250 GT SWB Berlinetta

Road car, race chassis

The 250 GT SWB put Ferrari's three-litre V12 on a 2'400 mm chassis with disc brakes and a Scaglietti body. Road and Competizione cars share the name but not the market; body material and period competition decide the hierarchy.

Market value · road

$7.5M$12M

Typical $9.8M · 3 sales

$6.4M$13M
Open Market & Price

Market value · road

$7.5M$12M

Typical $9.8M · 3 sales

$6.4M$13M
Market history builds with the record
Open Market & Price
Engine
2'953 cc (Colombo V12)
Power
280 hp (factory model figure)
Top speed
268 km/h (factory)
Dry weight
960 kg (factory model figure)
Built
165 (road and competition cars)

Market & Price

The price and the proof

A terminal for one car: the model curve over the documented record, the benchmarks it is measured against, and the instruments that read it.

Records: 3 documented road sales on file · 2023–2023; estimate band $7.5M–$12M · good road cars. recorded sale prices · mixed hammer and premium-inclusive basis.

HCN:250GTSWBLive model
$9'486'833-1.1% · 12M
$6M$8M$10M$12M$14M20232024202520262027Rate shockS&P 500
Model curve · anchored to 3 documented salesnot investment advice
The readouts · model figures against the benchmarks3 documented anchors · last sale 35 mo ago

Compound annual growth

WindowThis car*S&P 500Gold
1Y-1.1%+18.8%+21.9%

*Modeled price CAGR · S&P is a price index, no dividends

Deepest drawdown · model window

This car*-8.2%May 2024Sep 2025 · not recovered
S&P 500-11.1%Feb 2025Apr 2025 · recovered Jul 2025
Gold-18.9%Feb 2026Jul 2026 · not recovered

Forecast ladder · model quantiles

HorizonP10P50P90
+6M$8.8M$9.8M$11M
+12M$8.9M$10M$12M
+24M$9.1M$11M$13M

Median path with the 10th and 90th percentile · not investment advice

Transaction ledger · documented sales

4 of 4 recorded sales · shown in USD · recorded currency in each record

Price range · road · openConfidence · mediumIndicative range for documented steel-bodied road cars, supported by public RM Sotheby's sales. Alloy Competizione cars and major period-race provenance sit above this set.

Floor

$7.5M

Typical

$9.8M

Ceiling

$12M

Estimate band for good road cars. 3 documented sales since 2019 plotted below.

$6.2M$7.5M$9.8M$12M$13M
Hover the spectrum to read a value, or a dot for the sale behind it.

Band and axis shown in USD. Sale positions use indicative fixed-rate conversion to USD; sale readouts retain recorded currencies. Road-specification steel cars; Competizione cars require a separate comparable set.

The wider market · Ferrari at auction · median per year · modeled between anchors2,297 lots · 2003–2026 · exact yearly anchors · modeled line

Instrument calibration for this file is in progress — the terminal above reads the documented record directly.

Figures trace to documented public sales and published guides; extrapolated tiers are marked. The model curve is synthetic between documented sales. Nothing here is investment advice.

Overview

A race car for the road.

Wheelbase
2'400 mm
Gearbox
4-speed manual
Brakes
Four-wheel discs
Coachbuilder
Scaglietti
Designer
Pinin Farina

Reference

Technical specifications

Factory specification

Engine
Front longitudinal 60° V122'953.21 cc; Ferrari archive specification
Power
280 hp at 7'000 rpmfactory model figure; tune varied by road or competition specification
Carburettors
Three Weber 40 DCL6
Transmission
4-speed manual
Dry weight
960 kgfactory archive figure; individual specifications differ

Collector distinction

Road body
Steel with aluminium opening panels
Competizione body
Lightweight aluminiumperiod specification and history require chassis-level verification
Brakes
Four-wheel discsstandard on the model
Production
165 totalRM Sotheby's figure; road and competition cars combined

HICON BID

Buying interest, silently.

A HICON Bid is a confidential expression of buying interest on the Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta file — never public, never shown to other members. It is not a binding purchase, and HICONIUM holds no funds.

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The vault

Open a file on yours.

You keep one? The record starts in your garage — identity, papers, photography, and the market evidence this file already carries, bound to your chassis.

The variants

One badge, 3 executions

The register separates the 250 GT SWB Berlinetta into its documented executions. One reference silhouette per execution — each opens as its own file as the archive fills.

Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione — reference silhouetteCompetizione01
Reference in preparationLusso spec02
Reference in preparationSEFAC03

3 executions on file · references drawn to the house standard

The cars

The 250 GT SWB Berlinetta register

Documented individual cars — chassis, colour, ownership and sale history. Open one for its full provenance. Public records only; members see the complete registry.

02 documented · public records

The hands

The people behind the car

The people whose work shaped the Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta.

No free period portrait on record

Gioachino Colombo

V12 engine architect

Designed the compact V12 family that underpins the 250 line; SWB tune and induction varied with specification.

No free period portrait on record

Sergio Scaglietti

Coachbuilder

His Modena works constructed the Pinin Farina-designed berlinetta bodies in steel and lightweight competition form.