A rare Ferrari Daytona SP3 supercar in Verde Francesca color was sold at the Broad Arrow auction in Las Vegas for $18.54 million. This is a record price for this model, not counting the copy sold for $26 million at a charity auction, Motor 1 reports. The peculiarity of this transaction is that the initial price of this car was about $2.3 million.

Thus, its price on the secondary market has increased by about eight times in less than a year. The Daytona SP3 is equipped with an 829-horsepower naturally aspirated V12 engine without turbocharging and a hybrid system. The engine can develop more than 9,000 revolutions per minute.

The supercar's design is inspired by the legendary racing Ferraris of past decades. However, such a high price is explained primarily by the rarity, condition, and low mileage of the car.

The green copy had only 81 miles (about 130 km) on the odometer. At the RM Sotheby's auction in London on the same day, a yellow Ferrari Daytona SP3 was sold for $10.9 million. The difference was almost $7.7 million.

According to Hagerty, American buyers are willing to pay more for rare supercars with minimal mileage. The yellow car had already covered 2,948 miles (about 4,744 km) and, according to available information, Ferrari had previously used it for media events.

Thus, even in the case of cars from the same limited edition, mileage, operating history, and color design can significantly affect the final value. At the same time, the record price also highlights another feature of the collector car market: some supercars become investment assets.

But there is also a flip side: cars designed for high speeds and vivid driving impressions often pass from one owner to another while almost never going out on the road.