Ferrari F50 Berlinetta Prototipo Is The Most Significant F50 Of Them All

Worldwide Auctioneers is set to auction off the one-and-only 1995 Ferrari F50 Berlinetta Prototipo on January 15 at its Scottsdale, Arizona sale.

This particular F50 is the very first prototype ever built and was driven extensively by journalists and Ferrari test drivers at the Fiorano test track and on the roads around Maranello. In fact, it was driven by the likes of Dario Benuzzi, Niki Lauda, Gerhard Berger, and Jean Alesi. What’s more, it also doubled as the first F50 show car and made appearances at the Geneva Motor Show in 1995, ‘Ferrari Days’ at Spa-Francorchamps in 1995, ‘Tutti la Ferrari in Pista’ at Mugello in 1995, and the Tokyo Motor Show that same year.

Collector’s Dream: First-Ever Ferrari F50 Has Just 1,400 Miles, Should Fetch In Excess Of $2 Million

Additionally, the F50 Berlinetta Prototipo served as the basis for scale models produced by Bburago, Maisto, Tamiya, Revell, and others. It was also the car featured in Ferrari’s official press photos of the F50.

After completing all its testing and promotional duties, the car was rebuilt by the factory and delivered to its owner in Belgium. It remained in this collection until 2006 when it was sold to Ferrari collector David Walters of Burbank, California in 2007 and displayed at numerous events. It has since been owned by three other people and will be auctioned off with Ferrari Classiche certification and all original accessories. The car has only been driven 1,400 miles (2,253 km) since it was rebuilt.

The F1-derived 4.7-liter naturally-aspirated V12 of the F50 is truly iconic and churns out no less than 510 hp and 345 lb-ft (467 Nm) of torque. With just 1,400 miles under its belt, the engine should run as well as it did when it first left the factory.