Sammy Hagar's 2015 custom-designed one-of-a-kind La Ferrari sold at auction Saturday.
He bought the car for $1.6 million, but it sold for $4.25 million Saturday at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona -- $1.25 million more than he was hoping for.
Originally scheduled to be auctioned last January, it was pulled when it was discovered it needed a new battery, which you can't buy at your local auto supply store.
Hagar flew up from Cabo San Lucas, Mexico -- where he performed Friday as part of his weekend Birthday Bash -- and drove the car onto the block with his wife Kari beside him.
Taking the stage, he talked about the car only having 1100 miles and how it was "too much car" for him as it's overpowering. He added that he never hit its top speed of 217 miles-per-hour, and that it's "not a La Ferrari, it's THE Ferrari." He also said whoever bought it is invited to join him on his jet shortly after the sale to fly with him to Cabo for his Birthday Bash there on Sunday -- Sammy's 77th. The buyer, Martin Patten of Florida, wasn't able to make it, but Hagar extended the invite for a later date.
As for what he thought about selling the car, he said when he got back to Cabo Saturday night -- after hoping to perform with the house band at his Cantina -- he was going to walk on the beach with a bottle of tequila to think it over.
Hagar was one of 499 people to order the car in 2014, and he took delivery of it a year later. His is a complete one-of-a-kind design with a cream white exterior and black and cream interior -- styled after his jet. When he ordered it he said, "I see a lot of cool stuff out there, sure, but then I think, 'Wait, I’m so hot for a car that could well be the best there is.' It’s like thinking about eating a hot dog when you’ve got this tasty Italian sausage waiting for you.”
It boasts a V-12 gas-plus-electric motor that generates 950 horsepower, and goes from zero to 60 miles-per-hour in three seconds with a top speed of 217 miles-per-hour.
Hagar is not done with Ferrari. In addition to having a few vintage models in his collection, he recently ordered the Italian car manufacturer’s SUV, the Purosangue. The base price is around $400,000, and he says his will be in British racing green with a camel interior.