Winter usually sends performance cars into quiet hibernation. But one Vienna resident pushed that tradition to an absurd new level. Amar Dezic, a 28-year-old auto parts and tuning entrepreneur, found himself short one garage slot when the season turned. His solution wasn’t more space; it was more spectacle.
Dezic owns a small fleet of high-end machines, including a Porsche Panamera, BMW M2, and a Range Rover Sport. But his pride and joy, a Ferrari 296 GTB, demanded special treatment. When his apartment complex declined his request for an extra winter garage, he decided to think vertically instead of logically.
Lifting A Ferrari Into The Sky
Dezic hired a crane to hoist the Ferrari onto his apartment balcony as if it were a sculpture rather than a 819-horsepower supercar. And, of course, he documented every second. When you’re dangling a Ferrari several stories above the ground, invisibility isn’t an option.
He later told German outlet BILD that the job cost “in the four-digit range,” and that he planned to enclose the car in a custom illuminated glass case. He wanted the Ferrari displayed like a work of art, much like what you might see in Dubai penthouses, where exotic cars parked beside living-room sofas is practically a lifestyle genre.
Authorities Step In
Vienna, however, is not Dubai. Within days of the red supercar settling onto the balcony, city officials took notice. Their concerns were straightforward: structural safety, fire hazards, and the small matter of a heavy mid-engine Ferrari resting on a surface never designed for it.
The order was clear: get the car down.
A second crane arrived the following Friday to reverse the stunt. The removal happened as smoothly as the installation, though the novelty factor was gone. Dezic accepted the ruling and shifted his storage plans back to earth, opting to keep the Ferrari at his workspace instead.
A Lesson In Expensive Experiments
The incident has quickly become a local legend and a cautionary tale. Dezic didn’t break anything, but he did test the limits of municipal patience and engineering tolerance. His unusual idea might have worked in cities that celebrate extravagance, but Vienna prefers its balconies free of supercars.
For Dezic, it was an experiment that cost time, attention, and a healthy sum of money, though he seems unfazed. For the rest of us, it’s a winter-storage story we’ll probably never top.
The Ferrari is safe, the balcony is unburdened, and Vienna can go back to a normal winter, at least until the next imaginative car owner runs out of parking.
