Sold! | Best used Ferraris you missed out on
Just about everything the Prancing Horse makes can be found on PH - here's a handful that found new owners
Ferrari 355 F1 Berlinetta, 1998, 41k miles - sold for £65,000*
Admittedly, it’s difficult to argue against the 458 as Ferrari’s greatest mid-engined supercar. It’s the last naturally aspirated V8 the company produced and one of the last designed by Pininfarina, all points that are rather hard to ignore. But you could make a case for placing the 355 in the runner-up spot, it being a proper step forward over the 348 in both looks and handling departments. It also sounded incredible, with its 3.5-litre V8 singing all the way up to 8,500rpm, and was the first model to come with the F1 flappy-paddle gearbox, which is what you’ll find on this 1998 car. While gated manuals are out there, the 101 bids and £65k sale price (including the buyer’s premium) show that the semi-autos are just as popular. After all, it’s the system Michael Schumacher used in his F1 cars. Sort of.
Ferrari Monza SP1, 2022, 50 miles - listed as POA
Is this the best-looking Ferrari of the 21st century? Quite possibly. Following years of overly aggressive, overly complicated styles, the Monza SP1 was welcome reassurance that Ferrari could design a pretty car without Pininfarina’s help. As the name suggests, it was inspired by '50s barchettas like the 750 and 860 Monzas, and brought up to date with the 812 Superfast’s 6.5-litre naturally aspirated V12. This car takes things a step further by mimicking the blue, white and silver paint scheme that featured on Carl-Otto Bremer’s 750 in period. That very car is still available to buy via the same PH vendor, but the boat appears to have sailed on the SP1. A shame to split the two up, though presumably buy-one-get-one half price deals aren’t prevalent at this end of the market.
Ferrari 575M Maranello, 2003, 31k miles - sold for £54,672*
Believe it or not, the 575M Maranello (that first M for Modificata) was considered a controversial car back in its day. Firstly, the styling changes over the 550 weren’t to everyone’s taste, namely the tweaked headlights and smaller grille. And secondly, it launched with a few handling quirks that weren’t present on its predecessor. You’ll have your own opinions on the 575M’s looks, but the irksome chassis traits were swiftly dialled out with the Fiorano Package, which this 2003 example benefitted from. The update overhauled the suspension and steering, which improved body control no end. This Argento Nurburgring could have been all yours for £54,672 including the buyer’s premium, which just goes to show that those early controversies are well and truly in the past.
Ferrari Dino 246 GTS, 1973, 18k miles - listed at £499,950
Guess how much you could buy a 246 GT Dino for a decade ago? Actually, don’t do that. It’ll only make you sad. What was once the ‘affordable’ classic Ferrari has now joined the ranks of the '60s V12 GTs in the half-million-pound club with half the cylinders. Named after Enzo’s son Alfredo, who tragically died at the age of 24, and featuring one of the most recognisable Pininfarina designs of the era, it was only a matter of time before the Dino started selling for serious money. This particular car, for instance, was listed at £499,950, and a quick read through the listing should tell you why: highly original, low miles and just one former keeper. And you know what? There’s an even more expensive one with fewer miles on PH at the time of writing. Great news if you’re looking to sell. And to buy? Well, better late than never.
Ferrari F430, 2007, 24k miles - sold for £69,608*
Ferrari doesn’t do facelifts like other carmakers. Whereas most would be content with a new light signature and ever so slightly tweaked bumpers, Ferrari likes to drastically overhaul the model in question until it’s no longer recognisable. That’s exactly what it did when it launched the F430, which was effectively a heavily reworked 360, but you wouldn’t know it unless you had the two parked next to each other. The styling was beefed up considerably, while the then-new 4.3-litre V8 mustered a whopping 490hp - almost 100hp more than the 360. This was the last V8 Ferrari offered with a manual from the factory, but it’s also when the paddle-shift ‘box really came into its own. They still command strong money, with this Rosso Corsa over Crema car netting £69,608 including the buyer’s premium at auction. A manual, meanwhile, is still north of £100k. Whichever one you’re looking to sell, it seems there’s a queue around the block of people looking to buy one.
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*Auction car prices shown are inclusive of the buyer’s fee which is 6% of the selling price + VAT, with a minimum of £695 + VAT.
I'm pretty sure it's been for sale at that price for a very long time though - and I still remember when I could just about persuade myself I could afford to buy one, starting with the first Ferrari I ever drove, a giallo fly 1974 GTS in 1976/7 at £6-7K, right the way through to a green, ex-rental, GT in the 1990s that went for about £60K. For a long time they cost about 3 times my annual salary and I had hopes of one day buying my dream car, then prices took off and never came back
The 430 doesn’t seem especially cheap to me, and that Monza; well I personally won’t entertain anything that is POA, they may as well put PLMS (please lift my shirt)
I'm pretty sure it's been for sale at that price for a very long time though - and I still remember when I could just about persuade myself I could afford to buy one, starting with the first Ferrari I ever drove, a giallo fly 1974 GTS in 1976/7 at £6-7K, right the way through to a green, ex-rental, GT in the 1990s that went for about £60K. For a long time they cost about 3 times my annual salary and I had hopes of one day buying my dream car, then prices took off and never came back
. BTW, I see a picture of the Vulcan on your homepage. Now that puts any car in the shade in my book. My late father (ex RAF), flew them back in the day. Wonderful memories 
It was a car that I lusted over back in the day. Then in more contemporary times rented one for a Cotswold weekend tour. I really expected the reality to burst the bubble, but it was fabulous. I can't afford one now!
It was a car that I lusted over back in the day. Then in more contemporary times rented one for a Cotswold weekend tour. I really expected the reality to burst the bubble, but it was fabulous. I can't afford one now!
I did nearly buy one several times, but decided that, although I could (just) afford to buy one, I wouldn't be able to afford to fix it if it went wrong so never did. I also did "back of the envelope" calculations every now and again, usually when there was a price jump, and reckoned that if I'd bought one "back then" it would have cost me at least as much as the difference in purchase price to keep it in the same condition as the well-cared for/restored ones for sale. The last time I nearly bought one was when the green "Bespokes" one came up for auction and went for what I thought was a "reasonable" price but, speaking to "somebody who knew" afterwards, it seemed that the car needed a huge amount of money spending on it - lucky escape!. BTW, I see a picture of the Vulcan on your homepage. Now that puts any car in the shade in my book. My late father (ex RAF), flew them back in the day. Wonderful memories 
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