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Auction finds: This one-off Ferrari Daytona SP3 just sold for P1.482-B

That’s B for billion

PHOTO: RM SOTHEBY’S VIA TOPGEAR.COM

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To butcher Muhammad Ali’s famous saying, here’s a Maranello creation that floats like a V12-engined butterfly and whose price must have stung like a bee. It’s a one-off, deeply beautiful Ferrari Daytona SP3 that just sold at auction for $26 million (around P1.482 billion).

Twenty-six million American dollars. Holy moly. RM Sotheby’s sold the bumblebee-liveried V12 during the Monterey Car Week, saying it’s the “highest-priced new Ferrari ever sold at auction.”

PHOTO BY RM SOTHEBY’S VIA TOPGEAR.COM

PHOTO BY RM SOTHEBY’S VIA TOPGEAR.COM

A bit of a climb up from the Daytona’s ‘base’ price of £2 million (around P152.9 million), but then this is a very special Daytona. Ferrari made only 599 for its most treasured clientele, and as you’d expect, all were sold out before it was even built. This one’s number 599+1.

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Designed by Ferrari’s ‘Tailor Made’ customization squad, Daytona #600 is the first Ferrari road car to get a full-length logo plastered across its entire body—in case anyone living under a rock for the past few years had no idea where it came from.

PHOTO BY RM SOTHEBY’S VIA TOPGEAR.COM

That entirely delectable black-and-yellow livery is complemented by an interior featuring yellow accents, a checkered flag (because Ferrari equals Formula 1), a silver plaque, and ‘Q-Cycle’ fabric upholstery made from recycled tires.

We’re guessing there’s plenty of those going spare, because the Daytona SP3—a nod to Ferrari’s 1-2-3 sweep at 1967’s 24 Hours of Daytona in the unfathomably gorgeous 330 P3/4—features a 6.5-liter V12 delivering an angry 829hp to the rear wheels.

PHOTO BY RM SOTHEBY’S VIA TOPGEAR.COM

PHOTO BY RM SOTHEBY’S VIA TOPGEAR.COM

And don’t forget, those naturally aspirated Italian horses are angry enough to send the SP3 from 0-100kph in 2.85sec.

RM Sotheby’s said the proceeds from the sale of 599+1 will go to The Ferrari Foundation, a public charity set up to fund “future educational initiatives.”
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