to pick just one. A black F50 could be 'it' tho 😍👂

Similar experience to me attending Pasta Run's here in Perth. First time, I not only got to see my dream Testarossa, but I got to DRIVE it. The car that used to be owned by Eric Clapton. On subsequent runs, I've seen some exceptional cars, including La Ferrari and an F40.

Certainly a very valuable unicorn in today's market, but such an amazing car.

Back in my day... I had to walk 87 miles uphill in the Maine snow

Rev up your F50! 🏎🔥🔥🔥💨

Just putting this out there... I love doug, VINwiki, all the petrol heads/dreamers in the comments. Oh, and ofcourse, a black F50.

Herb Chambers!!!!! I always thought his ad's where funny as hell!

Saw a video of that F50 where the driver was driving the shit out of it in the New York area, probably the same car that was wrecked.

No doubt those Ferrari dealers were MIGHTY impressed when that canary Prowler rolled up...

obviously F50 is the most under appreciated exclusive ferrari.

The F50 is amazing. I don't believe anyone else has built a V12 with 5 valves per cylinder.

Vin Wiki can I tell you the story of when I bought my 3 dream cars which are below. Remember this is 1992 when CD's and Fuel injection were rare let alone the feature listed on these cars below. 1991 Honda Prelude (4ws, ABS, TCS, Climate Control, Power fold mirrors, B20A Engine - Efi, DOHC, 16v) 1992 Honda Accord (4ws, ABS, TCS, Climate Control, Power fold mirrors, Airbag, Integrated Antenna, keyless entry, F20A engine - Efi, DOHC, 16v) and 1992 Honda Delsol SiR (Transtop, ABS, TCS, ,Climate Control, AirBag, LSD, B16A Engine - Efi, DOHC, 16v & Vtec) For the knowledgeable and enthusiast, you will know each one is the Halo of each model, where just one of these feature is considered extremely rare stateside rare let alone combined and from factory fitted. These are like Albino Unicorn horns making each one an Extremely rare example in its own right. Would love to share my story.

"are you here to see the McLaren F1?" lmfao so fxx'd