The official Daytona SP3 Thread!

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A recent arrival in Melbourne >

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The 'other' SP3 (JC Edition)

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The points regarding vintage of a car, driving quickly, danger, and how much performance is actually usable are relative and not absolute per person.

I doubt many will get to the speed for F80’s maximum downforce, but they will be able to take corners up in the hills much more safely at exciting speeds and engine response with the anti-slip and active balanced corners of the F80. More of the “race driver” feeling and less danger at the same time. Just like how F1 has progressed since the ‘60s.

I have taken all of the Ferraris I have ever owned through the same windy hills with its alternating damp and dry patches, sometimes occluded sun, and random large birds. For sure, I have loved the excitement and confidence coming from increased performance while also being safer and easier to control.

Zero to 60 and 1/4 mile times are just alienated data of the whole driving experience. What’s also simultaneously happened is continuously better engine response, braking, and handling. And aero. I don’t want the nose of the car lifting off like a short nosed 275. I don’t want the crashing experience. Lol.

Along with the higher performance came better braking and engine response. That allowed me to maintain the excitement of the driving experience without the fear of the car losing it due to an unseen wet asphalt patch.

Putting more horsepower in the car without increasing the other parts of the car would be an unsafe waste. I think you may be indirectly pointing this out. However, Ferrari is increasing the capabilities of the entire vehicle to be a cohesive whole. Not just pure power. I think that’s what’s getting lost.

 

2024 Ferrari Daytona SP3 sold for $6,743,812 US in Zurich on 10/11/2025:

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/id25/lots/r0019-2024-ferrari-daytona-sp3/

 

I agree to an extent but even in third world countries with less law enforcement there is only so much power speed and dynamics which can be used on the road. Agreed, advances in tech have made cars safer, absolutely correct but one has to ask has adding more power actually made them better to drive, can someone driving through the hills really tell the difference between 600 bhp and 700 bhp. Vintage cars the limits are lower but so are the speeds but the consequent driving demands are higher, braking needs to be considered as does less grip.

In truth I think the SP3 sits in between these, its not modern modern but its clearly not vintage either, it could hardly be described as "slow" and possibly the driving experience could be called an "event".

Ultimately what you elude to is why there is no "one" car really and way many people collect cars because fundamentally no two cars feel the same, F80 on track, most likely a phenomenal experience, SP3 on a winding mountain road, amazing in a different way. 275 at full throttle, the sound of the V12, different experience yet again.

The problem with everything is skill is still required and I sometimes think when one reads car reviews the underlying tone is '" the car is easy to drive and forgiving this little skill is required", of course this is not true, any high performance car requires skills. No amount of tech will ever but a substitute for a lack of skill and common sense.