Some cars need a hard sell. A Giallo Modena Ferrari 456M GT with a gated six-speed manual, 21,000 miles and no reserve is not one of them. This 2000 Ferrari 456M GT is for sale now from Bring a Trailer, and it might just be the most charismatic way anyone is going to buy a genuine front-engined V12 Ferrari this month. The spec is the stuff of enthusiast daydreams: bright yellow over beige Tradizione Connolly hide, three pedals, and a shifter that slots through a machined gate.
Why This 2000 Ferrari 456M GT Stands Out
Pininfarina’s shape has aged into something close to timeless, and the aluminum and composite bodywork on this particular example wears the color beautifully. As a Modificata car it gets the revised nose with fog lights set into the grille, discreet fender vents and polished quadruple exhaust tips exiting the rear valance, while the pop-up headlights remain one of the last great flourishes of the analog Ferrari era.
Underneath, the running gear is exactly what a long-legged Ferrari GT should have. Silver 17-inch five-spoke alloys are wrapped in Continental ExtremeContact Sport 02 tires with 2023 and 2025 date codes, and self-adjusting dampers sit at each corner to let the car swap between compliance and control. The auction listing also notes fresh rear-hatch struts fitted in August 2026, the sort of small detail that separates a maintained car from a stored one.
Inside a Properly Trimmed Connolly Cabin
Open a door and the case gets stronger still. The cabin is trimmed in beige Connolly leather with contrasting piping, and the same hide carries across the center console, lower dashboard and door panels for the warm, tailored look that made these cars such magnificent continent-crossers. Power-adjustable front seats with memory, automatic climate control and a remote CD changer round out a genuinely usable interior, as the listing photos make clear.
Behind the leather-wrapped wheel sits a bank of Veglia Borletti instruments, including a 220-mph speedometer and a tachometer that runs to 10,000 rpm, with coolant temperature and oil pressure close at hand and an analog clock alongside fuel and oil temperature readouts in the center stack. The six-digit odometer reads 21,000 miles, roughly 5,000 of which were added by the current owner after a March 2020 purchase, which means this 2000 Ferrari 456M GT has been driven and enjoyed rather than merely parked.
The V12 and That Gated Six-Speed
The heart of it all is the 5.5-liter F116 V12, a four-valve-per-cylinder engine with Bosch Motronic injection and dry-sump lubrication rated from the factory at 436 horsepower and 406 lb-ft of torque. Recent attention has been serious: bronze valve guides went in during June 2023, and a belt service with an oil change was carried out in August 2026. For a buyer studying the auction page, that is the expensive homework already done.
Drive goes rearward through a six-speed manual transaxle and a limited-slip differential, and this is where the car separates itself from the automatic GTA versions that dominate the market. The gated shifter is the defining detail of the breed, and finding one attached to a 21k-mile car in this color combination is genuinely rare, which is a large part of why the bidding here has drawn such a crowd.
It is also, usefully, a 2+2. The rear seats are trimmed to match the fronts and make the 456M a far more practical proposition than any mid-engined Ferrari of the period, whether that means luggage for a weekend away or a pair of passengers who do not mind a short hop. Scroll through the full gallery and the condition of the back cabin tells you plenty about how carefully this car has been kept.
Paperwork, Provenance and the Bring a Trailer Auction Deadline
The paperwork closes the argument. Chassis ZFFWP44A5Y0118249 comes with its original window sticker showing first delivery to Ferrari of Washington in Sterling, Virginia, plus the owner’s manual, service records, a clean Carfax report and a clean Arizona title. Offered at no reserve as Lot #265,531 with bidding scheduled to end on September 29, this 2000 Ferrari 456M GT is the rare case of a documented, low-mileage, manual V12 Ferrari that you can actually watch sell in real time.
