This 2000 Mile Ferrari F40 Is Set To Fetch Nearly £1 Million At Auction

Feeling flush? This barely-used F40 is set to fetch nearly seven figures when it goes under the hammer next month

14 Aug 2017

This 2000 Mile Ferrari F40 Is Set To Fetch Nearly £1 Million At Auction

The want is seriously strong right now. What you’re looking at is a barely-used Ferrari F40, due to be auctioned on 2 September at Salon Privé with a hefty estimate of £875,000 - £975,000.

How barely used are we talking? Well, the full mileage isn’t listed, by Silverstone Auctions does state that the car covered “less than a verified 3000km before the restoration and just 592km since,” which means it can’t have covered much more than 2000 miles.

That restoration - by the way - was done by renowned, Maranello-based Ferrari restorers Carrozzeria Zanasi in 2016, and cost a cool €300,000. After the restoration, the car was granted a ‘Classiche’ certification by Ferrari itself.

As for the mileage, while it is attention grabbing, it’s - sadly - fairly common for an F40. RM Sotheby’s auctioned off a 3500 mile F40 last year for £924,000, and the same firm is offering a 1991 F40 with just 2800 miles on the clock, set to go under the hammer at Monterey in a few day’s time with an estimate of $1.3 - 1.5 million (£1 million - 1.15 million).

The Salon Privé car is arguably the purer of the two - as a pre-1990 F40 it doesn’t have a catalytic converter, and it’s also one of only 50 to have sliding plexiglass windows as opposed to conventional wind-up units (because weight reduction bro, etc). Finally, it doesn’t have the adjustable suspension option fitted to some F40s - this adds practicality, but also complexity that could lead be a problem further down the road.

It’s a fine example in other words, and one that deserves to have way more than 2000 miles on the clock. Let’s hope the next owner actually uses it…

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

Am I the only one who would actually use his supercar?

I’m sure many people here would.

1 MILLION DOLLARS. Well almost, but close enough.

F40?
More like F40 million….

You, sir, have just won the Internet.

Bravo. Just, congratulations.

Best comment of 2017’s third-quarter, right here.

What a beautifully crafted car. Im very jealous of anyone who can place a bid more than my £20 on this!

whether or not they can match my offer of 70% of my liver and 2 kidneys who knows..

A hip young man goes out and buys the best car available: a Ferrari F40. It is one of the fastest and most expensive cars in the world, and it costs around £1 million pounds. He takes it out for a spin and, while doing so, he stops at a red light. An old man on a moped (both looking about 90 years old) pulls up next to him. The old man looks over the sleek, shiny surface of the car and asks, “What kind of car ya’ got there, sonny?”

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The moped driver asks, “Can I take a look inside?”

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