Even though Jay Leno owns a massive collection of vehicles, he can’t own—or house—every car out there. Luckily, he doesn’t have to because he has industry contacts and friends who are more than willing to bring their cars into his garage and show them off for all of us to see. One of his pals, David Lee, is a renowned Ferrari collector who recently dropped by with his 2025 Daytona SP3.
The second car in Ferrari’s Icona series of vehicles, which reinterpret icons from the brand’s past for the modern age, the Daytona SP3 honors Ferrari’s 330 P3/4, 330 P4, and 412 P race cars that took the top three spots at the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona. The influence of those champions is easy to spot in the SP3’s curvy front fenders, cockpit-like passenger compartment, and muscular haunches.
Under the engine cover, Ferrari opted for the 812 Competizione’s naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12 instead of a turbo V6 or hybrid setup. With ratings of 828 horsepower and 514 lb-ft of torque, the “F140HC is the most powerful internal combustion engine ever built by Ferrari,” according to the automaker. A seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transfers the big V12’s output to the rear wheels. Flat out, the SP3 can race to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 2.85 seconds and reach a top speed in excess of 211 mph.
Lee has several Prancing Horses in red and yellow, but Ferrari offered him (and about 29 other SP3 buyers) the choice of configuring his build with exposed carbon fiber; Lee accepted, then chose to have it tinted a dark shade of green—the relish to all his other ketchup- and mustard-colored cars. There’s a little mustard inside the SP3, where Lee had Ferrari’s Tailor Made service cover the fixed seats in deep yellow upholstery.
Despite the SP3’s inspiration, Lee and Leno view it as two different cars. Leno enjoys the SP3’s brutality and the fact that its rear-wheel-drive, likening it to the legendary F40; Lee sees it as more of an evolution of the Enzo. Watch the video below to decide which Ferrari of yesteryear it brings to mind., but be sure to listen too because the SP3 lets out of an unforgettable wail. As Leno says, there’s “a nice set of lungs on this thing.”
