It's hard to get your mind around paying 2.8 million euros (or $3.5 million) for a car, but that's how much someone paid for this 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica in Monaco over the weekend. That's the highest price a Ferrari Superamerica has ever commanded at auction.
This went down at RM's Sporting Classics auction, which we earlier reported was headlined by some truly special cars from Ferrari and Maserati history.
This Superamerica is one of only a handful of "short-wheelbase" 400 cabriolets ever built -- the car has a diminutive 95-inch wheelbase. It was originally purchased in Arizona in 1962, and its first owner immediately took took it to the Bonneville Speed Trials. The V12 convertible saw 145 mph on the salt flats. A full restoration came in 2005, and the car was on hand for last summer's Concours d'Elegance in Pebble.
A 1960 Maserati Tipo 61 "Birdcage" sold for over $3.3 million on Saturday -- also a record for that car. "Birdcage" refers the latticework of 10mm and 15mm tubes that form the car's chassis. For power, the 1,300-pound racecar used a 2980cc twin-cam four-cylinder engine.
Photo gallery after the jump
See the full list of cars sold at the Monaco auction.
Above photos: Ron Kimball/Kimball Stock
Above photos: Jack Brady/Kellogg Auto Archives
Above photos of 1960 Maserati Tipo 61 "Birdcage from Wilem Oosthoek Collection via RM Auctions
estreka says:
03:28 PM, 05/ 3/10
Beautiful.
sgude says:
05:22 PM, 05/ 3/10
IIRC, this model wasn't considered all that beautiful back in the day, was it? Or am I thinking about another model, maybe one of the Superfasts with four headlights? Hell, I dunno. Either way, this Superamerica looks stunning.
octane77 says:
08:12 AM, 05/ 4/10
The Superamerica looks like a Sunbeam Tiger/Alpine.
mrbacon says:
12:36 PM, 05/ 4/10
Couldn't you just have a whole new one built for that price?