---
title: "Watch This Lambo Shoot Flames All Over a Ferrari’s Hood"
description: "A video making the rounds today shows what happens if you don't leave enough space between your car and the spicy end of an Aventador."
date: "2017-03-24"
modified: "2017-03-25"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/8616/watch-this-lambo-shoot-flames-all-over-a-ferraris-hood"
categories:
  - "Ferrari News"
  - "Lamborghini News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Aventador"
  - "Exhaust"
  - "Ferrari 458"
  - "fire"
  - "Lamborghini"
  - "Supercar"
---

# Watch This Lambo Shoot Flames All Over a Ferrari’s Hood

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/03/flames-1.png>)
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If by some chance you haven't been on YouTube since the Lamborghini Aventador launched in 2011, the car can spit some serious flames. With such a short exhaust path from the rear-mounted engine, there are plenty of chances for unburnt fuel to make it out the back and ignite on the hot tailpipe. Modders have predictably [had a lot of fun](<https://www.fi-exhaust.com/product/lamborghini/aventador_lp700_flaming.html>) with this over the years, and though the usual victims are the [Lamborghinis](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYpRTEcyqGw>) [themselves](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Swlt6jF7Y>), a video making the rounds today shows what happens if you don't leave enough space between your car and the spicy end of an Aventador.

Taken from the POV of a man driving a Ferrari 458 Italia (Spyder?) following an Aventador through some unknown European city, the video shows the two supercars high-revving their way around a corner and down a short residential street. What starts out as a possible dick-measuring contest quickly devolves into something much funnier as the two ease up to a yield sign at a traffic circle and the 458 pulls a little too close. The Aventador passes some gas (probably due to the aforementioned revving), sending flames shooting onto the Ferrari's hood as the driver futilely yells "Stop!" four times.

It's easy to poke fun at the silly Ferrari driver and his first-world problem, but it's got to be one horrible feeling to see your $260,000 car almost get barbecued by some fool. Doesn't stop us from laughing, though.

https://youtube.com/embed/tCwNJZJfdyQ

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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