Ferrari ditches red: a rare SF90 XX Stradale gets a daring color

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Ferrari rarely forgives owners who treat its cars too freely. A radical respray, a debatable tuning job, or any tampering with the badges can sour the relationship with the marque. But in the case of this SF90 XX Stradale, everything was done officially — straight through the Ferrari Tailor Made program.

The hypercar received a deep, glossy shade called Verde Volterra, a sharp departure from the usual Rosso Corsa, Giallo Modena or Nero Daytona. The body features exposed carbon and contrasting Nocciola Met accents, while the five-spoke wheels are finished in gloss black. The number 21 is applied to the doors — suggesting this could be the 21st example of the 799 built.

The interior is anything but a standard configuration. Inside you will find Alcantara and JX Ultrasuede in black, Sella stitching and black Serafil thread. The Cavallino logo is embroidered in black Madeira Polyneon thread. Ferrari describes the project with the line: «Style and audacity are built into every element, turning experiment into identity».

It is the official provenance that changes the perception. Had the owner sent the SF90 XX Stradale to an outside atelier and received a similar result, Ferrari might have raised questions. The brand is known for its strict attitude toward how its cars appear in public. Various blacklist stories have even named celebrities including Justin Bieber, Nicolas Cage and Kim Kardashian.

The mechanicals of the SF90 XX Stradale are no less aggressive than the color. At its core sits a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 paired with three electric motors: two on the front axle and an MGU-K between the engine and the gearbox. Combined output reaches 1030 hp and 804 Nm. The sprint to 97 km/h takes 2.3 seconds, to 200 km/h — 6.5 seconds. The hypercar covers the quarter mile in 9.9 seconds at a trap speed of 243 km/h, with a top speed of 320 km/h. For a road car with a track focus, that is already a territory where the body color is far from the loudest fact.

The starting price of the SF90 XX Stradale was 840,000 dollars, but rarity quickly reshaped the market. Today such cars are valued at roughly 1.6 to 2.5 million dollars, and a bespoke configuration can only sharpen collector interest. This Ferrari looks as if it is breaking the rules. The only difference is that this time the rules were written by Maranello itself.