LUCKY MAN
Ferrari once owned by 90s rock legend to sell for just £45k – it comes with hidden detail left over from the musician
It would have cost over £160,000 brand new 26 years ago
THE FERRARI formerly owned by The Verve vocalist Richard Ashcroft is selling for £44,990 - and he’s even signed it.
The 1998 456 GTA can do a whopping 192mph, boasting a 5.5 litre V12 engine.
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Ashcroft, 52, - former lead singer of The Verve - owned it after their late 90s heyday.
The rock band had a string of hits including Bitter Sweet Symphony, The Drugs Don’t Work and Lucky Man.
The silver supercar would have cost over £160,000 brand new 26 years ago.
But it is now being sold for under a quarter of the price.
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The Ferrari has just 45,875 miles on the clock - 1,764 a year on average, or under five a day.
But the buyer is going to be a lucky man- or woman, because Ashcroft has left his autograph.
His signature is in silver pen in the inside of the sun visor in the front passenger seat.
It is being sold Furlonger Specialist Cars, listed as “1998 Ferrari 456 GTA - Ex-Richard Ashcroft for sale.”
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The description reads: “Furlonger is delighted to offer this remarkably well-presented Ferrari 456 GTA, finished in the highly desirable combination of Grigio Titanio over Nero leather interior.
“Supplied new by HR Owen in October 1998 to a Mr Stanley, the 456 GTA was used sparingly by its first keeper - covering just 2, 498 miles by January 2000.
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"The car spent its early life being maintained by Ferrari main dealers, until 2007 it was then cared by various marque specialists.
"Having been supplied by Furlonger on more than one occasion, this 456 GTA is well known to our sales and workshop team.
"Present with this 456 is its original service book, handbooks, leather book pack, spare key with red master fob and an extensive history folder containing numerous invoices, receipts, MOT certificates and more.”
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