2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti

First registered in May 2005, this 612 Scaglietti with the F1 semi-automatic gearbox was supplied by JCT600 of Leeds to Amerex Services Ltd of Newcastle. Given that they are a sheet steel fabrication company, there’s more than a little irony (pun intended) that the company boss would be driving around in an all-aluminium 612.

Since then the car has had 5 further keepers in Yorkshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire and Cornwall who have kept the car in pretty much constant service but with limited use, to a total mileage of around 60,500 miles.

The latest owner bought the car in September 2019 directly from the previous keeper, although also getting good background information from SBRACE Engineering. He’d been turned on to 612s by various magazine articles and had tried to buy the 612 we had listed back then, but was outbid. Being his first Ferrari, finding one in Rosso Corsa over Crema was a bit of a plus.

Due to a combination of weather and COVID, the longest drive he’s had in the car was from Watford to Cornwall when he bought it, and then up to Exeter more recently. So to avoid it becoming just a garage queen, he decided to put it through a comprehensive service with belts and tensioners replaced and to put it on The Market.

Some of the front-engined Ferrari V12 grand tourers are rather colour sensitive and only look good in a darker colour like Tour de France Blue. Whilst we wouldn’t say no to a blue 612, this one still looks utterly fabulous coated in Ferrari’s signature Rosso Corsa.

The paint finish and bodywork looks amazing and the car really stands out wherever you go. There is a 20p size paint imperfection that appears to have been touched in at some point in the past and a few tiny stone chips on the nose, but such things are to be expected and about all we could find in the way of flaws or blemishes.

It has proper inlaid Scuderia shields on the front wings - not stickers - and was also optioned with the 20-inch silver Challenge Monolithic alloy wheels, which all look in good condition.

They were refitted with Pirelli PZERO high performance tyres in June 2016; since when they’ve done just under 10k miles. Matching good quality tyres like this are an infallible sign of owners who are prepared to spend whatever required to extract the very best from their car, and are just the sort of thing you want to see when you’re considering buying a Ferrari like this.

If Rosso Corsa is the most popular and desirable Ferrari exterior colour, then pairing it with a Crema leather interior is the perfect combination. The seats and door cards are upholstered in this hide, whilst the upper elements like the door tops, dash and pillars are clad in black leather to reduce reflective glare and give a feeling of bigger windows. All the leather is stitched in contrasting red thread.

As far as we can see there is no damage or undue wear across any of the trim and the only negative we found is the soiling of the cream leather near the ignition key hole.

The rear seats are not your typical +2 child seats but are suitable for fully grown humans and are also given the same degree of design detail as the fronts, such as having the “Cavallino Rampante” embossed on the head rests.

Affixed to the dashboard on the right of the steering wheel is a small plaque commemorating the 6 back-to-back Formula 1 Constructors’ Championships from 1999 to 2004. That of course was the Michael Schumacher era, at first backed up by Eddie Irvine and then by Rubens Barichello.

The stereo unit has been upgraded to a Kenwood system with a flip out screen and features DAB radio, navigation, dash cam and reversing camera. It outputs through Bose speakers for a rich, crisp sound. So far as we’ve been able to test, all the electrics and other systems work as they should.

The blood red carpets and fitted overmats appear clean and intact and overhead the roof is lined in the crema leather. A fire extinguisher is fitted under the front passenger seat.

Under the bonnet, the V12 sits a long way back in the compartment - designated as front-mid-engined - giving better weight distribution. The red crackle-finish on the manifolds is starting to chip and flake off in places but otherwise, all looks to be in fine fettle with no damage or corrosion. The service history (see next section) is comprehensive and backs up the claim that all is in good working order.

The undersides of the car appear in good condition - mostly protected by plastic or composite undertrays. What is metal has been well coated in underseal, although being aluminium there’d be little chance of rot. The twin stainless-steel Tubi exhaust system looks (and sounds) in good order and has chromed quad tailpipes.

Due to the narrowed rear and the styling around the quad tail lights, the boot has a relatively small opening but inside is quite spacious with a deep well under the floorboard. There are a couple of bits of removable trim coming loose but otherwise all is fairly clean and in good order. A flap gives access to the battery compartment which has a CTEK connector fitted for easy charging and conditioning.

The car has a current MOT certificate valid until February 2022. After adjusting the headlamp alignment, it passed with advisories including suspension ball joint dust covers but we can see an invoice for exactly these items which were then fitted at the service in March.

The car comes with its full book pack in a prancing-horse-embossed leather wallet, including the service booklet, which contains the following stamps:

May 2006 - 1,897 - JCT600 Leeds

Apr 2007 - 6,789 - JCT600 Leeds

Sep 2008 - 21,498 - Millbrooke Sheffield (inc belts)

Aug 2009 - 32,325 - GC Motors Harrogate

Mar 2010 - 35,550 - GC Motors Harrogate (inc belts)

Feb 2011 - 38,179 - Neal Lucas Camberley (inc belts)

Jan 2012 - 41,648 - Neal Lucas Camberley

May 2013 - 46,821 - SBRACE Engineering Aylesbury

May 2014 - 47,871 - SBRACE Engineering Aylesbury

Jul 2016 - 51,617 - SBRACE Engineering Aylesbury (inc belts)

Oct 2017 - 57,078 - SBRACE Engineering Aylesbury

Mar 2021 - 60,555 - Carrs Ferrari Exeter (inc belts)

There are also numerous MOT reports and invoices supporting the above maintenance and recording additional works such as a front bumper repair in October 2017.

The 612 comes with two keys and a fitted indoor cover and will be sold with the “X4 FER” registration number, itself probably worth a four figure sum.

The Ferrari 612 Scaglietti was the subject of a feature in Modern Classics magazine a few years ago, where it was touted as one to watch as a potential future investment. We’re not sure if that has yet proved true, but surely prices are already bottoming out.

Investment potential aside, the most impressive thing about the 612 is its sheer usability; it is a wonderfully potent everyday car that would equally have no problems crossing continents with the family on board - as indeed this one has at least twice, judging by the Swiss vignette stickers in the windscreen and the Le Mans event sticker.

While the car’s original price tag would have been up approaching £200k, we think that now - a decade and a half later - it will sell for between £49,000 and £55,000. At those kinds of numbers there’s sure to be a lot of interest.

Let’s remind ourselves that we’re talking about a modern era V12 Ferrari with four seats, for about the same price as a brand new BMW X5. It might not be especially cheap to maintain but we know which one we’d rather have on the driveway.

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