This Time-Capsule Ferrari F50 Could Fetch More Than $20 Million

Talk about an impressive return on investment. Back in 1997, the list price of a Ferrari F50 supercar was $475,000. This example—dressed in the marque’s iconic Rosso Corsa—is being offered through Broad Arrow at its Las Vegas Auction on October 31, and if it sells for its estimate, it will represent a $19.52 million profit. That translates to a value increase of $673,000 per year. To discover what makes this particular F50 so valuable, just climb inside and take a look at its digital odometer: It reads only 106 miles.

“This offers the unique opportunity of getting as close as anyone can today of taking delivery of a brand new F50,” Alexander Weaver, senior car specialist and vice president of Broad Arrow Auctions tells Robb Report. “While modern hypercars continue to push the boundaries of design and engineering technology, we’ve seen today’s younger collectors looking for a return to an analog driving experience. The F50, being Ferrari‘s last manual transmission, mid-engined, V-12 supercar, it offers the ultimate in mechanical, unfiltered driving.”

Unveiled at the 1995 Geneva Motor Show, the F50 was built to celebrate Ferrari’s 50th anniversary. To deliver the purest of driving experiences, it came with a six-speed gated manual transmission, no power steering, no power-assisted brakes, and no ABS. It’s powered by a 4.7-liter naturally aspirated V-12 developed from Ferrari’s 3.5-liter Formula 1 engine. The power plant, which boasts five valves per cylinder, titanium connecting rods, and dry sump lubrication, produces 513 hp and 347 ft lbs of torque. In a test performed by the team at Road & Track magazine, it recorded a zero-to-60 mph acceleration time of 3.6 seconds, with Ferrari claiming a top speed of 202 mph.

This F50 is a late-production example, being the 334th of 349 cars built between 1995 and 1997. Completed on August 6, 1997, this example was shipped to official U.K. Ferrari importer Maranello Concessionaires, in Surrey, England, that December. According to Broad Arrow, the car came extremely well specified, with the aforementioned Rosso Corsa paint, a Nero (black) leather interior with red inserts, a removable hardtop with its own custom transport case, plus a three-piece set of Schedoni luggage. Also included was a pair of Tod’s driving boots, size 8.5, produced exclusively for F50 buyers.

It seems that the F50 on offer got off to an interesting start in life. Its first owner was ‘Lord’ Maurice Taylor, of Cheshire, England. Taylor, who reportedly bought his aristocratic title on the internet, was jailed for three years for selling a fake painting by the British artist Lowry through auction house Bonhams. He was subsequently ordered to repay 1 million pounds sterling.

At some point in time, Taylor sold the car to Takeshi Kimura, known as “Mr. Muira,” who added it to his expansive Ferrari collection in Kashiwa, near Tokyo. By 2018, the F50 had reportedly been acquired by Chinese billionaire and Instagram influencer Shin Mike Yin, who houses his collection of rare exotics—including a few examples from Pagani and Bugatti—in Dusseldorf, Germany.

During its time in Germany, the car was serviced in March of 2021, and again in February of 2025. According to Weaver, the Ferrari was shipped to California just a few weeks ago, in preparation for the sale. There, it received a fresh service and a Ferrari Classiche inspection at Ferrari of Newport Beach.

“The car presents today much as it would have on the day Maranello Concessionaires handed it over. Its paintwork, cabin, leather upholstery, as well as its factory accessories, are in perfect condition,” says Weaver.

As to authenticating that low odometer reading, Weaver assures that plugging a reader into its transmission revealed the exact mileage. “Of course, our big challenge is making sure it doesn’t increase when we move it around the auction.” The car’s super-low mileage and as-new condition are what’s expected to deliver its “in excess” of $20 million estimate. While F50 prices are continuing to soar, no other example has come anywhere close to achieving that price, at least at auction.

At Mecum’s Kissimmee sale in January, a 1995 Ferrari F50, part of the Phil Bachman Collection, sold for $12.2 million; at the RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale in August, the ex-Mike Tyson F50 sold for $12.1 million. The current record holder is a 1996 F50 sold by Mecum (also during Monterey Car Week in August) for $14.575 million.

Who’s going to acquire this low-mileage F50? Weaver is convinced it will go to a younger buyer, probably someone with another F50 in their collection that they drive, and who is looking to buy the very best of the best. Says Weaver: “The supercar market is absolutely wild right now, and the F50 is at the very top of that collector wave. For someone who wants the model exactly as Ferrari built it, a better-preserved or more complete example would be hard to find.”

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