A 2023 Ferrari Daytona SP3 with 227 miles on the odometer will cross the block at RM Sotheby’s during Monterey Car Week next month carrying a presale estimate of $10 million to $12 million.
The car comes from The Driver’s Philosophy Collection and is finished in Giallo Triplo Strato with Nero racing stripes. It joins a lot list at the same sale that already includes Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason’s McLaren F1 GTR, chassis 10R, estimated at north of $35 million.
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The Daytona SP3 is the third entry in Ferrari’s Icona series, arriving after the Monza SP1 and SP2, and it leans hardest of the three on the company’s competition past. The name marks the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona, where Ferrari’s factory-entered 330 P3/4 and 330 P4 crossed the line three abreast alongside the NART-entered 412P. The styling borrows from that period, and Ferrari billed the car at launch as the most aerodynamically efficient road model it had built without active aerodynamics.
Ferrari’s Tailor Made program left the door open to nearly unlimited personalization on the SP3, but this example was configured through the Atelier program instead and completed in July 2023. Giallo Triplo Strato — the name refers to its triple-layer construction — ranks among the priciest finishes in the Ferrari catalog, and the layered paint shifts from yellow toward orange depending on the light. An Italian-flag motif runs alongside the stripes.
Inside, the car pairs a Nero cabin with yellow accents, Cavallino Rampante emblems stitched into the headrests and Giallo seatbelts echoing the exterior. Optional equipment includes a carbon-fiber hardtop, carbon lower bodywork and mirrors, matte-black wheels with gloss-black brake calipers, airbrushed Scuderia Ferrari shields and a suspension-lift system.
Color can carry unusual weight in the collector market, sometimes more than a spec sheet suggests. A one-off Rosso Dino Ferrari Enzo recently set the all-time online auction record at $13 million on duPont REGISTRY Live.
Ferrari built 599 customer Daytona SP3s, with roughly 150 to 180 delivered to the United States, followed by a single one-off. That fixed production number matters more as the company pushes further into hybrid and electric powertrains. The one-off — the final car of the run, also finished prominently in yellow — sold for $26 million at RM Sotheby’s during last year’s Monterey Car Week. Its buyer was later identified as a reclusive billionaire collector.
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That result came out of a charity sale and reflected a unique specification, final-car status and a closing-chapter story that is hard to replicate. This car is one of the 599 customer examples, which makes its $10 million to $12 million estimate a cleaner read on where the model actually sits in the market.
The SP3 does not belong to Ferrari’s so-called Big Six, but it carries the traits that define Maranello’s halo cars: dramatic bodywork, a naturally aspirated V12 and a soundtrack that does much of the emotional work on its own. Nearly five years after its debut, it still draws a crowd.
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