In the wake of the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that hit central Italy in late August, Ferrari’s chairman and CEO, Sergio Marchionne announced the the Maranello automaker will be building one more LaFerrari hypercar for sale at auction, the proceeds of which will be channelled directly to benefit victims of the quake.
The LaFerrari is the flagship hybrid hypercar that Ferrari launched in 2013, building only 499 units in a production run that lasted until 2015. Owners of the car had to be handpicked by Ferrari themselves just for the opportunity to buy one, with each car costing in excess of $1.7 million each.
The car is also the first Ferrari to use electrification in any form for propulsion. In the LaFerrari’s case, a 120kW electric motor and energy recovery system is used to augment the mid-mounted 588kW/700Nm 6.3-litre naturally aspirated V12.
Working in tandem, the LaFerrari delivered a combined output of 708kW and 900Nm of torque with drive reaching the rear wheels via a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission.
Ferrari has not yet disclosed the timeline to which the car will be constructed or where the car will be auctioned off. Although, seeing as how the later they wait the less of an impact the sale of the car will actually aid the over disaster victims, we wouldn’t be surprised if Ferrari has already begun work on it.
They are also at work on rolling out a roofless version of the car called the LaFerrari Spider, of which it is suspected that an equal 499 units will be produced to match the hardtop variant.
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