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If you haven't heard already, we'll remind you that the Prancing Horse celebrates 60 years of operations in the United States of America. To celebrate such a grand feat, designers put together 10 units of the uber rare and expensive F60America, but celebrations didn't end with the $2.5 million boutique supercar.
We're talking about a very posh gala event that took place in sunny Beverly Hills, where the Italian brand auctioned off the first of only 499 examples of the all-new Ferrari 458 Speciale A. We've driven the normal 458 Speciale and it's a blast, so the lucky person that got its hands on the first ever Speciale A will definitely enjoy his new convertible supercar.
After very hot bidding, auctioneer David Gooding sold the yellow Italian exotica for a hefty $900,000, but the money doesn't go in Ferrari's pockets. Proceeds will benefit "Daybreak", the American branch of an Italian charity foundation whose mission for the best part of a quarter of a century has been to advance medical research towards a cure for rare genetic diseases.
If you're curious what difference a simple A can make, this vehicle is 50 kilos (110 pounds) lighter than the normal fixed-roof 458 Speciale. In terms of grunt, the 458 Speciale A boasts with 605 ponies, translating to the greatest specific power output of any naturally-aspirated engine fitted to a production car nowadays. As for the get-up-and-go, 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) comes is a blisterning 3 seconds flat.
It's rather unfortunate Ferrari hasn't announced the official starting price of the 458 Speciale A to make a comparison between #1/499 and the rest of the lot, but nevertheless, the $900,000 winning bid doesn't even come close to first 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat ever. Auctioned recently by Barrett Jackson, the 707 horsepower muscle car went for a ludicrous $1.65 million, which is a stupendous amount of $$$.
After very hot bidding, auctioneer David Gooding sold the yellow Italian exotica for a hefty $900,000, but the money doesn't go in Ferrari's pockets. Proceeds will benefit "Daybreak", the American branch of an Italian charity foundation whose mission for the best part of a quarter of a century has been to advance medical research towards a cure for rare genetic diseases.
If you're curious what difference a simple A can make, this vehicle is 50 kilos (110 pounds) lighter than the normal fixed-roof 458 Speciale. In terms of grunt, the 458 Speciale A boasts with 605 ponies, translating to the greatest specific power output of any naturally-aspirated engine fitted to a production car nowadays. As for the get-up-and-go, 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) comes is a blisterning 3 seconds flat.
It's rather unfortunate Ferrari hasn't announced the official starting price of the 458 Speciale A to make a comparison between #1/499 and the rest of the lot, but nevertheless, the $900,000 winning bid doesn't even come close to first 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat ever. Auctioned recently by Barrett Jackson, the 707 horsepower muscle car went for a ludicrous $1.65 million, which is a stupendous amount of $$$.
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