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Why Black Ferrari Cannot Be Used
IGN • • technology
Key Points:
- New footage from the Miami Vice ‘85 set shows Austin Butler’s Sonny Crockett and Michael B. Jordan’s Ricardo Tubbs driving a white Ferrari Testarossa, which is historically inaccurate for the TV series period but likely chosen for legal reasons.
- In the original 1980s series, Crockett drove a black 1972 Ferrari Daytona Spyder, a replica built on a Corvette chassis due to Ferrari North America’s refusal to provide an authentic model, leading to a legal dispute over trademark infringement.
- Ferrari settled the dispute by donating two authentic Testarossas to the production on the condition that the replica Daytona Spyder be dramatically destroyed on the show, explaining the shift to the Testarossa in the new film despite canon inconsistencies.
- Miami Vice ‘85 is currently filming in New York and New Jersey, with plans to move production to Miami after hurricane season, and is scheduled for theatrical release, including IMAX, on May 19, 2028.
