Immense horsepower? Check. Rare? Check. Extraordinary styling? Check. Low miles? Of course. All of these slightly inadequate descriptors apply to this 2014 LaFerrari, one of only 120 delivered to the US. Lurking like one of the most spectacular pavement-bound UFOs we’ve ever seen, the LaFerrari showcased Ferrari’s F1 technology in a road car: the powerplant uses Ferrari’s HY-KERS (hybrid kinetic energy recovery system) technology, incorporating a V12 engine with an electric motor for a whopping 950 hp; the magnetorheological suspension employs iron fragments floating in fluid to control viscosity; the dynamically-active aero effects adjust automatically; the car even offers in-cabin customization. This example has covered only 57 miles from new – an attribute guaranteed to attract even the most finicky Ferraristi. Mecum will auction this superb car on May 16th at its Indy event. Thank you, Araknid78, for the beautiful tip!
The 6.3-liter, fuel-injected V12 engine is capable of 789 hp on its own, but coupled with an electric motor, output climbs substantially, and sprint times decrease. The LaFerrari can hit 100 mph in 4.7 seconds; you’ll easily outrun your neighbor’s Enzo. The redline is over 9200 rpm, and the beauty of it all is that this performance comes with a V12 singing in your ears. (The LaFerrari’s successor – the F80 – delivered more electric motor and half the cylinders, though output climbed to a nearly-ridiculous 1200 hp.) The gearbox is a seven-speed dual-clutch affair, controlled by paddle shifters. The car sits on a carbon-fiber chassis. Twenty-one computers control its aerodynamics, adjusting without driver input to road, speed, and other conditions. … We’re not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy!
Those seats are fixed, following the contour of the carbon fiber tub; the pedals adjust to suit the driver using a lever located to the right of the driver’s seat near the floor. Upholstered surfaces are cloaked in leather and Alcantara. There is no storage, barely even a glove box. If you fancy touring, better bring a support vehicle to carry luggage. Most of the car’s controls are embedded in that squared-up steering wheel. Despite the “strictly business” demeanor of the cabin, the LaFerrari does offer air conditioning. For a full tour of the interior, including the changeable instrument panel, check out this video.
Designed at Ferrari’s own Styling Center, the LaFerrari presents a divergent aesthetic compared to its supercar stablemates. Eschewing scoops, wings, louvers, and other boy-racer gizmos, the LaFerrari makes do with a curvaceous, slippery shape topped by a jet-fighter greenhouse. The seller has decided to offer his car at no reserve, but be assured, that won’t mean you or I can waltz in expecting a steal: Ferrari prices have skyrocketed this year, bringing the price of this rare model to within shouting distance of $7 million.
Think this is posted on wrong site..LOL not for me ….I like oldschool Cars…
Amazing automobile but this is for the one percenters. A seven million dollar car and you can’t adjust the seats? Stupid.
The heck with the car, I want to see the picture of the barn this was found in!
Battery replacements for these can run to $200,000. Buyer beware.
If you have to ask..
I think the guys that designed this car were also working with Ford on that car we all know and loved. YEAH RIGHT !!! The new and redesigned 1974 Mustang. Glad they weren’t working for GM or Chrysler.
Still hurting from that dusting by the kid in the Mustang, back in the day?
An old man is driving along in his rusty Toyota pickup and rearends an exotic car at the redlight.
The driver jumps out and yells “old man, you need to pay me $50 grand or I will beat you to a pulp”
The old man replied “calm down, I don’t have that kind of money but my son is a dolphin trainer.” The old man phones his son and the man snatches the phone out of his hand and yells “your old man just rear-ended me and if I don’t get paid $50 grand for damages, I will beat the pulp out of you and him both”.
The man’s son replied, “I will be there in 10 minutes”
Exactly 10 minutes later a Jeep pulls up, and a guy hops out and proceeds to pulverize the bully, leaving him in a bloody heap on the sidewalk.
When he finished he walked over to his father and said “for the last time Dad, I train Seals…Navy Seals!”
Story needs to end with the Navy Seal and his dad driving off in the exotic…
How can you own this car and only put 57 miles on it. Seems the people who can afford cars like this rarely drive them these car are made to be driven not parked in a high end garage.
Imagine one of those 20 acre junkyards full of old cars collected over decades- it’s the same mentallity with a billion dollars added.
Wow. Welcome to Carriage House Finds!
Just waiting for another Mecum moment.
Will Sir like me to turn off the AC in the barn, when the motor carriage has been sold?
If I had a stockpile of high-end cars, I think I’d be dumping them right now too.
Drive it 60k miles, keep the service up, then sell it.
That makes car with history, not fantasy.
Rather see snowmobiles, at least they get used.
Does the track “out back” go with?
Holy Moly!
Writing ANYTHING about this vehicle costs money.
Might as well hang it on the wall like a DaVinci painting if you just bought it to look at. Nobody expects a car like this to be a daily driver, but to not drive it at all is an insult to the people who built it and the people who would sell a kidney just to drive it around the block.
Another exceptional write-up, Michelle. And thanks for the acknowledgement
As usual, a great write-up, Michelle.
I love seeing stuff like this along with all the other stuff.
Some of us do get tired of seeing so many Vettes and Mustangs…
I’d rather have a 1971 Arctic Cat King Kat with a 4 cylinder Kawasaki. Looks better. Sounds better. Only 124 built. This ridiculous car is NO barn find.
Thanks BF for entertaining us with something we’ll never own. Wow what a bargain and yes I do get a crazy check.
My Grandson worked in a restaurant on the shore of Lake Erie several years ago, and was surprised to find one of these parked in the parking lot. The car owner was surprised that my Grandson knew what it was, and let him sit in it! Apparently some owners drive theirs.
Not a barn find!
Future find then! It is 12 years old and has only covered 57 miles.
If I bought it. I probably couldn’t afford the insurance. And you would have to insure it as no one else’s insurance would cover it. MR. CAR OWNER, YOU NEED UNINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE “AND” “UNDERINSURED” MOTORIST COVERAGE FOR ALL THE OTHER DRIVERS OUT THERE.
Goes with the territory Wayne. I think that we can be pretty certain that the new owner probably has a stable full of beauty’s like this just looking for a play mate.