Rarity aside, the car is so different from and superior to its four-passenger predecessors in so many ways, both in its design and in its operating technologies, that it promises to be a collectors’ item in the making.

Such engineering finesse is encouraging news for those who will purchase the car as an investment. Many Ferrari models have sold for astonishing prices at auction years after their introduction. In 1990, a 1963 GTO, one of only 39 made, sold for a record $17 million. A similar appetite has developed for the Enzo super car. Only 399 of the Enzos were made, selling for a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $652,000. They rarely come up for sale, yet, when they do, they have sold in the neighborhood of $1.3 million, notes Thomas duPont, publisher of the DuPont Registry. Recently, says duPont, an Enzo was totaled in an accident. Nevertheless, the dam-aged car sold on eBay for around $250,000.

Historically, Ferraris that seat four have not netted resale values as high at the company’s two-seat sports cars. But the 612 Scaglietti has a combination of attributes—the sleek aluminum body, the F1 transmission, a relatively small production run and stunning performance—that may earn it the checkered flag with investors. “This car is like driving a work of art,” says Richard Sirota, a real estate investor who buys and races vintage cars. “It’s all about the passion and the driving. But I would say yes, [as an investment] this car has a good chance of outperforming other four-seat Ferraris.”