Lead image: a 296 GT3-based track car with Modificata-style aero. Editorial visualization: Exotic Motors.
Ferrari’s new 730-cv, rules-free 296 is sold as a car and two years of Club Competizioni GT in one package. Here is what to budget, how allocations work, and how it compares as a purchase with the 296 GT3 Evo, Porsche’s 911 GT3 R rennsport and the rest of the unrestricted track-car field.
The Ferrari 296 GT Modificata, revealed on September 13 at Ferrari Racing Days at the Hungaroring, is the most extreme 296 Ferrari has built. It is also a car you cannot race and cannot register. That combination tells you what Ferrari is actually selling. This is not a toy for the occasional track day, and it is not a GT3 race car with the gloves off. It is a membership in Club Competizioni GT, Ferrari’s non-competitive programme for GT cars, with a 730-cv car and two years of events attached.
For a buyer, the useful question is not whether it beats a 296 GT3 Evo (Ferrari says it laps Fiorano three seconds faster). It is whether you want to compete or to drive, what the package realistically costs, and how narrow the resale market for a car like this will be. Ferrari has not published a price. Below is how to frame one, and how to get on the list.
Specifications from Ferrari’s announcement. Price and production not disclosed as of September 16, 2026.
The formula is the one Ferrari used for the 488 GT Modificata in 2020: take the customer GT3 car, remove the Balance of Performance restrictions that govern it in racing, and give it back to clients who want the speed without the sporting regulations. This time the base is the 296 GT3 Evo, the 2026 update Ferrari revealed at Spa in June 2025.
The changes are substantive. The V6 gets a revised crank train, camshafts, intake, intercoolers and turbochargers, which lifts output by roughly 130 cv over the GT3 car. Up front there is a new slotted splitter and a redesigned bonnet with a larger opening. At the back, a larger rear wing carries a 5 mm Gurney flap and endplates styled after the Le Mans-winning 499P.
Braking is steel rather than carbon-ceramic, 400 × 26 mm discs in front and 332 × 32 mm at the rear, with ABS calibrated for long sessions. Pirelli slicks measure 325/680 R18 front and 325/705 R18 rear, and a 120-litre fuel cell lets you run long stints.
The electronics tell you who the car is for. Ferrari fits a data acquisition system with pitot tubes, damper potentiometers and brake-temperature sensors, plus video recording and infrared tyre monitoring. Pair that with a second seat and an intercom, and the design brief is plain: a driver goes out, an instructor rides along or reads the data afterward, and the driver comes back faster. Ferrari’s Club Competizioni GT programme is built around exactly that loop, with dealers describing trackside engineering, tyre support, storage and transport as part of the experience.
One comparison worth making for anyone who already owns a road-going 296: the 296 GT Modificata makes less peak power than a 296 GTB, whose hybrid system brings it to 830 cv. But the GTB weighs 1,470 kg dry, runs road tyres and carries none of this aero. On a circuit they are not in the same conversation.
Ferrari does not publish prices for its Corse Clienti track specials, and it has not published one here. What we can do is lay out the numbers around it. The figures below are a mix of manufacturer list prices, dealer asking prices and public auction results, and they are labelled accordingly. None of them is a quote for this car.
Sources: Porsche Motorsport; CLASSIC.COM auction data; GoToTheGrid and Racemarket dealer listings; Motor1; Top Gear. Asking prices are not transaction prices. Euro and sterling prices are converted to U.S. dollars at September 15, 2026 exchange rates (€1 = $1.15, £1 = $1.35) and rounded.
Our read: the 296 GT Modificata should price above a new 296 GT3 Evo, because it carries more engine work and bundles two years of programme access, and closer to the Porsche rennsport than to a used 296 GT3. That puts the likely figure somewhere around the $1 million mark before taxes. Treat that as an estimate, not a number to negotiate against, until a dealer puts one on paper.
The purchase price is also not the whole budget. Before you commit, get written answers on:
Start with a Ferrari dealer’s motorsport department, not the sales floor. Corse Clienti cars are handled through authorized dealers’ racing teams. In South Florida, Ferrari of Miami and Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale both run Club Competizioni GT programmes. Ask for the Corse Clienti contact and be specific about what you want.
Expect allocations to favour existing track clients. Ferrari has not published eligibility rules for this car, and reports describe it as offered to a very limited, invitation-based group. The precedent is instructive: when the 488 GT Modificata launched, Ferrari initially offered it only to drivers with recent participation in its club track events. If you have no track history with Ferrari, the realistic path is to build one first, through Ferrari’s driving courses, a season of Ferrari Challenge, or Club Competizioni GT in an older eligible car. Dealers note the programme accepts Ferrari GT race cars built since 1989, from the F40 Competizione to the 296 GT3.
Ask these questions before you sign:
Or wait for the secondary market. That is how most people will ever see one. The 488 GT Modificata shows the pattern: examples have been offered through specialist dealers in Modena and Munich, typically price on application, advertised with AF Corse maintenance histories and, in one case, three sets of wheels and tyres.
Ferrari never published a production total for that car either; dealer and registry sources cite figures between about 25 and 40. If you buy a used 296 GT Modificata, the first call should be to Corse Clienti to confirm the car’s programme status and service record. If you are sourcing any rare Ferrari that never shows up in normal inventory, our guide on how to find a car that is never in stock covers the process.
These are the same car in different rulebooks, and the right choice depends on what you want to do with it.
Buy it if you want to compete for results, race endurance events or run in a pro-am series.
Buy it if you want the most extreme version of Ferrari’s GT3 car, with coaching and without sporting regulations or wheel-to-wheel risk.
The GT3 Evo is the better tool if you want to race and the more liquid asset if you ever sell, because a racing team is a buyer. It also comes with real costs the Modificata’s package partly absorbs: entry fees, a team, and a BoP table that can change your car’s competitiveness mid-season. The 296 GT Modificata is heavier on paper, yet Ferrari claims it is three seconds a lap faster at Fiorano. It is the car for a driver who wants to explore the limit without anyone else on the grid deciding how much power he or she is allowed.
Unrestricted, manufacturer-built track cars are a small category. These are the ones a 296 GT Modificata buyer is most likely to cross-shop, with the caveat that some are now secondary-market purchases only.
The closest philosophical rival. A 4.2-litre naturally aspirated flat-six making 620 hp at 9,400 rpm, 1,240 kg, capped at 77 units. Porsche is explicit that it is not homologated and does not comply with any current race series regulations. Porsche lists it at $1,046,000 in the U.S., before taxes and options. No events are bundled, so you arrange your own track time. The one public sale on CLASSIC.COM closed at $1,201,000 in October 2025. Best for: the collector who wants a numbered, rules-free Porsche and has a team to run it.
734 hp and 850 Nm from a twin-turbo V8, 1,400 kg, 55 units, and a 2022 launch price equal to about $425,000 today, before VAT. The lowest launch price of the rules-free cars here. The AMG GT generation it is based on has since been replaced, so confirm parts support and who services it before buying one. Best for: the buyer who wants rules-free GT3 pace and is comfortable arranging support independently.
Revealed in 2021 with 710 bhp from a derestricted twin-turbo V8, plus a 30 bhp push-to-pass. McLaren did not announce a price at launch; the GT3 car it was based on started at the equivalent of about $595,000 today. The GT3 programme has since moved to Evo specification. Best for: a McLaren loyalist shopping the secondary market.
The step up. Ferrari’s track version of its Le Mans-winning Hypercar costs about $5.9 million before taxes, and that price includes two years of the Sport Prototipi Clienti programme, maintenance and your own engineering team at each circuit. Best for: the client already at the top of Ferrari’s programme ladder.
The step down, and the most accessible way into Ferrari’s track world. 700 cv, a one-make race series on four continents, and a new price of about $450,000 including European VAT. It is also a reminder of how race cars depreciate: 2026 U.S. auction results have landed between $270,000 and $302,500, and CLASSIC.COM’s benchmark for the model is trending down. Best for: the driver who needs Ferrari track history before a Modificata allocation is realistic.
A track-only Ferrari is valued differently from a road car. Mileage matters less than hours or kilometres since the last engine and gearbox rebuild, and a documented history with Ferrari or its approved race teams matters more than almost anything. The 488 GT Modificatas that have come to market are advertised on exactly those points: single ownership, AF Corse maintenance and spares.
For a future seller, three things will protect value:
The market evidence cuts both ways. Porsche’s rennsport, the one scarce rules-free special with public results, has so far traded above its base list price. One-make race cars like the 296 Challenge have fallen well below their new price. The 296 GT Modificata’s limited numbers argue for the first pattern. Its narrow use case, a car that can do only what Ferrari’s programme allows, argues for caution. Nobody should buy one expecting it to appreciate.
The 296 GT Modificata makes sense for an existing Ferrari track client who wants the most extreme version of Ferrari’s GT3 car, a passenger seat for coaching, and a calendar of supported events without the politics of racing. If you want to compete, buy the 296 GT3 Evo. If you want a rules-free car and prefer to run your own programme, the Porsche rennsport is the closest alternative. If you have no Ferrari track history yet, a 296 Challenge or Club Competizioni GT season in an older car is the route to an allocation.
Your next step is a conversation with a dealer’s Corse Clienti team. Go in with the questions above, and get the price, the programme terms and the transfer rules in writing.
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