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How do fancy a €1 million Ferrari with a camouflage paint job for just €350,000?

  • <p>Eccentric Fiat heir Lapo Elkann specced his 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia with the unusual army-style exterior. </p>
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    Camouflage Ferrari

    Eccentric Fiat heir Lapo Elkann specced his 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia with the unusual army-style exterior.

  • <p>The one-of-a-kind version 458 was sold at a charity auction last year for €1,000,000, about £920,000. </p>
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    Camouflage Ferrari

    The one-of-a-kind version 458 was sold at a charity auction last year for €1,000,000, about £920,000.

  • <p>The car is being auctioned once more, this time by RM Sotheby’s in Maranello, home of Ferrari in Italy. It’s been given it a guide price of £230,000 to £320,000 (€250,000 – €350,000) – but will be sold without a reserve. </p>
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    Camouflage Ferrari

    The car is being auctioned once more, this time by RM Sotheby’s in Maranello, home of Ferrari in Italy. It’s been given it a guide price of £230,000 to £320,000 (€250,000 – €350,000) – but will be sold without a reserve.

  • <p>The camouflage paint job covers outside and in – but it won’t be to liking of most fans of the Prancing Horse. </p>
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    Camouflage Ferrari

    The camouflage paint job covers outside and in – but it won’t be to liking of most fans of the Prancing Horse.

  • <p>The distinctive Prancing Horse badge of the Ferrari marque was replaced with a CND-style peace symbol. </p>
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    Camouflage Ferrari

    The distinctive Prancing Horse badge of the Ferrari marque was replaced with a CND-style peace symbol.

  • <p>While the interior remains luxuriously carpeted, the dash and central console has also been given the camouflage treatment… </p>
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    Camouflage Ferrari

    While the interior remains luxuriously carpeted, the dash and central console has also been given the camouflage treatment…

  • <p>The 2010 model is a far cry from the traditional red Ferraris, so much so that the current owner is set to lose a fortune when it appears at auction in September. </p>
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    Camouflage Ferrari

    The 2010 model is a far cry from the traditional red Ferraris, so much so that the current owner is set to lose a fortune when it appears at auction in September.

  • <p>Even the 4.5-litre V8 engine, capable of pumping out 550bhp and propelling the car to 200mph-plus, was given a makeover. </p>
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    Camouflage Ferrari

    Even the 4.5-litre V8 engine, capable of pumping out 550bhp and propelling the car to 200mph-plus, was given a makeover.

  • <p>Elkann insisted that the army-style paint job extended to the calipers for the carbon ceramic brakes. </p>
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    Camouflage Ferrari

    Elkann insisted that the army-style paint job extended to the calipers for the carbon ceramic brakes.

  • <p>RM Sotheby’s, which dubbed it “undoubtedly the most famous 458 Italia”, will auction it off on September 9. (Pictures: Chris Lawrence/RM Sotheby’s/SWNS) </p>
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    Camouflage Ferrari

    RM Sotheby’s, which dubbed it “undoubtedly the most famous 458 Italia”, will auction it off on September 9. (Pictures: Chris Lawrence/RM Sotheby’s/SWNS)

<p>Eccentric Fiat heir Lapo Elkann specced his 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia with the unusual army-style exterior. </p>
<p>The one-of-a-kind version 458 was sold at a charity auction last year for €1,000,000, about £920,000. </p>
<p>The car is being auctioned once more, this time by RM Sotheby’s in Maranello, home of Ferrari in Italy. It’s been given it a guide price of £230,000 to £320,000 (€250,000 – €350,000) – but will be sold without a reserve. </p>
<p>The camouflage paint job covers outside and in – but it won’t be to liking of most fans of the Prancing Horse. </p>
<p>The distinctive Prancing Horse badge of the Ferrari marque was replaced with a CND-style peace symbol. </p>
<p>While the interior remains luxuriously carpeted, the dash and central console has also been given the camouflage treatment… </p>
<p>The 2010 model is a far cry from the traditional red Ferraris, so much so that the current owner is set to lose a fortune when it appears at auction in September. </p>
<p>Even the 4.5-litre V8 engine, capable of pumping out 550bhp and propelling the car to 200mph-plus, was given a makeover. </p>
<p>Elkann insisted that the army-style paint job extended to the calipers for the carbon ceramic brakes. </p>
<p>RM Sotheby’s, which dubbed it “undoubtedly the most famous 458 Italia”, will auction it off on September 9. (Pictures: Chris Lawrence/RM Sotheby’s/SWNS) </p>
Mark Dorman

Ask people what they most associate with Ferrari and they’d likely say the colour red. Sure, you might get a few brilliant yellows, or the odd jet black, but an army-style camouflage paint job would be well down the list.

Fiat car heir Lapo Elkann decided he wanted to be different and his unique 458 Italia was sold at charity auction for €1 million.

Now it’s being sold once more, by RM Sotheby’s, next month – and the new owner is set to pay the price for Elkann’s eccentricity as it’s expected to make a maximum of €350,000…