Chassis 314846, a Ferrari Daytona SP3 finished in Verde Francesca, changed hands for $18.5 million at the Broad Arrow Auctions sale in Las Vegas. Only 600 SP3s were built, and this one shows just 81 miles on the odometer.
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The result puts a lighter-green example of Ferrari's Icona series into eight-figure territory, a tier of the collector market that few cars built in the last decade ever reach.
Chassis 314846, Verde Francesca and 81 miles
The car belonged to a known collector and was sourced through Ferrari of Long Island, a dealership in New York, according to Autoblog's report on the sale. Verde Francesca is a lighter green than the darker shades usually seen on Maranello's specials, and the paint option cost an extra $42,185. The hardtop, lower bodywork trims, splitter, side sills and trunk lid are glossy carbon fiber, the rims are silver-finished and the brake calipers are gloss black. The cabin is two-tone, with some panels in Nero Alcantara and the doors and seats trimmed in a material Ferrari calls Mustard Aunde Jeans.
Mileage matters as much as color on cars like this. At 81 miles the SP3 has barely been driven, which collectors treat as close to new, and buyers at this level routinely pay a premium for the absence of use. Broad Arrow Auctions is the collector-car auction house that handled the Las Vegas sale, though its consignment page carried no result for this lot when it was checked.
The 829-hp V12 and the 1967 Daytona result
Power comes from a 6.5-liter naturally aspirated V12 rated at 829 horsepower, which Autoblog calls the most powerful road-going engine ever built, derived from the engine in the 812 Competizione race-bred road car. Those figures describe the model rather than this individual chassis, and the sale report does not mention any changes to the drivetrain.
The name is a nod to history. In February 1967, Ferrari finished first, second and third at the 24 Hours of Daytona, and Ferrari describes the SP3 as a tribute to that day, one of the most successful in its racing record. The 330 P3/P4 and 412P cars from that race served as the design blueprints for the SP3, which was built and sold in 2025 under the company's Icona series, a line of limited-run models that borrow styling from the racing past.
The SP3 follows the Monza SP1 and SP2, the first Icona cars, which Ferrari introduced in 2018, and it was unveiled in 2021 with the V12 mounted behind the cabin and a removable roof section. That layout is why the carbon-fiber hardtop appears in the sale description as a distinct component. Options are priced individually on cars like this, and the $42,185 charge for Verde Francesca shows how a configured example can climb above its base price before a second owner ever sees it. The carbon-fiber trim pieces listed in the sale description add to that configuration, and together they make this particular car easy to tell apart from the other 599.
Where $18.5 million sits against other SP3 sales
Autoblog also reports that another SP3, the one-of-one 600th example, sold in 2025 for $26 million, though the article gives no source for that figure. Set beside it, the green car's $18.5 million looks like a more typical top-end result for the production run, still far above anything a standard supercar would fetch but below the price paid for a car that is unique within the model. The article also refers to the price as $18.5 million in its headline and as $18 million in the body. The higher figure is the one used in the report's headline, and no breakdown between hammer price and fees is given, so the exact buyer's total is not confirmed.
Aftermarket attention to the car has been steady. The tuner Novitec has offered an upgrade program for the SP3, covered in Autoblog's story on Novitec's SP3 package, and the V12's voice has drawn comment since a recording that Autoblog said showed the SP3 sounding like a proper V12 hypercar.
Low-mileage Ferraris and the pricing logic
The SP3 sale sits alongside other very expensive Ferraris. Autoblog has also followed a Ferrari F50 with just 106 miles that was expected to fetch more than $20 million. The logic is similar in both cases: very low mileage, a clear provenance and a model with a strong identity command prices that horsepower alone does not explain.
What remains unknown is the buyer. Autoblog does not name the new owner, and the sale report does not say whether the car will be driven, shown or stored, so the next public sign of the green SP3 may be a concours entry or a future resale. Until Broad Arrow posts its official result for the lot, the $18.5 million figure rests on Autoblog's report, and any difference between hammer price and the total including fees would be the number to watch.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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