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![A red Ferrari SP12 EC, front three-quarter view on a crimson-ember field with a golden stage glow](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/ferrari-sp12-ec/hero-wide-2560.jpg)

# SP12 EC

Clapton's Boxer reference

Eric Clapton asked Ferrari for a one-off shaped by the 512 BB he had owned three times. Ferrari Design and Pininfarina put that brief over 458 Italia mechanicals; no public sale establishes a market.

2012 · 1 built · Maranello

## The price and the proof

Indicative road-car band $2M–$4.5M · typical $3M. 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, factory one-off provenance and 458-based Special Projects comparables; reported commission prices are excluded.

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-sp12-ec. 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 | $2'819'220 | $3'073'052 | $3'349'738 |
| +12M | $2'827'813 | $3'147'883 | $3'504'179 |
| +24M | $2'849'223 | $3'303'055 | $3'829'174 |

### 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.

## Ferrari presented the completed one-off in May 2012.

Clapton's brief began with the 512 BB, a model he had owned three times. Centro Stile Ferrari and Pininfarina developed a new body around the 458 Italia platform.

Ferrari's release confirms the participants and inspiration but does not publish a transaction price, separate power figure or public production-market evidence.

| Highlight | Detail |
| --- | --- |
| A 512 BB in line, not engine | The horizontal nose, black waist treatment and rear form refer to Clapton's Boxer. Ferrari retained the 458 Italia's naturally aspirated V8 mechanical package rather than installing a twelve-cylinder engine. |
| One client, one chassis | The EC initials identify Eric Clapton. Factory confirmation of the client, base car and design partners makes the commission attributable without relying on reported purchase-price stories. |

| Label | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Client | Eric Clapton |
| Built | 1 |
| Design | Ferrari · Pininfarina |
| Reference | 512 BB |

## Technical specifications

### Commission

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Client | Eric Clapton |  |
| Reference | Ferrari 512 BB | Clapton had owned three |
| Design | Centro Stile Ferrari with Pininfarina |  |
| Base | Ferrari 458 Italia |  |

### Donor mechanicals

| Label | Value | Note |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Engine | 4'497 cc naturally aspirated V8 | 458 Italia specification; Ferrari did not publish a separate SP12 output |
| Power | 570 cv at 9'000 rpm | donor specification |
| Gearbox | 7-speed dual-clutch |  |
| Layout | Mid-rear engine · rear drive |  |

## The people behind the car

### [Eric Clapton](https://hiconium.dev/people/eric-clapton)

Commissioning client

![Portrait of Eric Clapton](https://hiconium.dev/images/cars/ferrari-sp12-ec/people/eric-clapton.jpg)

Defined the 512 BB reference behind the SP12 EC brief.

## Member instruments

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