Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Classic Ferrari Parts

[Francis Newman (francis]

Hi Britt

You probably know all this but for the benefit of others.

I don't know what has now happened, but just to clarify. Ferrari UK  
was and is a subsidiary of Inchcape (an international auotomotive  
services group) and was a more recent incarnation of Maranello  
Concessionaires who were the longtime Ferrari importer to the UK. It  
was Inchcape as Ferrari UK who bought all the classic parts and the  
rights to distribute them.

Two years ago Ferrari Spa set up Ferrari GB as a wholly owned  
subsidiary to replace Inchcape (Ferrari UK) as the UK Ferrari  
importer to the UK and Inchcape trading as Maranello became just  
another dealer. Ferrari UK, who continued to handle the classic  
spares, remained as part of Inchcape.

It will be interesting to learn what has now happened and I will  
endeavour to find out asap.

Francis

On 31 Aug 2006, at 18:14, Britt2Asa [at] aol.com wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> Rumours flying around here that Marenello UK has sold the entire  
> stock of
> classic Ferrari parts to a US buyer, price rumoured to be about  
> 400,000 pounds
> which is a heck of a bargin. Also rumour is they are staying in  
> England and not
> being shipped to the USA. (Thank goodness for me). Parts from  
> Ferrari UK are
> WAAYYY cheaper than the ripoffs you USA based guys have to pay.....
>
> I have been to the archives 5 times and bought some of the last  
> 400i parts
> they had when doing up my 400i over the past 2 years however they  
> have an
> incredible amount of stuff and more importantly dont even know what  
> they have! Back
> when Marenello UK was Ferrari UK and owned by a UK PLC that owned a  
> bunch of
> dealers they never wanted to invest in actually paying somebody to  
> properly
> catalog what they have and if there computer doesnt say they have  
> it they assume
> they dont (even though often it is on the shelf!)
>
> Back when Ferrari spa sold the entire stock of parts it was shipped  
> over here
> to the UK in a large number of HGVs and a lot of stuff was just put  
> on the
> shelf to be logged in the computer later...and it never was...When  
> I was down
> there last year there were still unopened packing crates from 10  
> years ago
> sitting in the warehouse...
>
> Anyway, no real point. Just filling you guys in on the news/ 
> rumours....if I
> hear more I will share. Anybody else hear anything about this??
>
> BR in the UK
> 1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
> 1980 400i (RHD 72,000 miles)
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