The Holy Grail of traditional Ferraris is at the moment up on the market, although solely the mega-rich want apply.

British dealership Tom Hartley Jnr has a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO listed, and naturally the value is just obtainable to severe bidders.

The 250 GTO was a homologation particular constructed as the ultimate evolution of Ferrari’s 250 GT sequence of automobiles. Manufacturing ran for simply two years ranging from 1962, and simply 36 examples have been constructed throughout that point.

The automotive up on the market, which Tom Hartley Jnr beforehand bought in 2019, when the video beneath was produced, is among the higher examples of the 250 GTO lineage. Bearing chassis quantity 3527 and that includes Rosso Cina pink paint over tan leather-based, the automotive nonetheless has a lot of its unique {hardware}, together with the physique, engine, transmission, and rear axle.

In keeping with the itemizing, the automotive lately underwent some restoration work and has an unbroken provenance from when it first left the manufacturing unit in Maranello. It was initially delivered to Lucien Bianchi of Écurie Francorchamps, who entered the automotive in a number of races in 1962, together with that 12 months’s Tour de France. It was then raced by Scuderia Filipinetti between 1963 and 1965, after which its racing profession ended and the automotive was bought to a resident of the U.Ok.

The engine is a 3.0-liter V-12 designed to ship near 300 hp. It’s mated to a 5-speed handbook transmission and sends drive to the rear wheels. Homeowners can anticipate a 0-60 mph time of shut to 6 seconds and a prime pace of greater than 150 mph.

Along with its restricted manufacturing, the 250 GTO can also be extremely wanted for being not simply an interesting design but additionally a real race automotive with victories in a few of the most prestigious races of its interval. It additionally stands out for being among the many final Ferraris that you possibly can purchase, drive to the racetrack and compete, after which drive house once more.

Examples immediately can commerce for round $50 million. In 2018, an instance connected to racing legend Phil Hill bought for $48 million at public sale. Extremely, the automobiles might need traded for even greater sums in non-public gross sales. One other instance is rumored to have bought for $70 million in a personal sale in 2018. A rarer 330 LM with bodywork matching the 250 GTO additionally simply bought at public sale in 2023 for nearly $52 million.