Has Ferrari's Legal Team Killed Off The Purrari?

After Deadmau5 wrapped his Ferrari 458 with a Nyan Cat theme, Ferrari issued him with a cease and desist notice

18 May 2015

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Packing the car up, gettin er back to toronto! #gumball3000 http://photos-b.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xfp1/10454106_445943435542737_539412244_n.jpg

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Everyone’s favourite custom 458 Italia is no more. Ferrari’s lawyers have contacted the DJ to issue him a cease and desist, most likely due to the custom emblems that mimic the Ferrari logo, as well as his interior mats.

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RIP #purrari ... Hahaha funny tho, now it's a white 458 spider ... With pink calipers! Lel! http://photos-e.ak.instagram.com/hphotos-ak-xfa1/10632392_1468122106791780_2087433916_n.jpg

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Deadmau5 had wrapped his 458 in the distinctive design as a tribute to the Nyan Cat meme, and took it on the Gumball rally. But we won’t be seeing that unique design any more, as the Italia is back in its original white state (though it retains its pink calipers).

I wonder if the jackass lawyer at @FerrariUSA who sent us a "cease and desist" letter over the purrari is un-butthurt now that I unwrapped.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 27, 2014

Yeah it was mostly about the custom floor matts and the custom purrari badges. Whatever. It's just a normal ass 458 now. All good.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 27, 2014

It’s not yet clear if the change of design was a direct result of the cease and desist notice or if it was a route the music producer was going to go down anyway, but it’s still sad to see the Purrari go. After all, it was probably one of the most photographed and shared Ferraris in the world.