Dubai is asking 2,369,000 AED for a Rosso Imola 12Cilindri showing 653 km, which works out to about $645,064. I like this as a lead car because Ferrari’s front-engine V12 line is already being marketed with the kind of confidence usually reserved for cars that have had a few more years to settle into the hierarchy.

Beverly Hills has a Revuelto listed at $699,990. What stands out here is not the number by itself. It is how quickly the market has begun to treat the Revuelto as a real flagship rather than a transitional curiosity.

Dubai has a black Jesko live at 19,999,000 AED with 55 km, which comes to about $5,445,609. That is the kind of ask that tells me the market still treats a Jesko like a proper event car, not something that needs to be justified with spreadsheets and patience.

The strongest modern flagships still seem to be the ones the market understands almost immediately. When the role is clear, the hierarchy is established, and the identity lands without much effort, the ask starts to feel easier to defend.

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Topic: Why the cleanest modern flagships still earn the boldest asks

Framework: Market Analysis

This edition’s three spotlight cars follow a consistent pattern. The 12Cilindri is positioned as Ferrari’s upcoming front-engine V12 flagship, the Revuelto is already establishing itself as a fully recognized Lamborghini flagship, and the Jesko remains priced independently, not directly competing with any other model on this page.

What ties them together is certainty. None of these cars is being marketed as a compromise or a stepping stone. Right now, the strongest asks still belong to cars whose place in the lineup is obvious before anyone starts explaining it.

Three Listings Caught My Eye

Montréal has a Nero Daytona Roma listed at $269,995 with 770 km. This is the sort of Ferrari I like watching because the market often underrates how much clean grand-touring Ferraris matter once the noise dies down.

Montréal also has a Blu Tour de France 812 GTS listed at $659,995 with about 1,800 km. Front-engine V12 Ferraris rarely get easier to argue for once the market remembers what they are, and this one still reads like a very straightforward case.

Stuhr has an SF90 Spider listed with 5,150 km at a price on request. I still find it useful because it shows the open car remains in the part of the market where sellers are comfortable withholding the number and letting the car do the talking first.

The strongest asks still belong to machines that the market can place instantly. When the hierarchy is obvious and the identity is already settled, the story does not need much help.

That is part of why Rise Robotics stood out to me. It is a company with a defined industrial pitch and a clearer sense of role than most early-stage stories manage.

Every bulldozer, crane, and military vehicle on earth still runs on hydraulic fluid invented before your grandparents were born. RISE Robotics is the company finally replacing it with a patented electric system already trusted by the U.S. Air Force.

Back The Mission

At this level, the F8 Tributo starts to look like the cleaner late-era V8 Ferrari case. It is modern enough to feel current, but simple enough in market terms that the buyer does not need to invent a complicated thesis.

I would not be in a hurry to move a Purosangue while the market still gives the V12 four-door this much room to prove itself. The novelty phase is fading, but the confidence behind the ask remains.

I like the car, but this is still a part of the market where I would want a little more skepticism than excitement. The Cielo may end up rewarding patience, but I would rather let the broader market settle first than pretend the uncertainty is a hidden advantage.

Notes from the Grid

The healthiest part of the market still looks like the part where the car’s job is obvious before the seller says a word.

Right now, conviction follows clarity more than novelty, which is usually a good sign for the cars worth tracking closely.

^{Until next time — drive the interesting ones,}

^{— Scarlett}