Back in January 2014, the so famous car of Michael Jackson’s Pepsi Commercial was sold and here it is again through MotorGT.
This car was driven by the king of pop in a 1987 Pepsi advert, back in the days of acid-washed jeans and long curly hair. It wasn’t just any advert either – the Ferrari was built specifically for a four-part epic display of commercialism where MJ basically becomes Indiana Jones, trying to escape fans.
The build was carried out by a company in California at a cost of £30,000, which seems like quite a chunk of change for just a few seconds of televised glory but hey, it was the decade of excess and Pepsi had the hottest musical icon in the world.
It’s not clear if the car was ever actually owned by Jackson, but some internet searching shows it’s been bought and sold a few times over the years. Just 17,000 miles show on the odometer, which is something we’d expect given the famous history of this particular Testarossa. It’s reported as having received a major service from a Ferrari dealer back in 2013, and it’s located in Fort Lauderdale with an asking price of just under £600,000.
Aside from the folding roof the car looks as fresh and original as it did in the 1980s. Combined with the television appearance and connection to a music legend, we reckon this Ferrari isn’t just a cool car, but a proper 1980s time machine as well.
