One -off Ferrari Daytona SP3 sold for a stunning $ 26 million at Monterey Car Week Charity Auction – Jalopnik

Okay, wow! Ferrari has just raised a whole, very large amount of money for the Ferrari Foundation. In July, Maranello announced that it would put a special 2025 Daytona SP3 on the block, with RM Sotheby’s the hammer used. This mid-engine V12 Hypercar was specially built for this charity auction and received many extra goodies thanks to Ferraris customized treatment. When the dust was disappeared, according to what was described as a pretty lusty bid process, the The price had risen to no less than $ 26 million. That is quite large than the original sticker price of the Daytona SP3 of $ 2.2 million.

That is the highest hammer price ever for a modern car at an auction, and it is the 13th most expensive car ever sold at an auction Period it was around $ 700,000 up than the second highest sale on Pebble Beach Auctions this year, a Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder from 1961 that Gooding sold. Ferrari played this pretty well: the Daytona SP3 originally had a limited run of 599 examples, but this tailor -made car, while technically speaking number 600, was referred to as “599+1”, with a plaque to prove it. The result reinforces the success of Ferrari’s Icona -Line -Up, which debuted in 2018 with the Monza SP1 and SP2, a few rather glorious and exceptionally expensive barchettas.

As we reported when the Daytona SP3 auction car was unveiled, this one-off car is distinctive. The letters of Giallo Modena “Ferrari” extends over the top surface of the car and lays down that one could mention on Garish, but which will not be used as the many dollars that this transaction should not be used to do things such as the rebuilding schools that have been destroyed earlier this year that South California.

The SP3 is a return to Ferrari’s racing division of the sixties. This includes the famous 1-2-3 victory of the 24 hours of Daytona in 1967 with the 330 p/4, which gets some payback time after Ford’s Sweep of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966 (Ford still scored the victory in Le Mans in 1967, with Ferrari that second place grip). The Daytona SP3 is wearing a 6.5-liter V12 amidships, which means that 829 is naturally sucked ponies and according to Ferrari has a 0-to-60-Mph time of 2.85 seconds. The power is made by a seven -speed gearbox with double clutch to the rear wheels to the rear wheels.

Interior fabrics come from recycled tires and are decorated with Ferrari’s Prances hoots motif, while the steering column and the dashboard receive a carbon fiber treatment, of course from the F1 program of Ferrari.

The auction -winning car is completely wheel, but 599+1 is, I would like to bet it is unlikely that it will take a spider around the block. That is for the only $ 2 million-plus SP3s that were all sold earlier. It will certainly be interesting to see where the car pops up and what the history of today could be.

Ferrari continues to use these exotic models with only invitation to strengthen the Bottom Line, the desirability of the SP3leeer made the example of that strategy that processed that strategy at a level, perhaps even Maranello could not have expected. The car industry is currently passing through a fairly chaotic episode, so it is exciting that what many consider as the largest car berien brand of all time can still bring the excitement home. I was personally a bit cynical about the Icona cars when I initially heard about it, but a little stationary sitting time was everything that was needed to leave that chagrine.

All eyes are aimed at how Ferrari will negotiate the transition from the combustion age to the electric age, but let’s take a break for the time being to appreciate how Bonkers can still create gas -burning V12 the prancing horse. And how much dollars such a machine can bike from deep pocket collectors.

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