LaFerrari Aperta Sale Raises Over £7.5 Million For Charity - And Sets New Record
Ferrari’s LaFerrari Aperta charity auction went off with a sizeable bang thanks to a final sale price of over £7.5 million, which includes the auction house’s premium.
Around £7.18 million of that will go to Save the Children, which plans to use the money to fund childhood education schemes in Asia and Africa.
As many of you noticed when we posted the news last week that Ferrari was to auction a ‘unique’ LaFerrari Aperta for charity, technically the only things separating the ultra-exclusive open-top hypercar from the others Ferrari built were the exact final trim spec and the white metallic body stripes.
That doesn’t seem to have put bidders off, though, with the sale price reflecting a new record for a car built after the Millennium. Incidentally, it beat another LaFerrari, which was also sold for charity.
The car that was auctioned was an extra car on top of the 209 that were scheduled as part of the ordinary production run, perhaps giving this one some extra provenance in the eyes of the ultra-rich.
Several other Ferraris, all classics, sold at the RM Sotheby’s auction at Maranello, including a California 250 GT SWB for almost £7.2 million, a 250 GT Cabriolet Series I for almost £4.3 million and a 365 GTB/4 barn find that fetched over £1.6 million.
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Dear santa…
This is great, that much money should do something!
ferraris are really a good investment as long as you pick the right model (ehm…. mondial ehm.)
They should make the next charity LaFerrari and call it LaFerrari Mother Teresa Edition
Thats still a Ferrari that I cant afford..
So does this make it the most expensive production car from factory. I know it was auctioned, but auctioned by Ferrari
RiP Veneno
what about the Sweptail?
It’s great that all of that money went to a great cause.
Called it!