Ferrari Is Building Another LaFerrari To Help Italy Quake Victims
Just over a week ago, a devastating 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit central Italy, killing almost 300 and leaving nearly 3000 without homes. Wanting to contribute to the disaster relief, Ferrari has decided to up the LaFerrari’s production run from 499 to 500, auctioning off number 500 and giving the proceeds to earthquake victims.
Ferrari does have previous in this area - a few years ago it increased the Enzo’s 399 production run to 400, donating the final car to the Vatican. It was subsequently auctioned off for the benefit of victims of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, and sold once again in 2015 for over $6 million.
Ferrari hasn’t yet announced when the car will go under the hammer.
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Good guy Ferrari. Enzo would have been proud.
*best guy ferrari
That’s such a nice touch - it’s not just a gesture, that’s going to be real money.
I wonder if Ferrari did an extra car on every run and auctioned it for a charity if their legend would just get deeper.
Any ideas for how much its gonna go?
I’d say no less than $3m which is really good money for the charity
I think 5m because of it being the last one and Arabic people have money
Good guy Ferrari
To be honest I’d be kind of annoyed if I had car number 499
Why? Your car would still remain the “Last of production” and still be numbered 499 of 499. This is just an “extra car”. Just like the 000 of 499 cars. :)
I was on holiday in Italy in Rome. I was only about 65 miles away.
Thank you Ferrari thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!
It’s not often that Ferrari builds the number they think they can sell, it’s always been one less than they think they can sell
Enzo Ferrari would be proud of this