This Luxury Car Made By Super Rich People Is Auctioned

Ferrari 365 GTC/4. (Photo: Instagram/@monacocaraactions)

JAKARTA - Rich people can buy all the stuff they want, including the freedom to do cool things. However, there are also people who are so rich that they do ridiculous things on cool things. This case happened to Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar in the mid-1970s by ordering a Ferrari V12 car, specifically for use on vacation on the beach. Or at least that's what he originally intended.

The beach car tradition was very popular at that time, but the most commonly used was the Fiat Jolly car. This car is often seen on beaches in France and Italy, where Fiat 500 is usually cut off by the door, roof, and seat to provide an open sensation.

At that time, Fiat's car was relatively cheap, so cutting it off to make the beach car make sense. Not satisfied with the general car, Sheikh Al Thani wanted to make a beach car out of something more special, and he ordered a Ferrari 365 GTC/4.

When ordered, he then entrusted the modified project to Willy Fember, a Swiss luxury car importer, who later recruited Giovanni Michelotti, a well-known vehicle designer from Turin, to help create the Ferrari 365 GTC/4 for that purpose.

Reported by Carscoops, Wednesday, June 8, the design process took three months, and the result was an extravagant, doorless, and completely unique luxury car as seen here.

Unfortunately, once the customer was unable to pay for the car and the payment for the modification. In the mid-1970s, the fuel crisis had an impact on Sheikh's liquidity, so he had to cancel the order.

This causes the car, which should be painted with a Light Metallic Blu color with a denim interior, to actually be painted in the color of Bronze Metallic, to only be exhibited at the Geneva Motor Show in 1976.

Over the next few years, the car changed hands several times and became a popular car that is easily seen on the lakeside streets of Switzerland. This car even earned the nickname "Croisette," and now the car is about to be auctioned off.

The former Ferrari 365 GTC/4 ordered by Sheikh Al Thani is now offered at the MonacoCarAuctions auction event on June 8. This event only features Ferrari cars and is called "Asta Rossa." Unfortunately, the auction house does not provide an estimated price for the Ferrari 365 GTC/4 only informs about a distance of 4,061 miles (6,534 km) on the odometer. But for sure, this car with a unique history has a very expensive price.