The Prancing Horse of Maranello produced only 710 examples of the LaFerrari between June 2013 and August 2018. Penned by the peeps at Centro Stile Ferrari under the direction of Italian automobile designer Flavio Manzoni, the KERS-infused hypercar used to retail at $1.4 million sans options.
The open-top Aperta was pricier still, and don't even dare search for second-hand models in the classifieds. If you insist, the most expensive LaFerrari available to purchase in the US at press time costs $6 million. The car in question is a 2017 model year Aperta with 1,286 miles (2,070 kilometers) on the odometer.
Crazy money, indeed, but it gets even crazier once you start looking into spare and replacement parts for the LaFerrari. As implied by the headline, a carbon-fiber monocoque costs a small fortune. The asking price differs from vendor to vendor, and Ferrari's price for a replacement monocoque isn't known.
€770,354.97 is the price quoted by UK-based Scuderia Car Parts, meaning just around $830,000 at current exchange rates. UK-based eurospares wants a helluva lot more than Scuderia Car Parts, namely $1,193,710.58 at the moment of reporting. It's an eye-watering amount of money, even by Ferrari standards. The kind of money that would buy you two SF90s...
Then again, the LaFerrari isn't your usual Ferrari. Compared to the aforementioned SF90, for example, the LaFerrari is a limited-run exotic that shares a pedestal with the Enzo before it, the hideously underrated F50, the iconic F40, as well as the 288 GTO homologation special.
Photo: eurospares
While on the subject of limited-edition Fezzas, the LaFerrari is the last of its kind. Its heir apparent, which is currently known as F250, has been spied time and time again making twin-turbo V6 noises. One could argue that's blasphemy, and to a certain extent, yours truly agrees with it because there's nothing quite like a free-breathing V12 at full chatter.
On the other hand, the force-fed sixer in question is very special. Unleashed in 2021, what Ferrari calls F163 is a 120-degree V6 that produces a staggering 654 horsepower from a displacement of 3.0 liters. The 296 belts out a combined 819 horsepower in hybrid mode. Pretty insane compared to V12-engined Ferrari road cars from a decade ago, isn't it?
The F163 may have been developed for production vehicles, but did you know that said engine also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans? What really boggles the mind is that Ferrari's highly capable 499P sports prototype is limited by the technical regulations at 671 horsepower. Ferrari still has a lot of catching up to do in the World Endurance Championship, for it finished 2023 with 161 points in the hypercar class compared to 217 points for the folks at Toyota.
If V6s aren't your thing, fret not because Ferrari's naturally-aspirated V12 isn't going anywhere. Remember the 812 series? The 812-succeeding F167 will premiere in 2024 for the 2025 model year.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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