The legendary Ferrari LaFerrari hybrid was largely developed on the platform of its predecessor, the 458 Italia, but the company conducted some of the final tests using a production-close chassis instead. It was known as the Proto F150-P2 and remained in the house for years, but has now found a private buyer for U.S. $2,425,000.
Although the car isn’t street-legal (and likely won’t ever be), the Maranello crew put nearly 55,000 kilometers (34,200 miles) on it running tests. Remarkably, the company’s first-ever hybrid powertrain rated at 963 PS (950 hp / 708 kW) somehow never made it into this test mule: it was driven with a 6.5-liter, naturally aspirated V12 instead.
Our best guess is that Ferrari used the earlier prototypes to test the hybrid system, while this one could be used for chassis, suspension, steering and other refinements. It still retains all the telemetry equipment in the cabin and still wears the dotted camo wrap, although the listing claims it’s finished in the company’s signature Rosso Corsa red under the vinyl.
It’s worth pointing out here that well-preserved road-legal LaFerrari models tend to cost even more. Limited to just 500 production units, they casually hit €4 million, and we hear tell that an open-top Aperta version changed hands for €6.7 million last summer.
