Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Way too many models in the next 3 years

[Michel Savard (mysavard]

With the pandemic, the rich got richer and the poor, poorer. Just like the financial crisis in 2008. I’ll always remember reading an interview with Luca De Montezemolo back in the late 80s during another crisis. The interviewer asked him if he was worried that Ferrari would sale less cars. He answered by saying “There will always be at least 4,000 people in the world rich enough to buy the entire production”. Well I guess he would say today, “There will always be at least 11,000 people rich enough to buy the entire production”.

How about that guy 2 weeks ago who paid $16,000,000 for a Mickey Mantle baseball card and this guy this week who paid $10,000,000 for a Michael Jordan jersey. Now, they both could have bought A LOT of Ferrari with that money.

Michael Savard (1981 308 GTSi)

On Sep 17, 2022, at 7:44 PM, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:

There is a crowd out there that wouldn't be caught dead with last week's newspaper and absolutely needs that latest and greatest to validate who they are.  Unfortunately instagram has raised their profile. 

They are the most banal and vapid people you've ever met. I tend to handle them like they're radioactive. It's all about time, distance and shielding with that phenotype.  Hard pass. 

On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 6:31 PM Brian E. Buxton <buxtonmotorsports [at] gmail.com> wrote:

In 2021 they built over 11,100 cars.  I guess that's still low volume.
https://www.motor1.com/news/564806/ferrari-2021-sales-record/ What did
they build in the 80's?  4,000 annually?

I don't really get the "buy every new model to get what you really want
later" mindset but if you have the money ... If I won $100M in the
lottery there isn't a brand new Ferrari I'd write a check for.  I'd
start with a 458 Spider, a 73 Daytona Spyder, a 1994 512TR and go from
there.  None of their new cars appeal to me at all, and I have a couple
of friends with 488's, F8 Tributos etc.

B



On 9/17/22 5:44 PM, Erik Nielsen wrote:
> Bugatti is a bit more transparent, they have admitted that they rank customers on total MSRP spend. That’s the order you get called in for the next limited edition what ever.
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Brian E. Buxton

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