488 prices

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RichV12

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102 posts

157 months

Thursday 5th October 2017
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Placed my order and paid my deposit for a 488 spider last week, delivery early 2019. Ferrari today announce a 7%, £14k price increase.
What stops a similar increase next year?!

RichV12

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102 posts

157 months

Thursday 5th October 2017
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Dick Lovetts, Swindon - why?

RichV12

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102 posts

157 months

Thursday 5th October 2017
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Yes the whole Ferrari range, anything built after Jan 2019.
£219,274 new price.

RichV12

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102 posts

157 months

Friday 6th October 2017
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Price increase for cars built from Jan 18. Mine is due to arrive early 2019.

RichV12

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102 posts

157 months

Friday 6th October 2017
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Yes I’ve removed the premium high-fi, reversing camera and a few other minor bits.

RichV12

Original Poster:

102 posts

157 months

Friday 6th October 2017
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Yes I’ve removed the premium high-fi, reversing camera and a few other minor bits.

RichV12

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102 posts

157 months

Friday 6th October 2017
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Driven the 570s and 650s. Neither compare in my mind - appreicate the carbon tub etc but I’ll never experience the difference there! The simplicity / common sense of driving the Ferrari - pulling both paddles to engage neutral, pulling one to put it in manual mode, changing the mode - one dial not two in the McLaren.... all favours the Ferrari. And it’s a Ferrari who use Ferrari engines in their F1 cars, not Honda or Renualt.
Await barrage of McLaren enthusiasts.... 😉

RichV12

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102 posts

157 months

Saturday 7th October 2017
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Each to their own. If we all agreed, we’d all drive the same car, live in the same style houses, eat the same food, marry the same woman 😳 - and it would be a very boring world.

RichV12

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102 posts

157 months

Wednesday 11th October 2017
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LIVENT said:
I am assuming my car which is due April 2018 will be subject to the rise even though I signed the final approval with all the options only a couple of weeks ago and am now waiting for a build date.

I assume I can't cancel the order now?

It's tempting to cancel and buy a 720 or Lambo instead just to stick 2 fingers up at Ferrari. To me 7% is taking the piss. I can afford it but that's not the point.
You have 14 days I believe from being notified of the price increase, but yes your car will be subject to the increase in price.

RichV12

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102 posts

157 months

Monday 16th October 2017
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LIVENT said:
I would definitely buy the 720s if it were not for the wait. I might be wrong but assume the wait on a Hurracan Spyder would be shorter.
The wait?
When I enquired I was told I could have one within a couple of months, 3 max. One of the reasons I was put off a McLaren. I had to wait 4 months for my RRS, don’t believe you should be able to get access to Supercars so easily.