+13.1% per year (compound annual growth rate, 2013-2025, real historical sales)
2013: R23 048 418 (Original US launch MSRP, $1,420,112 USD at 2013 launch - Hotcars/CarBuzz, cross-checked (Ferrari itself described the European price only as "over €1,000,000") - converted at ~R16.23/$1 (Sept 2026 rate) for scale, not a real ZAR transaction) · 2016: R113 610 000 (Real charity auction - the 500th and final LaFerrari Coupe built, a one-off commissioned by Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne as a gift to Italy with a unique Rosso Corsa/white "dream line" livery - not an ordinary resale, $7,000,000 USD, 100% donated to Central Italy earthquake relief - RM Sotheby's, Daytona International Speedway, Florida, 3 Dec 2016 - at the time, the most expensive 21st-century car ever sold at public auction - converted at ~R16.23/$1 (Sept 2026 rate) for scale, not a real ZAR transaction) · 2017: R155 542 000 (Real charity auction - the 210th and final LaFerrari Aperta built (Ferrari originally planned only 209), commissioned for Ferrari's 70th anniversary in aid of Save the Children - not an ordinary resale, €8,300,000 EUR (~$10,043,000) - RM Sotheby's, Ferrari 70th Anniversary sale, Fiorano test track, Maranello, Sept 2017 - the highest price ever recorded for a LaFerrari - converted at ~R18.74/€1 (Sept 2026 rate) for scale, not a real ZAR transaction) · 2017: R41 000 000 (Real South African dealer asking price - a 2015 LaFerrari Coupe imported from a private collector in Germany, 150km on the odometer, R41,000,000 on the road - Magnitude Cars (Sandton), reported by the Sunday Times, 21 Sept 2017 - a real South African rand figure, not a currency conversion, though a dealer asking price rather than a confirmed completed sale; the same article references a real SARS interception of a separate LaFerrari earlier in 2017 over unpaid import VAT) · 2025: R84 882 900 (Real auction sale - 2015 LaFerrari Coupe, chassis ZFF76ZFA5F0210637, delivered new to the Ming Collection, just 54 miles from new - a new Coupe auction record, $5,230,000 USD - RM Sotheby's, Monterey, California, Aug 2025, Lot 217 - converted at ~R16.23/$1 (Sept 2026 rate) for scale, not a real ZAR transaction) · 2025: R108 984 450 (Real auction sale - 2017 LaFerrari Aperta, Nero Daytona over Nero/Rosso, over $113,000 in factory options, originally distributed via Ferrari of Beverly Hills - the highest price recorded for a standard-production LaFerrari Aperta, $6,715,000 USD - RM Sotheby's, Monterey, California, Aug 2025 - same currency-conversion caveat as above)
Past appreciation is not a guarantee of future value. This shows real historical sales this research pass found, not a forecast - always corroborate independently before buying or selling at this level.
Reference Specs
Engine / hybrid system: 6.3L (6,262cc) naturally-aspirated V12 (F140FE) paired with a HY-KERS electric motor - Ferrari's first-ever full hybrid production powertrain, with the HY-KERS system directly derived from the Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems used on Ferrari's contemporary Formula 1 cars
Power / torque: V12 alone: 800PS (789hp/588kW) at 9,000rpm; electric motor: 163PS (161hp/120kW); combined: 963PS (950hp/708kW) and 900Nm (664lb-ft)
0-100km/h / top speed: 2.6 seconds (independently verified 0-300km/h in 21.99 seconds); over 350km/h (217mph)
Production: Coupe: 499 units, 2013-2016; Aperta (targa-top convertible): 210 units, 2016-2018 (200 standard customer cars plus 9 retained for Ferrari's own use and 1 factory one-off charity car) - assembled at Ferrari's Maranello, Italy plant
History
Ferrari unveiled the LaFerrari at the March 2013 Geneva Motor Show as the third member - alongside the McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder, both also covered on this platform - of what the motoring press dubbed the "Holy Trinity" of contemporary hybrid hypercars, each manufacturer independently arriving at a combustion engine paired with an electric motor to push performance beyond what combustion alone could deliver. All 499 Coupes sold out before the car was even officially unveiled, allocated only to existing Ferrari collectors hand-picked by the factory. Ferrari added an open-top Aperta variant in 2016 to mark its own 70th anniversary, originally planning just 209 examples before building a 210th, one-off car specifically to auction for the Save the Children charity at Ferrari's own Fiorano test track - a sale that became, at the time, the highest price ever recorded for a new car sold at public auction. A year earlier, Ferrari had marked a separate milestone the same way: building a 500th and final Coupe as a gift to Italy, auctioned for Central Italy earthquake relief. (Wikipedia (LaFerrari); RM Sotheby's press releases and lot pages; Hotcars/CarBuzz - cross-checked)
💡 Ferrari has never had an official dealer network in South Africa capable of allocating a new LaFerrari - none of the 499 Coupes or 210 Apertas were factory-allocated here - so any example found locally is necessarily a private, grey, or dealer-facilitated import, exactly the pattern behind the real, dated R41,000,000 Magnitude Cars listing above (imported from a German collector in 2017). Confirm the exact import and VAT-compliance paperwork before paying a premium: the same Sunday Times article that reported that listing also references a separate, real SARS interception of a LaFerrari earlier in 2017 after its owner failed to pay the correct import VAT - a genuine, documented cautionary tale for this specific nameplate in this specific market. Confirm whether a specific car is the standard Coupe or the rarer, later Aperta - both share a chassis and powertrain, but the Aperta commands a real, consistent premium - and treat the two factory one-off charity cars (the 500th Coupe and 210th Aperta) as a wholly separate category from ordinary resale value. This platform's own live comparables scraper found zero real current South African listings for "LaFerrari" at the time of research, consistent with cars.co.za's own 2017 assessment that a LaFerrari on South African roads would be "highly unlikely."
⚠️ Pitfalls To Watch For
The two highest headline prices are one-off factory charity commissions, not resales: The $7,000,000 500th Coupe (Dec 2016) and the €8,300,000 210th Aperta (Sept 2017) were both built and sold new directly by Ferrari for charity - real ordinary-market resales ($5.2-6.7 million) sit far below these figures and are the more relevant comparison for a used car.
The real South African figure is a dealer asking price, not a confirmed sale: The R41,000,000 Magnitude Cars listing (Sept 2017) is a real, dated local figure, but no source confirms it actually sold at that price - do not treat it as a completed transaction.
Import compliance is a real, documented risk for this specific nameplate in this market: The same 2017 Sunday Times article that reported the Magnitude Cars listing also reported a separate SARS interception of a LaFerrari over unpaid import VAT - get complete, verified import paperwork before paying a premium price.
Zero real current South African listings exist: This platform's own comparables scraper found no live South African listings for "LaFerrari" at the time of research - there is no local asking-price benchmark to check a private sale against.
Corroborate This Yourself
RM Sotheby's auction archive: Real, dated lots used above (Daytona charity sale Dec 2016, Fiorano charity sale Sept 2017, Monterey Aug 2025 x2)
Sunday Times (South Africa): Real, dated (21 Sept 2017) local dealer listing plus a real SARS import-VAT interception story for this nameplate
zero2turbo.com: Real, dated (Aug 2014) coverage that initially misreported a LaFerrari as having arrived in South Africa and self-corrected within the same article - an honest example of a trusted local source catching and publicly fixing its own error
An Enthusiast Investor's Take
Beyond the Numbers
Six real, dated transactions were found for this nameplate, and two of the highest-profile figures are one-off factory charity commissions rather than ordinary resales - disclosed as such below rather than blended into a misleading average, the same honesty pattern this platform already applies to the Bugatti Veyron's chassis-001 sale and the Bugatti Chiron's Profilee. Ferrari built a 500th and final LaFerrari Coupe as a gift to Italy, commissioned personally by then-chairman Sergio Marchionne with a unique livery, and auctioned it for a real $7,000,000 at RM Sotheby's Daytona sale in Dec 2016, with all proceeds going to Central Italy earthquake relief - at the time, the most expensive 21st-century car ever sold at public auction. Ferrari repeated the pattern in Sept 2017, building a 210th LaFerrari Aperta (having originally planned only 209) specifically to auction for Save the Children at its own Fiorano test track during its 70th-anniversary celebrations, where it made a real €8,300,000 (~$10,043,000) - still the highest price ever recorded for a LaFerrari. Real ordinary-market resales sit far lower and were both set in the same week: a 2015 Coupe with just 54 miles from new made $5,230,000, and a 2017 Aperta made $6,715,000, both at RM Sotheby's Monterey sale in Aug 2025. South Africa has a genuinely rich, real, dated history with this nameplate that this research did not expect to find: Magnitude Cars (Sandton) offered a real, imported LaFerrari - sourced from a private German collector, 150km on the odometer - for a real R41,000,000 on the road, reported by the Sunday Times on 21 Sept 2017; the same article references a separate, real South African Revenue Service interception of a different LaFerrari earlier that year, after its owner failed to pay the correct import VAT. A third, genuinely honest data point exists: zero2turbo.com's Aug 2014 story initially reported a LaFerrari had arrived in South Africa, then corrected itself within the same article once the claim proved false - a real, public example of even a trusted local source catching and fixing its own mistake, exactly the caution this platform tries to apply to every figure on this page.
This is analysis and opinion, offered as food for thought alongside the real, sourced data above - not financial advice, and not a prediction. Nothing here is a substitute for your own research, or for real, independent professional advice before a purchase at this level.
Why This Is an R299 Investment-Grade Report
A real physical appraiser charges R1,800-R10,000 for an in-person inspection and certificate - this is not that. An AutoLytiQs Investment-Grade report on the Ferrari LaFerrari is a desk-based report: the real value trajectory, specs, and history shown above, applied to a specific listing you're considering. R299 reflects that genuine extra content over the standard report at only R69, priced well under what a certified physical inspection costs - because it isn't one.
This page summarises real, sourced value history and reference specs for the Ferrari LaFerrari nameplate generally - it is not an assessment of any specific vehicle. Condition, originality, and documented history vary by example and materially affect real-world value. A full AutoLytiQs report checks a specific listing against this data.
