LaFerrari for sale for $3M already

That's crazy.I thought they made buyers get fitted for custom seats.How would a potential buyer know if they can fit ? Unless it was all contrived from the begining which I suspect

 

If this is for sale what about the story that this is for long time loyal customers who collect the cars? IF this is for real does this owner never get another hypercar from Ferrari again for flipping this thing?

 

If this is true Ferrari should have taken more car in selecting who could purchase one of these. Maybe me for instant. I would not be flipping this car anytime soon. I bet this seller won't be the last either. As they are delivered you'll see more hit the market pretty fast. So much for loyalty to the mothership. Also depending how many this guy owns and his relationship with Ferrari he may still have rights to all future cars.

 

I don't buy it. The picture shows this car is 1/499. No way would Ferrari sell it or not know whose it is.

 

It shows 1 of 499. Each limited edition has this 1 of xxx (Except the Barchetta which was actually numbered).

 

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An interesting discussion in itself....

If this car sells its a nice profit but to be taken off the list for future cars not really worth it in my opinion, though one wonders how the initial purchase was financed(such a dirty word but perhaps relevant here)

 

Oh, tha's silly. On the 16m it shows X of 499

 

Are you sure about that, I seem to recall on the 16M to also be numbered 1 of 499, not totally sure though.

 

No it doesn't.

http://www.cubiccapacity.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/scuderiaspider16m_05.jpg

 

Who cares if the owner wants to flip it and take a profit? Who cares if he never buys another Ferrari supercar? It is a car, for Pete's sake.

 

Precisley! This a car forum. Hence the conversation.

 

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The assumption that flipping a LaFerrari would make you lose your 'right' to future special (limited) Ferraris is an incorrect one. Don W. sold his first FXX and was able to buy another, as well as selling the Pope's Enzo and then being offered a LaFerrari. There is a gentleman here locally that sold his Aperta last year and he is getting a LaFerrari. However there are cases where people were too public about flipping special Ferraris and lost their 'right' to new limited release cars. Ferrari doesn't want to be made to look a fool in public. As for the cars being numbered, the individual numbering of special Ferraris died with the 550 Barchetta. In fact there was a bit of an embarrassment involving two 550 Barchetta's having the same serial number except one was an A spec car and the other a B spec car and of course who could forget the at least three cars sharing serial number 99999. The individual numbering really became funny when Ferrari offered an optional dedication plate in the Aperta, on which you could have the number of your car displayed as xx of 80. However, there at least two cars where the owners selected the same number (80 of 80). Many LaFerraris will change hands over the next year and very little will come of it.

 

As long as there is a demand, there will be people flipping Ferraris. I remember Nigel Mansell selling his F40 as soon as he got it.

 

So the question is if these guys are going to flip and keep flipping why does Ferrari hand pick them to order these cars instead of a real collector. Or are they only interested in guys that will always buy every car from them regardless of whether they flip it?

I think most guys here would have loved to been able to buy a LaFerrari to either drive or make a quick million on a flip. You could flip that car and buy an F12 and 458 Spider plus a California on just the profit.

If flipping is allowed or tolerated without loss of purchasing rights than what makes the chosen 499 so special and more important...how do I get into that Elite club!

 

Buy more cars, race in the challenge series, become part of the Corsa Clienti program, buy cars through the Classiche program, start a GT2 race team. Rinse and repeat as necessary.

 

Crap...too much work. Easier and cheaper to pay the 1M premium in the aftermarket

 

haha, one of ferrari's worst-kept secrets for sure.

as others have said......i'd be interested in knowing the details about the seller just because it's the first one to hit the used market. but it's just a car.


also...does that price seem a little low to anyone else?

 

This confusion has been widely circulated for 12 years now - since the introduction of the Enzo - and it still annoys me. Here's the skinny on the number plaques...

The only limited edition Ferrari road car models that have actual individual series numbers (on series number plaques of some kind or another) are the 348 Serie Speciale, 348 GTC, F512 M (USA models only; global production was 500 - of which only 75 came to the US), F50, 355 Serie Fiorano, 550 Barchetta, 612 Sessanta, and the SA Aperta*.

As for older cars, none of the Daytona Spyders were actually numbered, but they've all been individually identified with a series number that's stated on the factory paperwork for each car. Similar situation with the first iteration of the Boxer, the 365 GT4/BB: no number plates or plaques, but each car's body number and assembly number is, for example, 002 and 002 (s/n 17223), or 007 and 008 (s/n 17417), etc.

*Since we're talking about Ferrari, it's inevitable that an asterisk will blur the lines of any given topic. Unlike the other cars on the list, not every Aperta came with an individual series number plaque. However, with the release of the Aperta, Ferrari introduced a new option: an individual series number plaque - and the price for the plaque was $1,000! Ergo, since not every Aperta orderer cared to shell out a grand for a series number plaque saying their Aperta was the first or fifth or 50th of 80, not every Aperta has a series number plaque. Personally, I found this to be an ingenious plan by Ferrari, for multiple reasons, all of which I'll keep to myself.

Despite rumors or comments or assertions to the contrary, many limited edition models were not individually numbered. The GTO, F40, Stradale, Enzo, Superamerica, Scuderia Spider 16M, 599 GTO, Russia Edition 612 - none of these cars were individually numbered or have individual series number plaques. Some of them have plaques that announce the model's limited edition, and how many of that model were made in total (e.g., Enzo, Superamerica, 16M). The Superamerica, for example, doesn't add to the confusion because its plaque says 'SUPERAMERICA' and then under that it just says 'Limited Production 559'. The Enzo caused a bit of confusion with its vaguer plaque: 399 Limited Production. A few owners thought they had the last production Enzo, and tons of enthusiasts who saw Enzos at dealerships and events over the last decade were convinced they saw the last Enzo ever built. Same with the 16M, as demonstrated via REALZEUS' link. I actually hovered near a guy at Cars & Coffee in Irvine, CA, a year or two ago, and listened while he told a crowd of people that his was the very last 16M off the line; a quick glance at the serial number (not a series number, but the serial number, there's a distinction) told me his car was actually earlier production and not even remotely close to being the last one ever made (besides, we all already know that the Bachmanns like to have the last of each model).

 

I would be thrilled to know those two VINs.

 

Naah ... spend the extra money on racing in the Challenge series or buying cars through the Classiche program or get into the Corse Clienti ... you get tons of fun in return for that extra $ 1M. Much more fun than paying $ 1M extra for a LaF