Sometimes horsepower just isn’t enough. Just ask the Ferrari California T driver who recently found himself stuck on a beach in India. The convertible may pack a 500-hp V-8, but it needed the help of an old-fashioned oxcart to free itself from the sand.
The incident occurred recently when a pair of tourists got the bright idea to drive their black and white California T directly onto Revdanda Beach, which is located around 80 miles south of Mumbai, for a picnic, reports Road & Track . What may have seemed like a nice way to spend an afternoon quickly turned into a nightmare when the car became stuck. Luckily for the pair, a man in an oxcart soon passed.
The mammal-powered vehicle, which humans have been using since as far back as 4400 B.C., turned out to be just what the situation was called, according to a video uploaded to X by Pune Post .
Using a rope, the car driver and his two oxen (and two other beachgoers) were able to pull the Prancing Horse free. You wouldn’t think a car like the California T wouldn’t need so much help getting unstuck. The convertible, which was built between 2014 and 2017, is powered by a 3.
9-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 that produces 553 hp and 557 ft lbs of torque. That engine is powerful enough to push the sports car from zero to 62 mph in 3.6 seconds and to a top speed of 196 mph.
Of course, the vehicle was designed to be driven on smooth pavement and not the wet sand of a secluded beach. While the oxcart was able to free the California T f.
