A record-breaking hammer fall
At Monterey Car Week 2025, Ferrari’s Daytona SP3 ‘Chassis 599+1’ sold for a staggering $26 million (₹217 crore approx.), making it the most expensive car built after 2000 to ever go under the hammer.
The charity connection
Originally priced at around £1.7 million (₹18 crore), this one-off chassis was created by Ferrari for a charity auction. Proceeds will support educational initiatives through The Ferrari Foundation, including rebuilding a school destroyed by Californian wildfires.
Limited yet familiar
What sets it apart? Not much mechanically. It carries the same 6.5-litre naturally aspirated V12 with 829 bhp as the standard Daytona SP3. The unique touches include Tailor Made livery and interiors partly crafted from recycled tyres.
A price to remember
To put the result in context, the SP3 sold for around 10 times its original list price and nearly double the previous record for a modern car, set by a 2013 Mercedes-AMG F1 car at $18.8m.
What’s next?
With classic Ferraris still dominating auction headlines, this sale raises the question: could modern hypercars now begin to rival 1950s and ’60s legends in the world of high-value collectors’ auctions?
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