One to Buy: 1 of 1 ex-Greg Whitten 2014 Ferrari LaFerrari
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Having produced a line of super high end models during the 1950s and 60s, the apparent death of low volume coachbuilding and the difficult economic times that followed seemed to kill off demand for ultra expensive limited run Ferraris.
When Ferrari conceived the 288 GTO during the early 1980s, the plan was to build the 200 cars required for Group B homologation so that a racing version could take to the track. Somewhat unexpectedly, demand for the GTO proved so great that the planned production run quickly sold out and a substantial number of extra cars had to be built.
With this money spinning success and Group B circuit racing’s failure to get off the ground, Ferrari decided to use the 288 competition version (the GTO Evoluzione) as the basis for a successor model: the F40.
The F40 proved an even bigger commercial success and was replaced a few years later by the F50 which homologated a trick V12 engine that found its way into the 333 SP racing car.
The F50 was in turn followed by the Enzo and, in 2013, Maranello created their fifth generation super special: the LaFerrari.
Equipped with a 6.3-litre hybrid V12 that pumped out a formidable 949bhp, the LaFerrari utilised an all-carbonfibre construction and state-of-the-art technologies throughout.
The entire production run of 499 cars was sold out before the first customer had taken delivery.
Set to go under the hammer at RM Sotheby’s auction at the Arizona Biltmore on January 26th is this uniquely configured example originally ordered by noted Ferrari collector, Greg Whitten.
Whitten specified Blu Elettrico paint with Crema leather upholstery, magnesium grey wheels, a gloss black roof and black brake calipers.
Today, this LaFerrari (chassis 207435) has covered a little over 3000 miles and is expected to realise between $4m and $4.5m.
