550 Maranello article - they'll be £200k before you know it!
Discussion
There would have been a time, when F40s were trading at c.£150k, when a serious crash or fire damage would have lead to a write-off, but for most of these cars lives, the values were such that very few would have actually vanished never to return... The Maranello on the otherhand... It would have been quite easy to write these off I would have thought as the values fell down towards 25% or less of their initial purchase price and sat there for a while before the recent price renaissance. I've seen more damaged Maranellos being broken for spares than F40s over the years... Eurospares usually have a few in.
Edited by Mogul on Sunday 6th March 18:16
There would have been a time, when F40s were trading at c.£150k, when a serious crash or fire damage would have lead to a write-off, but for most of these cars lives, the values were such that very few would have actually vanished never to return... The Maranello on the otherhand... It would have been quite easy to write these off I would have thought as the values fell down towards 25% or less of their initial purchase price and sat there for a while before the recent price renaissance. I've seen more damaged Maranellos being broken for spares than F40s over the years... Eurospares usually have a few in.
Edited by Mogul on Sunday 6th March 18:35
Mogul said:
There would have been a time, when F40s were trading at c.£150k, when a serious crash or fire damage would have lead to a write-off, but for most of these cars lives, the values were such that very few would have actually vanished never to return... The Maranello on the otherhand... It would have been quite easy to write these off I would have thought as the values fell down towards 25% or less of their initial purchase price and sat there for a while before the recent price renaissance. I've seen more damaged Maranellos being broken for spares than F40s over the years... Eurospares usually have a few in.
I was offered an F40 at £90k once. God I wish I had a time machine.Edited by Mogul on Sunday 6th March 18:35
Bluebottle911 said:
cgt2 said:
I was offered an F40 at £90k once. God I wish I had a time machine.
If you had a time machine you wouldn't buy an F40 for £90K. You would buy a 250GTO for £10K. Or a blower Bentley for £500. Or . . .
bertie said:
Is that inc. commissions?What do people think of the impact of rising prices on the F1 575?
As the proud owner of a low mileage 550 I share the disincentive that rising prices create on me driving it. Latest mad man maths was buying a 575 in addition that I'm more likely to use / is less likely to go stratospheric price wise
Compared to the 550 I feel that the 575 feels a little undervalued in comparison...
Thoughts?
As the proud owner of a low mileage 550 I share the disincentive that rising prices create on me driving it. Latest mad man maths was buying a 575 in addition that I'm more likely to use / is less likely to go stratospheric price wise
Compared to the 550 I feel that the 575 feels a little undervalued in comparison...
Thoughts?
mon the fish said:
roygarth said:
To be fair it is a very rare Manual. I think 95%+ were flappy's.
True, but that doesn't explain why you'd pay double for that compared to a 550 in the same colours...Madness.
See also manual derivatives of 360, 430 and 612.
ferrisbueller said:
mon the fish said:
roygarth said:
To be fair it is a very rare Manual. I think 95%+ were flappy's.
True, but that doesn't explain why you'd pay double for that compared to a 550 in the same colours...Madness.
See also manual derivatives of 360, 430 and 612.
NRS said:
Not sure if it's changed, but certainly quite recently the 360/430 value thread on here showed the manuals weren't going for more than the paddle shift cars for those models. It's just enthusiasts seem to talk about it but not put their money into it. I guess it will change over time as the cars become "classics".
.....cue a dozen apopleptic posts from people who own manual cars 
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