To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVEEstimate:
£245,000 - £300,000
- Offered directly from the original owner, having covered just
3,900 kilometres from new
- Built by Ferrari's Tailor Made division, to the order of the
owner, as a tribute to the 1957 Ferrari 410 Superfast, chassis
number 0719SA
- Presented in Blu Genziana with Avorio roof, and Naturale
leather interior, as per the original car
- Accompanied by all original factory documents and factory
supplied luggage
Please note this car is offered without registration papers �
Please note that this lot will need to be collected from Tilburg,
Netherlands.
Building on the success of the formidable F12 - not to mention its
illustrious GT forebears the 250 GT, 275 GTB, 365 GTB Daytona and
550 Maranello - Ferrari's 812 Superfast was launched in 2017 to
widespread praise amongst the motoring press. Its 6.5-litre V-12
engine produced almost 800 horsepower and remains the most powerful
normally aspirated engine ever fitted to a production Ferrari,
whilst its seven-speed semi-automatic gearbox, advanced rear-wheel
steering system and active aerodynamics enabled the car to adapt to
differing road conditions and levels of performance at the touch of
a button. Its performance was predictably other-worldly, with 60
mph being achieved in under three seconds en route to a top speed
of 211 mph.
Offered directly from the original owner, this particular 812
Superfast was constructed by Ferrari's Tailor Made division in 2018
as an homage to the unique Pininfarina-bodied Ferrari 410 Superfast
displayed at the Paris and Turin Motor Shows of autumn 1957.
The original car, chassis number 0719SA, bore the fetching colour
scheme of Blu Genziana with an Avorio Roof and Naturale interior,
and was sold in late 1957 to US-domiciled Dutchman Jan de Vroom.
Through his close friendship with Margaret de Cuevas, a
granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller, de Vroom had been introduced
to Luigi Chinetti, purchasing several early Ferraris - most notably
a 500 TRC and 290MM - prior to acquiring 0719SA. A keen amateur
racer himself, de Vroom subsequently become a co-founder and early
financial backer of Chinetti's New York-based North American Racing
Team (NART) before his premature and mysterious death in 1975.
In early 2018, the vendor approached Belgian Ferrari Dealer Monza
NV of Sint-Martens-Latem, near Ghent, with a view to recreating the
character of 0719SA in a contemporary context; specifically that of
Ferrari's pre-eminent GT car. A detailed list of bespoke
modifications was drawn up for submission to Ferrari's Tailor Made
division, which focussed on recreating 0719SA's distinctive
two-tone paint finish and replicating - in so far as possible - the
original car's demure Naturale leather interior. Indeed, such was
the attention to detail that the factory incorporated the original
1950s-style vertical ribbed stitching into the new car's seats, and
the otherwise incongruous embossed Prancing Horse headrest motifs
were omitted. Not unsurprisingly, these modifications did not come
cheaply, the original three page order for the car showing a cost
of some €68,728 for the Tailor Made modifications alone, in
addition to a further €298,414 for the base vehicle and €41,201 for
the "standard" factory options.
Commissioned in a manner befitting many of the great "one off"
Ferraris of the 1950s and 1960s, this 812 Superfast truly marries
the best of both worlds: bespoke old world charm effected by finest
factory workmanship, combined with earth-shattering 21st century
performance and technology. With manufacturers increasingly
focussing their efforts on the new generation of Hybrid-powered
hypercars, the 812 Superfast may yet prove to be the zenith of
Ferrari normally aspirated, front-engined GT design, and in the car
offered here there can surely be no more eye-catching or
historically interesting example presently available.
Should you want more information on the condition of this lot and
or discuss the possibility of an in-situ inspection, please contact
our office at
+44 (0) 20 7851 7070 or email Britta Buchmann
at
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view this car and others currently consigned to this auction,
please visit the RM website at
rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/lf20.