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New videos from the set<\/u> of Miami Vice \u201885<\/u> reveal Austin Butler\u2019s Sonny Crockett and Michael B. Jordan’s Ricardo Tubbs driving a white Ferrari Testarossa, the wrong car for the period of the TV series that director Joseph Kosinski\u2019s film is retelling<\/u>. And there\u2019s likely a legal reason for that.<\/p>\n
In the first two seasons of the 1980s TV series, Don Johnson\u2019s detective Sonny Crockett drove a black 1972 Ferrari Daytona Spyder convertible before it was blown up by a Stinger missile<\/u> in the Season 3 premiere. (Cue the gaping Crockett<\/u> meme.)<\/p>\n
In the show\u2019s canon, Crockett\u2019s cars were seized assets from criminals and loaned to him by the Miami-Dade Police Department as part of his undercover identity. The department supplied Crockett with a white 1986 Ferrari Testarossa<\/u> in the second episode of Season 3.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8| Austin Butler and Michael B. Jordan back on the streets of Brooklyn filming \u2018Miami Vice \u201885\u2019 \ud83c\udfac\ud83c\udf34<\/p>\n Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, the city is yours \ud83d\ude0e\ud83d\udd25 https:\/\/t.co\/AWnbL6W400<\/p>\n \u2014 Miami Vice \u201885 Crave (@MiamiViceCrave) November 8, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Daytona Spyder seen on the show, however, was a replica built on a Corvette C3 chassis since Ferrari North America refused to provide the show with an authentic model. Ferrari launched a legal battle against the show<\/u> and the replica builder, McBurnie Coachcraft, citing trademark infringement and brand dilution.<\/p>\n \u201cThey eventually settled the dispute, winning broad legal protections for their trademarks and even the \u2018shape and profile\u2019 of the car,\u201d recapped by @CinemaIsLife<\/u> on X. \u201cAs a part of the settlement they donated two authentic Testarossas (their new flagship car) to the production\u2014but only on the condition that the fake Daytona be dramatically blown up on national television.\u201d<\/p>\n\n