FERRARI UNPLUGGED

The temptation must be enormous, but Ferrari will never do a ‘continuation’ car. Enzo Ferrari had more pithy one-liners than your average stand-up comic and the best known is probably “my favourite Ferrari is the next one”. Or words to that effect. The Old Man never looked back, you see, even in his dotage. But he also liked making money so he’d surely approve of the Icona series, a model line that allows Ferrari to peruse the past for inspiration while projecting forwards, future focused ethos intact. There are no unallocated chassis numbers lying around in Maranello.

Now meet the Daytona SP3, a limited series, carbon fibre-bodied and mid-engined nat-asp V12 two-seater fuelled by memories of the spectacular late Sixties/early Seventies era, and the 1-2-3 result in 1967’s 24 Hours of Daytona in particular. Ferrari will make 599 examples, each costing €2m including local taxes. Owners of the inaugural Icona, the Monza SP1/2, have been given first refusal, with an additional 100 units of the SP3 made available over that car’s 499 run to accommodate anyone who didn’t go for it. It’s also globally legal, unlike