Donated by the Maranello-based company to the former Formula 1 driver during his second season at Ferrari, it will be sold by Sotheby’s in November with a starting price of around 160,000 euros
Nigell Mansell’s Testarossa is up for sale. The iconic berlinetta owned by the former Ferrari driver will go to auction, sold for Sotheby’s in London, on November 2. Donated to Mansell during his second season at Maranello, it was delivered to the Isle of Man in 1990, six years after the model’s debut at the Paris Motor Show, before being resold by the champion himself to a private collector at the end of the same year.
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Powered by the historic “flat” V12 from 390 CvMansell’s Testarossa is right-hand drive and has British registration plates. The speedometer, in miles, is not the original one, but maintenance records indicate that it was replaced in 1997 when it showed around thirteen thousand kilometres (8,333 miles). Inside there is a plaque confirming that the car was a gift to the driver from Ferrari. From 2021 to 2024 it belonged to the Emblem Sports Cars dealership based in Poole, Dorset. The starting price is £135,000, approximately 160.000 eurowhile the maximum estimate is around 195 thousand euros. A curiosity? Included in the lot is the original set of custom-made suitcases, embellished with the initials of the English pilot.
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2024-09-21 08:58:51
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