550 Maranello article - they'll be £200k before you know it!
Discussion
cgt2 said:
This was the cheapest 550 I ever saw, was offered it for £29k in May 2008. Vendor was extremely keen to sell and the car was mint cosmetically, proper history too. I couldn't live with the interior and bought an Argento one instead for a few thousand more.
I keep looking at this image and I really like this car. Edited by cgt2 on Wednesday 20th May 11:05
If anyone knows of it's whereabouts, or if the owner is a member here and feels like they'd like to move it on I'd be interested.
I realise it's an old photo and could be a bag of nails by now, but you never know.
21ATS said:
I keep looking at this image and I really like this car.
If anyone knows of it's whereabouts, or if the owner is a member here and feels like they'd like to move it on I'd be interested.
I realise it's an old photo and could be a bag of nails by now, but you never know.
I like it too its a different spec which makes it apealing.If anyone knows of it's whereabouts, or if the owner is a member here and feels like they'd like to move it on I'd be interested.
I realise it's an old photo and could be a bag of nails by now, but you never know.
Congratulations Jay, look forward to hearing all about it.
Edited by cayman-black on Monday 15th June 19:37
21ATS said:
I keep looking at this image and I really like this car.
If anyone knows of it's whereabouts, or if the owner is a member here and feels like they'd like to move it on I'd be interested.
I realise it's an old photo and could be a bag of nails by now, but you never know.
It was in Liverpool up to about 2016 but I don't know what has happened to it since. It shows as SORNed according to the DVLA and not MOTed since 2016.If anyone knows of it's whereabouts, or if the owner is a member here and feels like they'd like to move it on I'd be interested.
I realise it's an old photo and could be a bag of nails by now, but you never know.
Petrus1983 said:
I was bidding on the Collecting Cars 575M which just sold for £55k - I got cold feet over it being LHD - but the 550 about on track looks stunning and now I’m thinking more pure.
I set out wanting a 575, even made offers on a couple but it was when I drove a manual 575 that I started looking at 550's (I can't afford a manual 575) that's the moment I realised how different these cars were. I don't mean mechanically, I mean aesthetically. I'm looking at buying one of these for the look, the enjoyment of driving a manual and the analogue gauges and cleaner more simple interior. The 575 is without doubt a mechanically superior car, but the "upgrades" and "improvements" from the 550 changed the car quite materially, not one huge change, just lots of tiny changes that when combined make it quite a different vehicle.In hindsight this was the point when the front engined V12 stepped from an analogue world into an electronic world. The 575 was the first generation electronic V12 that was taken to an entirely different level in the 599.
The 550 was really the last analogue V12 (despite it having it's fair share of ECU's). It is also prettier than the 575 (I don't know why exactly, it just is).
21ATS said:
I set out wanting a 575, even made offers on a couple but it was when I drove a manual 575 that I started looking at 550's (I can't afford a manual 575) that's the moment I realised how different these cars were. I don't mean mechanically, I mean aesthetically. I'm looking at buying one of these for the look, the enjoyment of driving a manual and the analogue gauges and cleaner more simple interior. The 575 is without doubt a mechanically superior car, but the "upgrades" and "improvements" from the 550 changed the car quite materially, not one huge change, just lots of tiny changes that when combined make it quite a different vehicle.
In hindsight this was the point when the front engined V12 stepped from an analogue world into an electronic world. The 575 was the first generation electronic V12 that was taken to an entirely different level in the 599.
The 550 was really the last analogue V12 (despite it having it's fair share of ECU's). It is also prettier than the 575 (I don't know why exactly, it just is).
I agree, I sold my manual 575 and went back to a 550. Much prefer the interior, lovely Jaeger dials and many other details.In hindsight this was the point when the front engined V12 stepped from an analogue world into an electronic world. The 575 was the first generation electronic V12 that was taken to an entirely different level in the 599.
The 550 was really the last analogue V12 (despite it having it's fair share of ECU's). It is also prettier than the 575 (I don't know why exactly, it just is).
Rari said:
That's got 21ATS's name on it in those colours. Wonder where JB got it from? Wouldn't buy from him personally.cgt2 said:
This was the cheapest 550 I ever saw, was offered it for £29k in May 2008. Vendor was extremely keen to sell and the car was mint cosmetically, proper history too. I couldn't live with the interior and bought an Argento one instead for a few thousand more.
Edited by cgt2 on Wednesday 20th May 11:05
I actually like that interior. Definitely not my first choice, but for £29k. Damn! (even if the world had just ended).
I've come here after reading the front engined V12 article in EVO.
jayemm89 said:
As it got mentioned a few pages ago, during my search I did go and see the JB 550.
It is in a shocking condition. It's not selling.
You can see if you look closely at the pictures, the dash peeling, the interior door panels untidy, it just generally looks uncared for.It is in a shocking condition. It's not selling.
By the way - if you are tempted with an exhaust for the 550 then the following is the pinnacle for maranellos:-
http://www.fiammenghiengineering.it/index-en.html
It's a work of art, built by an enthusiat owner who owns a CNC metal fabrication business in Italy. He personally owns a 575M HGTC F1.
It's switchable, so sounds little louder than standard closed but like a V12 Forumla 1 car when open. Not cheap though.
Plenty of owner feedback and videos on Fchat and You Tube.
Love the car Jay, two years I've been looking and I'm getting frustrated not being able to find something priced appropriately for it's condition. A lot around like the JB car unfortunately.
|https://thumbsnap.com/wfpoB6AT[/urlSFTWend said:
That's got 21ATS's name on it in those colours. Wonder where JB got it from? Wouldn't buy from him personally.
I do like TDF over beige but like you I'm put off by where it is.My preference is also no shields - pretty much everything else is easy to change within reason.
Not a fan of the Barchetta wheels, but lots of people covet them, so they could easily be sold on and replaced by a brand new set of standard wheels with are still available (for a very reasonble £895+vat for a set of 4 from Eurospares). Interior would need to be changed, the black bits at least.
I've had my eye on this since it was listed.
https://alexclassick.com/cars-for-sale/550maranell...
At £100K it's too much money for the present market. It has clearly been cared for by the current owner since he bought it 11 years ago. Before that though there's an MOT mileage discrepancy (one of the mot's shows a drop in mileage from the previous year) and sketchy history. I understand it was looked after by Verdi during this period, those that know that name - well, they know. So it puts doubt in your mind.
If I'm paying a premium for low miles and great condition it needs continuous provenance to back it up.
Edited by 21ATS on Tuesday 16th June 20:51
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