The Last Naturally Aspirated V12s — and Why the Market Already Knows

Scarcity in the collector market is rarely about production numbers alone. It is about finality — the sense that a particular kind of machine will never be made again. The naturally aspirated V12 has become the clearest case study of the decade.

Between 2021 and 2026, our transaction data shows limited-series NA V12 cars appreciating at roughly three times the rate of their turbocharged contemporaries. The 812 Competizione, delivered at just over half a million euros, now trades comfortably above one million in the right specification. The pattern echoes what happened to the last great manual-gearbox Ferraris a decade earlier.

The lesson for collectors is not to chase the curve — it is to identify the next finality before the market prices it. Our advisory desk currently watches the final pure-combustion Lamborghini V12s and the closing chapter of the free-breathing GT3 engine with particular attention.