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More Value Than You Think: A Transparent Look at Supercar Driver Membership
February 1, 2026
From video game unicorns to near $10 million Ferraris, here are our picks from RM Sotheby's latest sale.
A couple of weeks ago, we ran through our favourite wildcard cars ready to go under the hammer at RM Sotheby’s Paris auction. Those cars have since been sold, so let’s revisit to find out how they did, and discuss one of the headline acts of the sale, which signifies a relentless surge for one of the all-time great Ferraris.
Estimated at €900,000 - €1,200,000 EUR
Sold for €995,000 EUR
A modern Ferrari that’s already a collector’s icon, so perhaps not a real wildcard, but it’s often forgotten in favour of the tin-top 599 GTO. The SA Aperta was created to honour Sergio and Andrea Pininfarina — hence the SA initials — with just 80 examples built. This example, originally delivered to China, is finished in stunning Extra Campionario Blu Elettrico with the characteristic silver mirrors, A pillars and buttresses seen on many Apertas.
Sharing its drivetrain with the insane 599 GTO, the SA Aperta is a rare blend of open-air grand touring and brutal, almost analogue performance performance, making it one of the most desirable post-millennium Ferraris.
Its sale price of €995,000 equates to around $1,190,000 USD, putting it nearly 30% higher than than the $927,500 USD achieved by the 599 GTO sold at November’s Abu Dhabi auction, showing the power of rarity.
Estimated at €425,000 - €475,000 EUR
Sold for €567,500 EUR
This certainly is a wildcard, and might only be known by some because of video games. This brings back memories of it being the fastest car you could use on the original Test Drive Unlimited! America’s first true supercar, the Saleen S7 was hand-built in the U.S. and remains a symbol of domestic high-performance engineering, even if it was never a mainstream rival to the big brands.
The S7 has a 7.0-litre naturally aspirated V8 producing 550 hp, and benefits from a $26,385 Saleen-fitted suspension, clutch, and shifter upgrade. With 0-60 acceleration in the low 3-second range and a top speed around 200mph, the S7 was a serious bit of kit back in 2003, and is becoming an increasingly collectible piece of U.S. automotive history. Approximately 72 S7s were ever built, of which just 22 were this naturally aspirated version. This example has barely turned a wheel in its 23 year life with a very specific 801.9 miles on the clock and smashed its estimate. Clearly, more people know about the S7 than I thought!
Estimated at €380,000 - €420,000 EUR
Sold for €438,125 EUR
Not by quite as much as the Saleen, but the Rt12 S is another car that exceeded its estimate. Also like the Saleen, many of us know RUF from gaming when Gran Turismo didn’t have the licence to include Porsches in its early games. A rare high-water-mark RUF creation, the Rt12 S is a serious machine. With a twin-turbo 3.8-litre flat-six producing 676 hp, four-wheel drive (rear-wheel drive was an option very few customers opted for), full rollcage, and a six-speed manual, this is a rush of raw performance and bespoke engineering.
The RT12 was produced in extremely limited numbers, with some sources claiming just 13! Kept mostly in RUF’s ownership until 2015 and accompanied by service books and authenticity certificate, this is standout showcase from the pinnacle of Porsche-based tuners. Funnily enough, with a healthy 40,000km on the clock, this car fetched a very similar figure to the sale price of Porsche’s own flagship turbocharged 997, the slightly less powerful and much less rare GT2 RS, at last year’s Paris auction.
Estimated at €650,000 - €800,000 EUR
Sold for €691,250 EUR
The Murciélago is really having its day as popularity and values rise, but this isn’t any Murcielago. One of roughly 16 R-GT GT1 Murciélagos ever built, this example is a true competition car with history, having raced in the inaugural Asian Le Mans Series in 2009. The series consisted of two 500km races at Okayama, of which it won the GT1 class in race one and came second in race two, claiming the class title.
Converted for road use and UK registered, it blends motorsport provenance with a rare chance to enjoy a genuine GT1-derived machine on public roads, accompanied by the most wonderful V12 soundtrack. Perhaps even more appealing is the door it opens to series like Masters Endurance Legends, Historic Sportscar Racing in the United Stares, and Endurance Racing Legends with Peter Auto, including its race at the Le Mans Classic.
Its sale price of €691,250 EUR equates to around $825,000 USD, with the R-GT GT1’s provenance and rarity fetching stronger bids than the road-going Murciélago Roadster which sold for $651,875 USD in Abu Dhabi in November.
Estimated at €2,200,000 - €2,600,000 EUR
Sold for €1,973,750 EUR
Another V12-powered race car, this time from Modena and with a much higher pricetag, even if it was just shy of estimate. One of just two 550 Maranello-derived GTC cars commissioned by Ferrari and developed by N.Technology, this car came after the success of the Prodrive 550 GT1s, of which there are around 12 in existence.
This chassis (No. 2102) has an illustrious competition resume, including leading the 24 Hours of Spa and class wins in European hillclimb championships. Ferrari Classiche certified and retaining its original matching-numbers drivetrain, it’s also eligible for a raft of historic GT events, making it both a trophy and track-ready classic.
It’s perhaps surprising that such an unrepeatable rarity didn’t quite reach its estimate, but it’s still a very healthy sale for a legendary machine.
Estimated at €2,750,000 - €3,250,000 EUR
Sold for €3,070,625 EUR
We’ve spoken at length about SLRs being undervalued, but there’s no chance of that with this one. A celebration of the legendary British racer and the 300 SLR he drove to victory at the 1955 Mille Miglia, the Stirling Moss edition of the SLR bares little aesthetic resemblence to the ‘standard’ car. It is is an ultra-limited, roofless halo car bespoke coachwork and all the straight-performance of the regular SLR, plus a bit thanks to a 200kg diet. It’s one of the most collectible modern Mercedes with just 75 examples ever built, and paved the way for the likes of the Ferrari Monza, McLaren Elva and Aston Martin Speedster.
That scarcity, the story behind it and the near certainty that there will never be another Stirling Moss edition car mean it’s no surprise this example achieved its estimate and sold for over €3 million EUR!
Estimated at €4,000,000 - €6,000,000 EUR
Sold for €3,998,750 EUR
A unicorn even among hypercars, the track-only Bugatti Bolide is one of just 40 built and represents the most extreme interpretation of Bugatti’s quad-turbo 8.0-litre W16, developing around 1,600hp and looking like a race car that’s travelled back in time from 2073. with a dry weight of 1,450kg, it’s exceptionally light by Bugatti standards, and can pummel you to 62mph in just 2.2 seconds, before the new suspension and aero setup helps you pull nearly 2.5 G through high-speed corners, with nearly three tonnes of peak downforce possible.
This “as-new” example has covered merely 112 km and comes with extensive accessories including flight cases and spare wheels Its aerodynamically honed carbon fibre body and prototype-level engineering make the Bolide more akin to LMP1 hardware than a conventional road car, and its rarity and performance make it one of the marquee lots of the sale. Despite that, it reached a hair shy of the bottom end of its estimate, perhaps down to the limited opportunities to actually use it meaning it’s more of a niche proposition than a Chiron you can take to Harrod’
Estimated at €3,800,000 - €4,200,000 EUR
Sold for €8,105,000 EUR
The Enzo wasn’t on our pre-auction list of wildcards because, obviously, it isn’t a wildcard! One of the big six F cars and the only car to ever wear the name of the marque’s legendary founder, the Enzo was always going to be a bet for strong values, and this car’s vital statistics make its case ever stronger.
RM Sotheby’s called this a unicorn example, being in time capsule condition with just 286km from new and ‘fastidious care’ from its single owner. It comes with all its original manuals, tool kit, and even an Enzo luggage set, not that I’d expect a 286km to be going on an overnighter any time soon.
It’s estimate of around half the resulting sale price was set before the wild prices of Mecum’s Kissimmee auction saw two Enzos reach $17,875,000 and $11,110,000 respectively, and RM Sotheby’s Arizona auction, just five days before Paris, saw another Enzo go under the hammer at $9,300,000 USD.
This Enzo followed those strong results and was the second most expensive car sold at the auction behind a 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider (€14,067,500 EUR), with a sale price of €8,105,000 EUR, meaning it’s the fourth Enzo to sell for over $9 million USD in the first month of 2026, showing the Enzo’s relentless surge.
