Any Ferraris £80k pipped to start appreciating?

[KFC]

Exactly. Anyone trying to argue otherwise is just going look like a fool I think. Or its a discussion with their wife, to soften them up to an incoming 430 purchase

[mikey k]

Durzel said:

KFC said:

How they are built is irrelevant. They are still built in large numbers, and they're not a particularly good car in comparison to the 458. There is no way the entry level 430's justify a "only ever go up in value from here" comment. Its extremely unrealistic... though now I see you own one. I'm not sure if you're just trying to pump the price, or convince yourself

I don't agree with KFC's way of putting it, but I do agree that 430s are only likely to go one way now.

If they went up at all from where they are now they would quickly be knocking on the door of 458s value wise, and with significantly more production numbers 458s will only come down (Speciale/Aperta notwithstanding), so 430 values only have one direction they can go. They aren't classics like the 355.

As much as I love 430s, I think you'd be hard pushed to find anyone who doesn't say that the 458 is several steps forward in evolution and wouldn't choose one if the price difference was negligible.

the only 430's that meet the criteria are Scuderia & 16M's which are out of the budget.

[McSam]

Durzel said:

McSam said:

Nice to have different options to look at when visiting the same dealer, but what I meant was we have a 2008 front-engine V12 Ferrari available for £80k, when its direct predecessor now ten years older still fetches the same money

Not to nitpick but if the goal is to exit after 10 years with the same or thereabouts amount of money that you spent in the first place, I'm not sure I'd call that an investment. It would represent nice "free" Ferrari motoring, with the caveat mentioned previously that actually driving these cars will to most normal people be ruinously expensive.

Oh no, I would never suggest it's an "investment", but there is absolutely no car matching these criteria which can genuinely appreciate while being used as a daily by a non-petrolhead. At least, certainly nothing mentioned in this thread.

Something that is modern, usable and holds its value while being a superb car seems a very good choice.