---
title: "Ferrari Made This One-Off SP30 in 2012, and Nobody Wants to Buy It"
description: "The 599 GTO-based supercar is eternally for sale, but why?"
date: "2020-07-23"
modified: "2020-07-23"
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  - name: "James Gilboy"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/35054/ferrari-made-this-one-off-sp30-in-2012-and-nobody-wants-to-buy-it"
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  - "Ferrari"
---

# Ferrari Made This One-Off SP30 in 2012, and Nobody Wants to Buy It

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Because the barrier of entry and subsequent running costs are so high, there's a saying that you can't afford a Ferrari unless you can afford *two* Ferraris. It's part of how you know you're looking at money when an [F8 Tributo](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/29860/2020-ferrari-f8-tributo-first-drive-review-a-star-is-born>) rolls by, though even the buyers of these ultra-luxury goods might as well be 99-percenters compared to the type that can *commission* a Ferrari. Indeed, Maranello's one-off division makes a killing off super-personalized supercars sold to the unimaginably wealthy, many of whom drop untold sums on their unique Ferraris—however, they aren't always a hit on the secondhand market, as this one-off SP30 proves.

The brainchild of Indian-born petrochemical bigwig Cheerag Arya, the SP30 was based on the limited-run 599 GTO and borrows the grand tourer's chassis and drivetrain. A six-speed, paddle-shifted automatic channeled the 661 horsepower and 457 pound-feet of torque produced by a 6.0-liter, [naturally aspirated V12](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/35019/gordon-murrays-new-v12-now-makes-672-horsepower>) to the rear wheels, making the SP30 a performance match for the 599 GTO on which it was based—briefly the quickest car ever to lap Fiorano, Ferrari's test track.

![message-editor%2F1595513504968-229236bc0a679a8d74be4dd4b9756e32.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1595513504968-229236bc0a679a8d74be4dd4b9756e32.jpg>)
*2012 Ferrari SP30, *Crave Luxury Auto**

Arya had Ferrari fit the SP30 with [458 Italia](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/31983/ferrari-dealer-tried-to-cover-up-customers-240000-458-spider-crash-lawsuit>) headlights, bespoke wheels, a hood resembling that of the F12, and a rear end based on the 599XX track car. Inside are gauges, seats, and a steering wheel from the 599 GTO, but infotainment and switchgear from the 612 OTO, the concept car which introduced Ferrari's personalization program in 2008. Like the GTO, the SP30 went uncarpeted and lacks rear seats, though it does include a unique set of branded luggage, which makes it a ready-to-go road-tripper, though it was never used as such.

![2012 Ferrari SP30](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1595513532712-6223704c91ae1387014f186fe11ecd11.jpg>)
*2012 Ferrari SP30*

*, *Crave Luxury Auto**

![2012 Ferrari SP30](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1595513543769-94e177fda476f6560aa7c8fdeef8d267.jpg>)
*2012 Ferrari SP30*

*, *Crave Luxury Auto**

![2012 Ferrari SP30](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1595513550224-8467ff320c3bb91848d7a416d8e8e55f.jpg>)
*2012 Ferrari SP30*

*, *Crave Luxury Auto**

For reasons unknown, Arya never put many miles on the car, reportedly selling it at fewer than 70 miles, having never so much as peeled the plastic off the infotainment system. It still only has 103 miles on the odometer, mostly because it's been a permanent fixture on the for-sale market for years.

Per [*Car Scoops*](<https://www.carscoops.com/2020/07/one-of-one-ferrari-sp30-is-in-desperate-need-of-a-new-home/>), the SP30 first surfaced for sale in 2018 by Texas-based supercar dealer Crave Luxury Auto, which sent the car to be auctioned in Paris by RM Sotheby's. The vehicle didn't sell for whatever reason and it has since returned stateside, though the story remains the same. Crave still has the SP30 up for grabs in The Woodlands, Texas, for a price unsurprisingly not included in [the car's listing](<https://www.craveluxuryauto.com/vehicle-details/used-2012-ferrari-sp30--the-woodlands-tx-id-25772474>).

If you've window-shopped supercars long enough, you know what that means. If not, then the saying goes, "if you have to ask..."

![message-editor%2F1595513560927-06d30c7e3a851174327c89ab80d06c90.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1595513560927-06d30c7e3a851174327c89ab80d06c90.jpg>)
*2012 Ferrari SP30, *Crave Luxury Auto**

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## Author
James is a former staff writer for The Drive. He has changed the conversation around electrification, debunked misinformation online, and become a prominent hunter of what he calls "automotive cryptids."

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