{"id":27497,"date":"2022-03-31T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T09:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/?p=27497"},"modified":"2026-10-25T17:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T09:59:29","slug":"this-ferrari-laferrari-test-mule-is-a-mishmash-of-the-supercars-best-and-worst-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/2022\/03\/31\/this-ferrari-laferrari-test-mule-is-a-mishmash-of-the-supercars-best-and-worst-bits\/","title":{"rendered":"This Ferrari LaFerrari Test Mule Is a Mishmash of the Supercar’s Best and Worst Bits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Ferrari LaFerrari was instrumental in the Italian marque\u2019s recent popularity boom as the car paved the way for new tech to be integrated into its more \u201caccessible\u201d supercars, and subsequently, the LaFerrari now stands as one of the brand\u2019s most coveted halo cars ever made. But what if you could get hold of a piece of its history, such as a prototype test mule? You\u2019re in luck, as RM Sotheby\u2019s has listed a 2012 Ferrari LaFerrari Prototype based on the 458 Italia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you see above started life as a 458, but the changes to the car are almost unfathomable. Sitting behind the rear seats is the LaFerrari\u2019s hybrid powertrain, but it\u2019s not the final version of this engine \u2014 instead, it features the V12 Type F140FB unit instead of the production car\u2019s Type F140FE. In short, it means this car has a completely unique Ferrari engine, notably being one of Ferrari\u2019s first-ever hybrids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere, it\u2019s set up with test-specification brakes, steering, suspension and tires that were fitted to see how the LaFerrari could handle, particularly around circuits such as its Maranello HQ track and the N\u00fcrburgring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the Ferrari customer mantra, this mule was actually sold to a loyal fan in 2016 on a non-homologation basis, meaning it was not approved for road or public track use. Now, it returns to the market as a car that can be used on private land \u2014 complete with removable and unfinished body panels, a messy mule engine bay, a mishmash interior, and its distinctive test car livery. Additionally, you\u2019ll find exposed metalwork around the cabin, hand-written marker annotations, printed tester\u2019s notes stuck to the dashboard, and exposed mechanical works behind the seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This far from perfect machine will be going to auction with RM Sotheby\u2019s on May 14. Take a closer look at the car above and find out more online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ferrari LaFerrari was instrumental in the Italian marque\u2019s recent popularity boom as the car paved the way for new tech to be integrated into its more \u201caccessible\u201d supercars, and subsequently, the LaFerrari now stands as one of the brand\u2019s most coveted halo cars ever made. But what if you could get hold of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[223],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-27497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car","tag-ferrari"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27507,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27497\/revisions\/27507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ayoyo.com.cn\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}