One of the most famous, or perhaps infamous, chapters in Targa’s 23-year history was the Ferrari that went for a swim.

In 2011, ZR Auto owner Zahir Rana of Calgary, Alberta brought his rare and expensive Ferrari Enzo XX Evolution to Targa. The exotic beast was a crowd favourite on the streets and roads of Newfoundland. Unfortunately, gobs of Italian horsepower and gravel on the road in Marystown were its undoing as Zahir lost control, sending his supercar spinning into the Atlantic Ocean.

“I shifted into second gear and was full throttle when I took a bad spin on a lot of rocks,” said Zahir. “There was no way I could control it.”

The story attracted international media attention and has become the stuff of legend ever since. But in case you were wondering, that wasn’t the end of the Enzo.

“At the time it was like my car life had come to an end,” said Zahir. But not long after the car was lifted from the water he was already thinking of how to repair the Ferrari and make it even better. “When Roland (Linder, co-driver) said it doesn’t look that bad it brought magic to my ears and I thought I can fix it and make a nicer car.”

Three years later the car was rebuilt into the one-of-a-kind ZXX and it still rolls the streets of Calgary. Watch how the rebuild unfolded below and see it in action here.

Now we just need to convince him to come back to Targa!

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