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RM Sotheby's London Auction Results
From Senna's daily driver to unicorn classics and the most extreme track weapons you can buy, our top picks from RM Sotheby's exclusive London sale.
November 5, 2025
Last week’s market blog focused on iconic colours, and of course by far the most iconic is Ferrari red. It’s synonymous with the brand, it’s the colour most people insist on when buying their first, and let’s be honest, their cars look damn good in it.
However, that popularity means there are some people, myself admittedly included, who would have anything but red if they had the chance to buy a Ferrari. Don't get me wrong, I love a red Ferrari, but I love something different, and these nine examples below show just how good that can look. Without further ado, let’s go shopping.
2004 | 27,770 Miles | £249,950
On the used market, black is the second most popular colour after red, and the most classic of the blacks is Nero Daytona, the first of a few colours on this list named after a race track. There are many options to choose from at our dealer partners, but I just had to choose this 360 Challenge Stradale as the vast majority of them are red and it’s a real change to see one in black with no stripe — perhaps the most understated CS I’ve ever seen!
1997 | 41,982 Miles | £88,990
Rather less understated is Giallo Modena, Italian for Modena Yellow, celebrating the brand’s home. I particularly love Ferraris in yellow and feel like the F355 works very well in this hue, not that anyone would admit as much when Jonty owned one in years gone by, favouring instead jokes about skips... Now he no longer owns one, we can admit it looks great and the F355 is really coming into its own as a sweet spot in Ferrari’s history, especially in manual form as it is here. All things considered, it seems like good value in today’s market.
2025 | 100 Miles | £379,950
Back to something more subtle, Argento Nurburgring is a strong metallic silver which suits any model. The brighter colours often only work on the mid-engined cars, but this looks as at home on a Purosangue as it does on an SF90 XX. It works particularly well on this 12Cilindri for me, especially with the red interior which really livens it up. It’s the ability to be creative with details and interior colours that makes this paint so appealing to me, and done right, that can turn an otherwise mundane colour into something really striking.
2025 | 150 Miles | £249,995
The most popular actual colour (excluding blacks and greys) after red is blue, in particular Blu Tour de France, a colour featured on last week’s iconic colours blog. Like Argento Nurburgring above, it suits any model and lends itself to various interior colours. You’ll mostly see it with black leather, but this 296 contrasts it with Crema which looks fantastic to my eye, bringing a classy edge to a car that will tear your face off with a flex of your big toe.
2020 | 1,290 Miles | £409,995
White is another colour that can act as a blank canvas for your imagination, and that’s exactly the case with this 488 Pista Spider in Bianco Italia, a lovely pearlescent white which comes alive in the sunlight. What else comes alive in the sunlight is the blue tinted carbon fibre it’s paired with, as well as the Blu NART racing livery. The theme continues inside with a blue interior with contrasting white details, and the white paintwork lets all these colourful details sing.
2024 | 65 Miles | £199,950
Green is having a bit of a resurgence at the moment with Instagram pages like @makegreengreat again celebrating various green specs. There are of course so many different shades from in your face limes to bold metallic colours like BMW’s Java Green, but darker shades like this lend themselves well to Ferrari’s grand tourers like the Roma. Here, it’s perfectly paired with Cuoio tan leather giving 365 Daytona vibes.
2015 | 32,863 Miles | £99,950
Grey is very close behind black for the title of most popular paintwork after red, and Grigio Ferro is a nice, subtle mid grey that is heavily used on grand tourers like the FF. The FF revolutionised Ferrari’s four-seat model with four-wheel-drive and a breadvan body shape meaning it was truly practical, and truly exciting thanks to a 6.3-litre V12. Nowadays, they represent mega value for money at under £100k, and in this colour, it’s a real if-you-know-you-know daily driver.
2023 | 469 Miles | £159,500
Yes, another Roma, but a totally different colour you very rarely see on Ferraris. Azzurro Maldive is a refreshing pastel blue which pairs nicely with the Sabbia cream leather interior. It’s classy without flying too far under the radar. Some people will think it’s a bit baby blue, but I like it and at least it’s something interesting. It looks soft and gentle here on a Roma with cream leather, but I’d love to see something like a 296 Speciale with stripes and all the carbon in this shade too.
2016 | 195 Km | POA
Grigio Silverstone is a very popular grey for Ferrari, but this Opaco variant with satin clear coat takes it to a whole other level of menace, especially on one of the most aggressive looking cars you can buy, the F12 TDF. Whilst this satin finish wouldn’t work on all their models, it perfectly complements the TDF’s sinister bruiser persona.
