Rare Ferrari Sold At Charity Auction For $10 Million

By Amy Lamare on September 26, 2017 in Articles › Entertainment

A very rare LaFerrari Aperta supercar sold recently at a charity auction for a record $10 million. The $10 million is the most money a car from the 21^st century has sold for. The auction took place at Ferrari's factory in Italy during a celebration for the company's 70^th anniversary.

The Aperta sold Saturday for twice what auctioneers expected it to. There was a bidding war between at least 12 auction attendees. Sotheby's ran the auction and the buyer's identity was not revealed. The Aperta has not yet been built. The buyer saw only a digital mock-up of the sports car before committing $10 million to the purchase.

Once built, the Aperta will be painted with a one of a kind metallic red paint and two white racing strips. The interior will be black leather with red stitching. The car will be the 210^th and last La Ferrari Aperta ever made.

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The La Ferrari Aperta is special, even amongst the rarest of super cars. From Ferrari's website:

"Ferrari's unique core values have been raised to a whole new level in the car launched to make the 70^th anniversary of the foundation of the company. Designed for Ferrari's most passionate clients, the LaFerrari Aperta is the new limited-edition special series model, and just a few examples – all of them already accounted for – of this spider version of the acclaimed LaFerrari supercar will be built."

The entire $10 million sale price will be donated to Save the Children, an international charity. The La Ferrari Aperta fetched the highest price for a car built after 2000, but auction proceeds for charity tend to be higher than normal auctions.

The limited-edition, convertible La Ferrari Aperta made its debut at the 2016 Paris Auto Show. The Aperta has a 950 horsepower powertrain, coming from a 6.3-liter V-12 with 800 horsepower that takes the driver from zero to 60 in less than three seconds. The La Ferrari Aperta has a top speed of over 217 miles-per-hour. Ferrari has not released a price for the Aperta, but for comparison the regular La Ferrari sells for more than $1.5 million.