RARITY RIDES / THE COLLECTION

One-Off / Commissioned

Explore One-Off / Commissioned through the published vehicle profiles in the archive. Follow the engineering, design and documented identity behind each machine.

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22profiles in this collection

3makes represented

IN THE ARCHIVE1968 Citroën DS Présidentielle by Chapron

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A MORE CONSIDERED COLLECTION

The stories behind One-Off / Commissioned.

These are existing vehicle profiles grouped by their recorded classification. Read each profile for its own source notes, image context and production scope. A shared collection does not establish that different editions or chassis are the same identity.

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THE COLLECTION

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22 profiles

Fiat 1924

1924 Fiat Mefistofele

Fiat Mefistofele brought aviation scale to a road-record machine.

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Ferrari 1952

1952 Ferrari 250 S

The Ferrari 250 S has a place in the marque’s history that is much larger than its one-car programme.

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Ferrari 1962

1962 Ferrari 330 TR / TRI Le Mans

The Ferrari 330 TR belongs to 1962, rather than the 1963 reference carried in the source inventory.

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Citroën 1968

1968 Citroën DS Présidentielle by Chapron

The 1968 Citroën DS Présidentielle by Chapron expands the DS into a ceremonial object. The interest is not merely its exceptional length: the coachwork reorganizes the car around state protocol, privacy and…

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Citroën 1972

1972 Citroën SM Présidentielle

The 1972 Citroën SM Présidentielle gives the grand-touring SM an entirely different public role. Its open four-door body was built around ceremonial visibility, while the engineering had to accommodate the unhurried pace…

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Citroën 1990

1990 Citroën 2CV Charleston — Official Final Portuguese Car

The grey Citroën 2CV Charleston commemorated as the official final Portuguese car is rare for a particular reason: its place in the production-ending ceremony. The familiar body becomes a historical marker whose…

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Ferrari 2008

2008 Ferrari SP1

The Ferrari SP1 is an individually registered 2008 car with a name that demands careful separation from later Ferrari products.

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Ferrari 2009

2009 Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta

The Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta began with a cinematic idea and became a physical road-going commission.

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Ferrari 2011

2011 Ferrari SP30

The Ferrari SP30 became unusually accessible to researchers when RM Sotheby’s documented it for its 2019 Paris sale.

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Ferrari 2011

2011 Ferrari Superamerica 45

The Ferrari Superamerica 45 was delivered to Peter Kalikow as an individual expression of his long relationship with the marque.

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Ferrari 2012

2012 Ferrari SP12 EC

The Ferrari SP12 EC translated Eric Clapton’s affection for the 512 BB into a bespoke contemporary berlinetta.

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Ferrari 2014

2014 Ferrari SP America

The Ferrari SP America has a precise individual entry in F-register’s chassis research: a 2014 car associated with chassis 198087 and a one-car tally.

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THE RARITY RIDES STANDARD

Documentation before the number.

A limited offer is not automatically a completed-production total. A surviving vehicle is not a complete factory census. We keep those distinctions visible and link each collection back to the individual profile’s evidence.

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