by Stephen Rivers
- Vienna man crane-lifts Ferrari onto balcony due to no garage.
- Officials ordered removal over fire and structural concerns.
- Owner said he wanted to display the car “like a work of art.”
Plenty of car enthusiasts know the seasonal routine. When winter rolls in, the fun cars go into hibernation, tucked away somewhere dry and climate-controlled to stay safe and warm. But for one man in Vienna, the annual ritual came with an unexpected snag: he was short exactly one parking spot. The car in question? A Ferrari 296 GTB.
So he did what any wildly wealthy person might consider. He hired a crane to put the car on his own private balcony. The authorities shut him down faster than he could say Prancing Horse.
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That man is 28-year-old Amar Dezic, the owner of an auto parts and tuning business in Vienna. According to local reports, he has several high-end cars, including a Porsche Panamera, BMW M2, and a Range Rover Sport.
Clearly, his Ferrari is on another level and for winter he specifically asked his apartment complex if he could have an extra garage for the winter. When it denied his request, he thought outside of the box and inside of the balcony.
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He hired a crane to come over and lift his car onto said balcony and planned to put a box around the car as if it were a piece of art for the winter.
And of course, he made a spectacle out of it, filming the entire process, though who can blame him. When you’re craning a Ferrari onto a balcony in broad daylight, subtlety isn’t really part of the plan.
“The costs were in the four-digit range,” Amar Dezic told BILD. “I wanted to build another illuminated glass box for it. As a showcase for a work of art.” Dezic went on to say that in places like Dubai, this sort of thing is totally normal.
In Vienna, authorities snuffed out the fun, though. Within a week of the Ferrari landing on the balcony, they’d informed Dezic that he’d have to bring it back down to earth. Evidently, concerns around the building’s structural rigidity and fire safety are to blame.
Another crane came out last Friday to remove the car and things went as seamlessly as they did as it went up. Now, Dezic will simply store the car at his work space. No doubt, this was a pricey learning experience.
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