The collector car market, in your inbox
Classic car news, hand-picked vehicles, and auction coverage. Choose what lands in your inbox.
Most low-mileage Ferraris sell on what they weren't asked to do. This 2004 360 Challenge Stradale is the opposite: a Paris car that the seller says has had one owner from new, and it has been used hard enough to need two sets of cylinder heads, an engine overhaul and a gearbox rebuild along the way. It is live on Collecting Cars with about five days left, and the bid stood at €280,500 when we checked.
A Paris Car, Supplied New Through Pozzi
According to the listing, the car was first registered in February 2004 and supplied new through Charles Pozzi in Paris. The name carries its own racing history: Pozzi, born in Paris in 1909, shared a Talbot-Lago at the 1950 French Grand Prix and finished sixth, then went on to become Ferrari's importer for France. The listing says the car has had one owner since, and shows 95,783 km on the odometer.
The Challenge Stradale was Ferrari's road-legal track special based on the 360 Modena. It makes 425 horsepower from its 3.6-liter V8 and sheds roughly 110 kg compared with the Modena, helped by plexiglass door windows, Alcantara trim and standard carbon-ceramic brakes. Ferrari quotes 0 to 100 km/h in 4.1 seconds, and 1,288 were built. Plenty of owners treat them as investments, which is what makes a 22-year, nearly 96,000 km history unusual. For more on why the model still has fans, see why the Challenge Stradale remains king.
The Invoices Tell the Story
The listing reproduces a service log running from 2004 to 2026, and the seller states that more than €260,000 of maintenance is documented. Read in order, the entries sketch an owner who used the car:
In April 2004, at just 2,282 km, the car already had new wheels and tires. By September 2006, at 37,455 km, it had new rear carbon-ceramic discs and a suspension modification for slicks. Four more carbon-ceramic discs followed in December 2007. In March 2009, at about 62,400 km, the gearbox and final drive were overhauled and a second clutch fitted for €19,375.58, and that September two complete new cylinder heads, valves and timing work were done by Ferrari Aix-en-Provence at 66,313 km. An engine overhaul followed in early 2013 at 73,599 km, listed by the seller at about €27,732.
The more recent entries are calmer. Annual service and timing belts were done in Geneva in 2018. In June 2024, at 90,526 km, a full timing belt kit, water pump, engine wiring harness, brake caliper pistons and more were completed for €14,369.72, and a May 2026 service at 95,645 km added fresh oil and brake bleeding. The seller also notes a partial repaint documented by a 2010 invoice, and a repaired rear wing and sills from this year.
What Comes With It
The seller describes the car as finished in Blu NART, which the listing calls a rare shade, over Cuoio leather. Equipment listed includes the Challenge rear grille, carbon-fiber mirrors, Scuderia Ferrari wing shields, 19-inch Challenge Stradale wheels with black calipers, manually adjustable carbon-fiber bucket seats, four-point harnesses and a leather-trimmed roll bar. The seller says the carbon-ceramic discs show about 33 percent wear front and rear and the clutch about 11 percent.
The sale includes the tool kit, service book, a file of invoices, the owner's manual and two keys. Those are all seller statements, and the listing advises buyers to verify details independently, so anyone seriously bidding should go through that invoice file and arrange an inspection. The seller's description also notes that import duties and taxes may apply for buyers outside France.
Why It Matters
A garage-queen Challenge Stradale tells you little about how the car holds up. This one is a record of what two decades of real use costs, kept by one person who held on to the paperwork. For anyone curious how a collector-grade Ferrari ages when it is driven, the invoice file is the story. You can view the original listing on Collecting Cars, where the auction is live.
For another Ferrari of the era headed the other way, see an F430 with only 1,800 miles on the clock.
