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British LaFerrari Owner Hasn’t Touched His Car For One Year, Ferrari Still Waiting in Showroom

Have you ever searched your garage for that old tool box, only to come across some forgotten pieces you thought lost? Imagine the same scenario, only the garage is replaced by a Ferrari dealer and the forgotten item comes in the form of a LaFerrari.
LaFerrari sitting in British showroom 3 photos
Photo: Meridien Modena
LaFerrari sitting in British showroomLaFerrari sitting in British showroom
This is no fantasy Friday move. The story comes from the UK, where Meridien Modena was supposed to deliver a LaFerrari back in October last year - the pic above dates back to the time when the halo machine arrived from Maranello.

However, the owner of the car has decided to use a no-touch policy, so he hasn’t put one mile on the odometer so far. So yes, this 950 hp (963 PS) hyper-hybrid has been sitting on the showroom floor for one year now.

Why would anybody refrain from all the hooning?

There are two main potential answers to the question above. We hope we are dealing with a fetish-level collector here. These people sometimes have schedules that are more packed than the engine bays of the cars they spend their money on. Since their chances of actually taking their new ride for a spin slim, they prefer to turn to a win-win situation. This LaFerrari spends most of its time in the showroom's dedicated garage, but it also gets displayed from time to time.

This way, their vehicle receive all the care they need, while the dealerships that hold them benefit from the customer magnet factor brought by such technical monstrosities.

The infuriating version, however, would lead us to believe we are dealing with a speculator. I was just checking out the “used” LaFerrari market earlier this week and came across a model that was offered for (drum roll) $5million. I’ll take the time to remind you that’s roughly three times over what Ferrari charged each of the 499 customers for their cars.

I distinctly remember the 2013 Geneva Motor Show moment when we were all gathered at the Prancing Horse stand for the unveiling of the Enzo’s successor. The veil came off and, not necessarily in the most surprising announcement of the event, we were told all the units had been sold out.

Sure, Maranello has one of the strictest customer filtering programs in the world, but this doesn’t mean some speculators can’t sneak inside the stable. Let’s just hope this isn’t the case here.

P.S.: Oh well, at least the guy is not destroying the LaFerrari.
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In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist.
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