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![A gold Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta, front three-quarter view on a golden field with drifting light dust](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/ferrari-p540-superfast-aperta/hero-wide-2560.jpg)

# P540 Superfast Aperta

Gold, open, singular

Edward Walson commissioned the second car in Ferrari's One-Off programme around the Fantuzzi-bodied Ferrari in Toby Dammit. It uses the front-V12 599 GTB Fiorano; value rests on the factory commission and file.

2009 · 1 built · Maranello

## The price and the proof

Indicative road-car band $2M–$4M · typical $2.5M. Modeled values are not observed sales. Nothing here is investment advice.

Confidence: estimate. No documented public sale found. Estimate rests on the existing catalogue anchor, 599-based Ferrari factory one-off status and modern Special Projects comparables; transaction evidence is absent.

Valuation method and source rules: [HICONIUM standards](https://hiconium.dev/standards). Observed auction results across the wider market: [Market terminal](https://hiconium.dev/market).

### Model readouts

Synthetic model · insufficient ledger. model v1 · seed ferrari-p540-superfast-aperta. Compound annual growth is modeled price CAGR; S&P 500 is a price index without dividends. Forecast quantiles are not investment advice.

| Window | This car* | S&P 500 | Gold |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1Y | +6.5% | +18.8% | +21.9% |
| 5Y | +4.4% | +11.4% | +17.6% |
| 10Y | +4.3% | +13.3% | +11.8% |

| Series | Deepest drawdown | Window |
| --- | --- | --- |
| This car* | -6.3% | Nov 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023 |
| S&P 500 | -20.3% | Dec 2021 → Oct 2022 · recovered Dec 2023 |
| Gold | -18.9% | Feb 2026 → Jul 2026 · not recovered |

| Horizon | P10 | P50 | P90 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| +6M | $2'349'350 | $2'560'877 | $2'791'448 |
| +12M | $2'356'511 | $2'623'236 | $2'920'150 |
| +24M | $2'374'353 | $2'752'546 | $3'190'978 |

### Documented sales

Every public sale on this file, newest first. Amounts keep the recorded currency. Source links appear only when the catalog stores a public auction-lot URL.

## The second modern Ferrari One-Off commission reached its owner at the end of 2009.

American client Edward Walson asked Ferrari for an open V12 shaped by the gold car in Toby Dammit. Ferrari records a 14-month design process and delivery late in 2009.

Because it remains a single privately commissioned car, no normal production-series market can be constructed around it.

| Highlight | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| A film car, not a copy | Walson's brief referred to the gold Fantuzzi-bodied Ferrari seen in Federico Fellini's 1968 Toby Dammit. Ferrari translated the reference onto a 599 platform rather than reproducing the earlier body. |
| Factory provenance is the asset | The car is part of Ferrari's own One-Off programme, designed and built through Maranello. Commission correspondence, design studies and factory documentation define its identity. |

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Client | Edward Walson |
| Built | 1 |
| Programme | Ferrari One-Off |
| Inspiration | Toby Dammit · 1968 |

## Technical specifications

### Commission

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Base | Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano |  |
| Body | Open two-seat barchetta |  |
| Finish | Gold | chosen to echo the film car |
| Development | 14 months | factory account from design to delivery |

### Underlying mechanicals

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Engine | 5'999 cc 65° V12 | 599 GTB Fiorano basis; the factory one-off article does not publish a separate output |
| Layout | Front-mid engine · rear drive |  |
| Gearbox | 6-speed F1 automated manual |  |
| Structure | Reworked 599 aluminium chassis | open body required structural redesign |

## The people behind the car

### [Edward Walson](https://hiconium.dev/people/edward-walson)

Commissioning client

Specified the film reference and received the completed P540 at the end of 2009.

## Member instruments

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