Anniversaries are indeed cause for celebration, and Ferrari went all out to commemorate its 70th year as an automaker when it took the wrapping off its LaFerrari Aperta of 2017, the convertible version of its LaFerrari coupe which debuted in 2013. As with its sibling, the 963 hp Aperta—fit with a 6.3-liter V-12 and KERS-based hybridization—was built on a monocoque chassis and, according to Ferrari’s own website, impressively offered “the same drag coefficient, torsional rigidity, and beam stiffness figures" as its fixed-roof counterpart. And if eyebrows raised at the fact that only 499 LaFerarri examples were being made for the marque’s most valued clients, imagine how jaws dropped when that number was reduced to 210 for the Aperta.
In the lot description from RM Sotheby’s, it points out that the car offered in Monterey, chassis No. 232856, “is believed to be one of the final examples constructed," and, with $113,000 in options, it cost close to $2.3 million when new. After this week’s result, it certainly has yielded a tidy return on that initial investment.
From the article by Viju Mathew
