After spending nearly $950,000–the singer was stunned to learn his 1971 Maserati Ghibli was nothing more than a fake.
and a 1972 Ferrari, along with $100,000 in cash, to Cole for the vehicle he believed to be one of them. The total value of Levine’s offerings was set at $950,000., Levine’s lawsuit explains that when he later tried to resell the Maserati, he discovered the vehicle identification number Cole had given him actually belonged to a different car, owned by British car collector Clive Joy for several years.
“After the questioning of the authenticity of the vehicle at [the 2015 auction], someone tried to make the vehicle appear authentic by reproducing or stamping a new chassis plate to make the writing seem more like that used by Maserati at the time, in an obvious attempt to,” the lawsuit reads. “Upon information and belief, it was Cole and/or his agents who made these changes.”.
The lawsuit does not purport to know the true identity of the vehicle Cole sold to Levine but suggests it may have been an original Ghibli Spyder or a converted Ghibli Coupe with a replaced chassis plate. The lawsuit notes that Levine is “not in the classic car business at all” and took Cole at his word that the rare vehicle was authentic.
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