This guy bought a €2 million LaFerrari but he will never be able to drive it

LaFerrari prototype

4y ago
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A few weeks back, RM Sotheby's Leggenda e Passione auction took place at the home of Ferrari in Maranello, Italy. The whole auction was based around the Ferrari brand which saw many, many special cars being sold off to lucky buyers, but this particular lot stood out from the rest.

Why? Because it's a LaFerrari prototype. Perhaps the first car that the majority of us saw many years ago before the official release. Being such an important car in the LaFerrari history, bidders had to be accepted by Ferrari before they could enter the auction - crazy, huh?

The final number of sale sits at €2.1 million but there's a catch. As it's only a prototype, it's not homologated for road use therefore can only be used on private land or for static use. Ferrari make the buyer sign a contract acknowledging this and recommend that the car doesn't move and is used purely for display.

In today's rates, this actually works out cheaper than a fully road legal LaFerrari despite its rich history in the brand. Obviously there's a massive drawback to this, but it's more than certain that the car will appreciate over time.

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Comments (27)

  • This was a bargain at 2.1M! even if it can't be road legal it doesn't mean anything. Most of the LaFerrari owners won't put more than a few miles on their cars anyways

      4 years ago
  • Well any other Ferrari will get the same treatment as it'll be a garage queen so this guy does not miss out any more than the others do

      4 years ago
  • Seems really dimwitted to me....if I had the money for a Ferrari, any Ferrari (yes, even a Mondiale) I would be driving it every day, until I drove it into the ground !

      4 years ago
    • if you had tray kind of money, you'd have better fiscal responsibility and buy things that appreciate significantly, such as this...

        4 years ago
  • I used to love ferrari's but they are really turning me off there brand with all there snobbish bullshit, like having to be invited to buy a car. I say if you got the money they should sale or build you a car regardless of who you are, as long as your not a drug lord or anything horrible. Guess I'm now a Porsche fan screw Ferrari.

      4 years ago
    • Ferrari don't want to be seen as porsche. A luxury car with little taste, driven by wankers

        4 years ago
    • There is a reason they make this , its to keep the brand’s class , not like porsche wich is mainly driven by wankers , and guys having their middle age crisis

      also not like lamborghini , that makes some of the most beautiful cars , but you see them...

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        4 years ago
  • If I couldn't drive it in a Sunday afternoon, I wouldn't buy it

      4 years ago
    • Amen.

        4 years ago
    • Buy it, sell it for double the price, enjoy a LaFerrari you can drive and even more stuff. It's an investment clearly, buying it is a sensible thing to do

        3 years ago
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