testarossa thread
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I remember Amari did a video of your car and posted it on YouTube. They had a Tubi 360 and yours both revving, yours made the 360 sound like a go kart in comparison! Darth Vader on four wheels, sooooo fu#king mean, you must be made up. Especially with those receipts, they are so much sweeter when you end up with all the goodies and someone else foots the bill. I have an insurance valuation for mine from 1991, all agreed and documented........ £175,000! Lets hope they get back to something like that in the not too distant future.
Is this your first Ferrari, how long have you had it and will we see/hear it at any shows this year?
Is this your first Ferrari, how long have you had it and will we see/hear it at any shows this year?
speedster87 said:
I changed my 360 with amari for the testarossa, I liked the 360 but old school excites me more, been able to drive and control 500bhp with no electronics interfering is awesome, no paddles or digital read outs just a straight cut box and a twin plate race clutch. It looks much better now with the 512tr wheels and anything in the engine bay that is stainless or aluminum has been polished to a mirror shine. It sits in full showroom condition now, only what it deserves, l have never really taken any of my cars to events before but would like to do a few this year, I just never know which ones are worth the effort. Any advice?
Yep! Wilton House for a start and your car would be ideal for the sound off. Then you have the Autoitalia events at Brooklands, plus if you contact the editor, Phil Ward, you can sign up for the track action around the Mercedes Benz track. I do it every year, around April or May. It would be great to have another Rossa on the track and in the paddock, just hope you can tame that 500 bhp cos I am pretty quick round there with a puny 390 bhp ha ha! Silverstone this year, they are doing another record attempt, 1000 Ferrari's on the circuit at one time, the actual attempt is ok but the day is better with racing from cup cars and various stands etc. I drove back from that event with another Rossa, we guuuunnnnnneddd it, one in either lane, I would have loved to have seen that from another motorists point of view.
Eitherway, if I see the car at a show will defo come and have a chat.
jtremlett said:
don't believe that is the case.
Jonathan
See below, not quite another record attempt but still going to be quite an event!Jonathan
Dear Mr Herbert
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£100k Rossa's ? Well the 512 TR's have been making £100-110k for a while for the sub 10k milers. A low mile 1990 Rossa was on at £95k last year, think it was 650 miles from new.
This next comment may start a debate, but I believe they will go well beyond £100k. They are being snapped up by foreign buyers and RHD cars will become quite rare. Indeed I do quite a few shows every year and sometimes I have the only one in attendance. The true test of when they start to rise will be the early first generation cars, they tend to represent the slightly lower end of the market but....... People always want the first version and when they start to rise then they will find their place in the market. That said, when they do make really good money, will I be able to let it go?
£100k Rossa's ? Well the 512 TR's have been making £100-110k for a while for the sub 10k milers. A low mile 1990 Rossa was on at £95k last year, think it was 650 miles from new.
This next comment may start a debate, but I believe they will go well beyond £100k. They are being snapped up by foreign buyers and RHD cars will become quite rare. Indeed I do quite a few shows every year and sometimes I have the only one in attendance. The true test of when they start to rise will be the early first generation cars, they tend to represent the slightly lower end of the market but....... People always want the first version and when they start to rise then they will find their place in the market. That said, when they do make really good money, will I be able to let it go?
BTW, has anyone noticed that literally overnight most of the testarossa's for sale on the UK market have gone! At present there are only two cars actually for sale on pistonheads. The others are "auctions" only. Only three on autotrader and one is £99k (which looks great value IMHO) and the other a collectors item at £200k. Is the market moving toward that supply and demand phase where prices move and move quickly?
512M are all £120k and most 512TRs are £100-£110k.
I was with a very high end Ferrari restorer earlier today and a number of his customers/clients where at the workshop. I spoke with a couple these guys and all decided the 365/512 BB was "next" to make that big jump. These cars were £79,995 for a good one for a long time..........now £200-250k. Indeed one of the guys I was speaking to has just bought a clean example and is throwing a packet at getting it to absolute prize winning condition with a clear view that they will continue to move north of those figures. And why not, just look at the price of Dinos, the 365/512BB was the flagship!
My point, well, a number of these guys, who own very significant cars, thought that now was the time to snap up the Rossa because its next to jump.
The argument around this jump in price has always centred around its production numbers but.......there are far fewer RHD testarossa's than there are F40s, indeed less than a third as many! And NOTHING that Ferrari made afterwards touches the testarossa for pure drama and presence. My prediction, based on the 5-10 year example of the 365 boxer et al.....within 10 years a RHD sub 30k mile, good condition testarossa £130k absolute minimum. Low mile single mirror early RHDcars £200k.
Ahhhhhh but how about the crash of the 80s? Difference now....the cars are being bought with our money not the banks, it's a free market and we decide what are investments are worth and what we sell them for.
I just spent an enlightened afternoon with people who removed their money from banks put it into Ferrari's and in some cases have nearly tripled their outlay in 24 months and their still not selling because they simply don't need to and they are deciding what the car "would" go for if they "let it go". Interesting times!
512M are all £120k and most 512TRs are £100-£110k.
I was with a very high end Ferrari restorer earlier today and a number of his customers/clients where at the workshop. I spoke with a couple these guys and all decided the 365/512 BB was "next" to make that big jump. These cars were £79,995 for a good one for a long time..........now £200-250k. Indeed one of the guys I was speaking to has just bought a clean example and is throwing a packet at getting it to absolute prize winning condition with a clear view that they will continue to move north of those figures. And why not, just look at the price of Dinos, the 365/512BB was the flagship!
My point, well, a number of these guys, who own very significant cars, thought that now was the time to snap up the Rossa because its next to jump.
The argument around this jump in price has always centred around its production numbers but.......there are far fewer RHD testarossa's than there are F40s, indeed less than a third as many! And NOTHING that Ferrari made afterwards touches the testarossa for pure drama and presence. My prediction, based on the 5-10 year example of the 365 boxer et al.....within 10 years a RHD sub 30k mile, good condition testarossa £130k absolute minimum. Low mile single mirror early RHDcars £200k.
Ahhhhhh but how about the crash of the 80s? Difference now....the cars are being bought with our money not the banks, it's a free market and we decide what are investments are worth and what we sell them for.
I just spent an enlightened afternoon with people who removed their money from banks put it into Ferrari's and in some cases have nearly tripled their outlay in 24 months and their still not selling because they simply don't need to and they are deciding what the car "would" go for if they "let it go". Interesting times!
Edited by ro55a on Saturday 1st February 17:43
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