Ultra-rare Ferrari Enzo breaks auction records
A red Ferrari might not seem that amazing, but this one-of-one Enzo is now the most expensive car ever sold at an online-only auction.
The Ferrari Enzo is already a legend in its own right, and yet more than 20 years on from exiting production, it’s still grabbing headlines.
American auction house duPont Registry is claiming a new record after a Ferrari Enzo it sold for US$12,399,000 (A$17,699,200) excluding buyer’s premium became the most expensive car to be bought at an online-only auction.
The Enzo in question, chassis ZFFCW56A230134278, was one of just 127 examples delivered to the US, and one of only 400 built globally, though it is set apart as being the sole supercar finished in Rosso Dino.
The slightly lighter red hue was named after Ferrari founder Enzo’s son Dino, who died at age 24, and wasn’t used in almost 40 years until the supercar’s buyer requested the paint finish for his upcoming delivery.
Gerald Barnes, owner of Ferrari Maserati of Newport Beach, paid just US$2364 in 2002 – equivalent to US$4403 now – to have his Enzo painted Rosso Dino, a decision which led to the unique result.
As standard the Enzo was only available in Rosso Corsa (red), Giallo Modena (yellow), and Nero (black), though Ferrari’s Tailor Made program meant just a handful of examples had unique finishes, including Australian transport magnate Lindsay Fox, whose Enzo bears the red and yellow colour scheme of his trucks.
In the case of the Rosso Dino Enzo, its circa-US$13 million sale price is nearly double that of the previous online-only auction record, held until now by a LaFerrari Aperta which sold on on Bring a Trailer in 2022 for US$5.36 million (A$7.65 million).
Values of Enzos have been on the rise in recent years, with the previous overall auction record of US$6.26 million (A$8.94 million) set in 2023 smashed earlier this year, when a Giallo Modena example went for US$17.88 million (A$25.52 million).
