- This 1962 Ferrari 330 GT is one of two prototypes remaining, and was Enzo Ferrari’s daily for two years
- The car’s just come up for sale on, of all places, Facebook Marketplace, with a US$865,000 ask
- This Ferrari was auctioned in 2018 for US$224,400
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The last few times this 1962 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 prototype, chassis 4085, traded hands, it did so the way most incredibly rare, über-expensive classic cars do — y’know, private sale, auction, high-end broker, that sort of deal. It’s just a little odd, then, to see what’s unarguably the most important example of this highly coveted model listed on, of all places, Facebook Marketplace, with the attached price tag approaching seven figures. Bit of a different tactic than sending it across the block at Bonhams.
But here we are in December 2024, and there it is, on a social media classifieds site next to a ’99 Chevy Cavalier. I don’t want to call it an insult necessarily, but the 330 GT in question was one of four prototypes built, of which just two remain; acted as the personal company car of Enzo Ferrari himself, for a handful of years; and came to the U.S. via none other than Luigi Chinetti, Le Mans winner and America’s first Ferrari importer. A pedigree like that is not one generally befitting the blurb in an FB Marketplace listing.
While they went through a phase where they were not particularly well-regarded, Ferrari 330 GT 2+2s are today handsomely desirable cars: successors to the iconic Ferrari 250 series, driven by the marque’s renowned 4.0-litre Colombo V-12 and four-speed manual, they typically trade in the US$200,000 range, per Classics.com. But add in all of that above provenance, and you’re looking at a hefty premium on top of that number.
Okay, not that much of a premium. As alluded to above, the asking on – again – Facebook Marketplace for this thing is US$865,000 (CDN$1.2 million). Consider that when it was last listed for sale, in 2019, the firm putting it up for offer tagged it at US$495,000. The year prior, Bonhams saw it hammer at auction for US$224,400. Y’know, “realistic” numbers.
But then again, we are talking about a mind-blowingly important Ferrari driven by Il Commendatore himself being listed on Facebook Marketplace. Maybe I need to adjust my definition of “realistic” and stop treating this as just another incredibly rare, über-expensive classic car.
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