Bruce

What was your first exotic car?
Well, for me at the time, it was a 1994 BMW 325 Convertible. I didn't have enough credit to finance it. So I asked my boss to call the bank and have them finance a new BMW for me. Because I had been doing well selling cars.

So you were selling Toyotas and bought a BMW?
Correct. I sold it a year later and bought a Mercedes SL500. Then from there I bought my first Ferrari in late 1995 or early 1996. It was a Mondial convertible..

And you're still driving Ferraris today?
Since I was a kid it's always been a dream for me to drive a Ferrari. My favorite Ferrari today is the 599 GTB Fiorano. I haven't been driving much lately, but every time I want to go anywhere, that's the car I drive. I'm so impressed with the 599 — it has the same engine as the Enzo but it's got the power windows. It's got the nice sound system. It's got the response but it's easier to get in and out of.

Owning all these cars, are there any you'd like to get, but haven't yet?
There's not a car right now that, quite honestly, I can think of that I want. The only one I don't have in exotics is the Bugatti Veyron. And, you know, I'm not necessarily a fan of French cars. It doesn't look sporty enough. It looks like a Supra to me. That's my opinion.

Were you always interested in the movies?
Yeah. When you grow up watching television you naturally have a dream and excitement. But I don't have the looks or the talent to be an actor. That was my first choice, but my best choice was to produce movies.

Were there any car movies in particular that you've liked?
You know, actually there weren't any car movies I liked growing up. But I used to watch Starsky & Hutch and CHiPs with Erik Estrada. But I'm 38 years old. So there were not a lot of car movies being made when I was growing up.

So you weren't impressed by movies like Vanishing Point?
I never got a chance to see them. You know what? I'm going to write them down after we get off this and go rent them.

Where did the idea of putting all your cars together and putting them into a movie come from?
I let almost anybody drive my cars or sit in them. I'm not so fanatical about them. Cars are beautiful and if it puts a smile on somebody's face, you know, to have them sit in a car, take pictures of it, or even drive it around the block, OK. And that's my attitude. When I worked at a gas station, and all these exotic cars stopped by, I was too embarrassed to ask somebody if I can sit in the car. Redline is about all these cars and how beautiful they are. Cars a lot of people don't get to see even on the streets.

How did you decide to wreck a Porsche Carrera GT in the film?
The way it went down is, I had two Porsche GTs. And quite honestly, that car's spun out on me a couple of times. It's a very, very scary car... I thought if any of my friends borrow it, my friends or myself, could easily get killed in it, number one. Number two is that a computer graphics shot would never be the same. So out of all my cars, it was my least favorite car.

But you did take the engine out of it before you wrecked it, right?
It was the only way we could get it to flip. I think we did, like, six or seven trials before that, using different cars.

Last week Eddie Griffin wrecked your Enzo at Irwindale Speedway. A lot of people have speculated that that was planned in order to get more publicity for the movie. How do you respond to that?
You know what? The great thing about where we live is that people are entitled to their opinion. And I would never fight that because they have every reason to think whatever they want to think. But at the end of the day, what matters is that had I known that that was going to get that kind of publicity I would have done a much better job of wrecking it.

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Monster

OK i think this guy is a tool. The things he said about the 599 GTB "I'm so impressed with the 599 — it has the same engine as the Enzo but it's got the power windows. It's got the nice sound system. It's got the response but it's easier to get in and out of" So these are the things he like about the 599, power windows, good sound system....so this guy listen to the sound system rather than listening to the beasty V12 and its wonderful exhaust note.

The reason why he doesn't like the Bugatti Veyron because he is not a "fan of French cars" despite the fact that top engineers in VW created this technical wonder. People like him will never appericates the engineering achievments of this car.

I wonder why did he buy 2 Porsche CTs. He probably forgotten he has bought one already so be bought another one by mistake. He destoryed the car because it is "very very very scary". Unlike a true car enthusiast who appericates the challange to get the best out of the car, he got scared and blew up the car for revenge.

So far i think this guy is a complete idiot, i may change my mind if the movie is good, but I really doubt it

warot

Since when is Bugatti French... the moron

shonguiz

Since Ettore decided it was.

Bruce

I thought he was an idiot before I saw this interview..lol

And no, I haven't seen the movie and I won't. He doesn't deserve any of my money in his bank account (especially when he uses the funds to buy and smash exotics)

Tool? Yes I agree

Osnabrueck

Bugatti was founded in France. In a matter of speaking, it's a French company.

Harry Plopper

Ettore was born in Milan, Italy, while the company was founded in 1909 in Molsheim, GERMANY (German Empire).

The town was, and it is now in France - but in the time Bugatti car company was founded te town was a part of Germany (German Empire).

So, technically it's a German brand.

Mirage77

I'm never gonna watch this movie - he kills one of my favourite supercars in the movie just because it's one of his 'least favourites', and then calls the Veyron a Supra.

Monster

If i have 2 Porsche CGT, i would have sent one to Gamballa and convert it to the Mirage GT instead of blowing it up.

Kowalski

Daniel Sadek is just a selfish c*nt who has no love for cars.

He would do a great favour to the world if he commit suicide or even better, if he was ran over and had his head smashed by a garbage truck.

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