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Officina Ardente - Maranello di Sera, est. 1971

FURIA LT

A two-seat, mid-engine V12 built for one purpose: to be the last car any of its 499 owners ever needs to want. Hand-numbered. Hand-tuned. Not reordered once sold.

2.7s 0–60 mph
217mph Top speed
499 Built. Ever.
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TARGA DELL’ADRIATICO 1974 - OUTRIGHT WIN COPPA VERTICE 2003 - CONSTRUCTORS’ TITLE 24 ORE DI MONREALE 1988/89/90 - CLASS WIN, THREE STRAIGHT GT ENDURANCE SERIES 2019 - TEAMS’ CHAMPIONSHIP TARGA DELL’ADRIATICO 1974 - OUTRIGHT WIN COPPA VERTICE 2003 - CONSTRUCTORS’ TITLE 24 ORE DI MONREALE 1988/89/90 - CLASS WIN, THREE STRAIGHT GT ENDURANCE SERIES 2019 - TEAMS’ CHAMPIONSHIP
Since 1971

Fifty-five years of refusing to slow down.

Four small teams, one workshop, and a habit of finishing races other marques quietly withdrew from. This is the record, not the marketing.

  1. 1971

    Officina Ardente opens its doors

    Nine mechanics and a converted olive press outside Maranello di Sera build the first Ardente 250B - six units, all sold before the paint cured.

  2. 1974

    Targa dell’Adriatico, outright win

    An Ardente 308 Corsa beats works teams with four times the budget on a coastal circuit it had never tested on.

  3. 1988–90

    24 Ore di Monreale, three straight class wins

    No other constructor has repeated the feat since. The trophy still sits behind the reception desk, unpolished on purpose.

  4. 2003

    Coppa Vertice, constructors’ title

    The 550 Strada’s racing sibling takes the title in its debut season — and stays homologated for the road the same year.

  5. 2019

    GT Endurance Series, teams’ championship

    A privateer-run Corsa GT3 beats four factory programs on a budget smaller than their hospitality tents.

  6. 2026

    Furia LT, unit 001 leaves the line

    The most powerful road car Officina Ardente has built. 499 numbered chassis. No more will ever exist.

The Current Range

Three cars. No overlap.

Flagship — 499 built

Furia LT

6.5L V12 · 819 hp · 2.7s to 60 · 217 mph

The car this whole marque exists to justify. Naturally aspirated, gated manual available on request, and priced to keep it that way.

From $1,240,000
Grand Tourer

Strada 550

5.5L V8 · 612 hp · 3.4s to 60

Front-engine, back seats that fit adults, and a boot deep enough for a long weekend in Portofino.

From $318,000
Track Only

Corsa GT3

4.4L V8 · 550 hp · slick-shod · 40 built/yr

Not road legal, not trying to be. Delivered with a spare nose, a data engineer for race week, and nothing else.

From $612,000
Allocation, Not Sale

439 of 499 are already spoken for.

We don’t take orders. We review applications. Existing owners of two or more Ardente road cars get first call; everyone else joins the file we open once a quarter. A refundable deposit of $50,000 holds your place in that file — it does not hold you a car.

  • 60chassis remaining, unassigned
  • Q1 2027next allocation review
  • 3average years of ownership before resale

Applications are read by a person. Most take six weeks to hear back, deposits accepted or not.