Have Ferrari had a record year or not then?

[Rob.]

Not long ago I read a news story on here about Ferrari and the fact they were laying off some of the workforce and shutting the factory down over Christmas due to excess unsold stock at dealers and the general worldwide economic downturn.
Last night on my way home from work though, there was a story on Radio 2 news telling us what a wonderful year Ferrari have had and that there sales are buoyant.

So, just what do we believe?!

[cronk-flakes]

Believe that the workforce is losing pay and work time I guess...

[Try5t]

Rob. said:

Not long ago I read a news story on here about Ferrari and the fact they were laying off some of the workforce and shutting the factory down over Christmas due to excess unsold stock at dealers and the general worldwide economic downturn.
Last night on my way home from work though, there was a story on Radio 2 news telling us what a wonderful year Ferrari have had and that there sales are buoyant.

So, just what do we believe?!

Ask the guys at the factory if they were busy or not? Ferrari may have had a good year - but technically the figures are retrospective; I find it unlikley that we will see large waiting lists for a while yet ..

[paul0843]

slightly off topic ....was told the other day by one of my italian suppliers that fiat have stopped production until feb 09