Sixty Ferraris to Seduce the Richest and Geekiest

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Sixty Ten Ferraris worth more than $30 million combined will roar into Silicon Valley tonight in celebration of Ferrari's 60th anniversary.

The company kicked off an around-the-world "relay" in Abu Dhabi on January 28 and made its way across the Middle East to China, Japan, Australia and South Africa before landing in the United States in Miami on March 9. Here's one of the cars driving through Cape Town.

The Silicon Valley elite is expected to gather around 6pm Thursday at the Ferrari dealership in Redwood City for a symbolic baton pass. If any of them takes a test drive, let's hope they can handle the vehicles better than Stefan Eriksson.

Rumor has it one of the cars is a 250 GTO, which alone is worth around $15 million. Another was once owned by King Leopold III of Belgium.

It should be quite a spectacle. But if you can't make it to any of the relay's stops, you can buy your very own "symbolic baton" for $5,000. Or, you could buy one of the 60 cars Ferrari is building for the occasion.

These will be based on the 612 Scaglietti, the Prancing Horse's range-topping Granturismo which combines handcrafted trim, state-of-the-art accessories and meticulous attention to detail.

The cars will be offered with a two-tone livery in a combination of classic Ferrari colors as used on some of the Prancing Horse's most memorable models. The interior appointments will feature sophisticated color combinations and a stunning new-generation electrochromic glass roof, itself a major innovation. The degree of opacity of the roof, in fact, can be adjusted to suit the occupant's requirements. To underline the exclusivity of this series of one-offs, each example will also boast an enameled symbol set on the central tunnel representing one of the 60 historic events chosen to celebrate the Marque's anniversary. The result is a true collector's car aimed at Ferrari's most dedicated clients.

No word on the price. But it's probably fair to assume if you have to ask, you can't afford it.

Watch this space for a Wired News report from the event.