£8.72m
1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione by Scaglietti
RM Sotheby's • France • 31 Jan 2024
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
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£8,718,008
1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione by Scaglietti
France • 31 Jan 2024
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AI Listing Summary
This 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione by Scaglietti, chassis number 1773 GT, is a highly desirable classic car with a rich racing history. It was driven to 5th in class at the 1960 12 Hours of Sebring and has 14 podium finishes across 20 races. The car has been restored to concours-winning standard and retains its original matching-numbers chassis, engine, and rear axle.
Condition
9
The car received a full concours-level restoration, with attention to detail by Wayne Obry’s Motion Products and Toni Auto in Maranello. The body retains its original panels and was repainted in the correct shade of Giallo with a new Pelle Verde interior. The car retains its matching-numbers chassis, engine, and rear axle, and the gearbox is a correct aluminium ribbed-casing competition unit. Ferrari Classiche Red Book certification authenticates the restoration and originality.
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1773 GT
1960
Auction
LHD
France
£8.72m
1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione by Scaglietti
RM Sotheby's • France • 31 Jan 2024
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
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Description
Ferrari’s 250 GT SWB was one of the few models in automotive history where form and function met perfectly, arguably only surpassed by its own direct successor, the 250 GTO.
Few cars genuinely transcend design boundaries to become greater than a sum of their parts, to be considered an art form rather than categorised as transport—the 250 GT SWB is one of them.
The 250 GT SWB was the product of evolution, a quest for perfection and competition dominance.
Its predecessor, the “Tour de France” variant of the 250 GT, had been wildly successful in GT racing but the SWB marked a step-change for Ferrari.
Designed with a shorter chassis, the SWB debuted the proficient 168-type “outside-plug” version of Ferrari’s 3-litre V-12 engine and disc brakes were fitted on all four corners—for endurance racing, a powerful and reliable drivetrain was key to success.
Fulfilling its promise, the SWB Competizione variant proceeded to dominate GT racing across Europe and America achieving overall or clas...
Price Analysis vs Other 250 GT SWB Competiziones
£6,002,780
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£7,762,500
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£8,718,008
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RM Sotheby's
1 Classic Car Drive, Blenheim, Ontario, N0P 1A0, Canada
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