Ferrari puts special edition supercar through its paces on test track
Italian company’s special projects unit builds one-off SP38, a modified Ferrari 488 GTB, featuring louvred cover for twin-turbo V8 engine, for unnamed buyer
Many people dream of owning a Ferrari. Some people do well enough in life to actually buy one.
And then there is another class of Ferraristas... who can ask Ferrari to make them a special one-off car.
Someone such as English rock and blues Eric Clapton, a long-time Ferrari lover, who parted with US$4.7 million to collaborate with the Italian supercar maker on a special projects, or SP version of the now-retired 458 Italia.
You have to be a pretty special Ferrari customer to qualify for the SP treatment, which started in 2007. But it is typical of Ferrari to offer stalwart clients the chance to spend big-time on one-off vehicles.
The latest is the SP38, which Ferrari said was “unveiled at Fiorano [Circuit] where, after the ceremonial handover ... the car was immediately put through its paces in a series of hot laps”.
Fiorano is Ferrari's test track, located next to its factory in Maranello, in northern Italy.
The identity of the loyal client was not revealed.