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1990 Ferrari Testarossa

Spider by Pininfarina
$1,655,193
Sale Price
£1,400,000 - £1,800,000
Est. Range
Yes
Reserve
5 November 2022
Sold Date
134
Lot Number
#2+
Original
RM Sotheby's
Auction House
Chassis no. EFG092; Engine no. EFG092. Rosso Corsa over black leather. RHD. 4943/390hp, 5-speed, alloy wheels, Blaupunkt cassette, books and tools.

Evaluation: Never road registered and presents effectively as-new throughout. Showing 413 km (257 miles) Ordered new by the consigner in November 1989 and commissioned as a bespoke project alongside cars made for Brunei royalty. Had €177,000 in restoration work in 2021 by Pininfarina and Zanasi.

Bottom Line: Although Ferrari built nearly 10,000 Testarossas, it never offered a factory drop-top version of its famous cheese-grater supercar, although Pininfarina completed a very small number for special clients and Ferrari built one for Gianni Agnelli. Any car fans of a certain age will also fondly remember the 1986 video game OutRun, which features a red Testarossa Spider. Car fans of that age are also now old enough to have deep enough pockets for bespoke vintage Ferraris, and maybe that has something to do with the price here, which eclipsed even the Gianni Agnelli TR Spider that sold for €1.21M in 2016.

by Andrew Newton
11 November 2022

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