If ordering a brand new 348/355 today - Would it be red?

At the top of this thread Pete.

 

As of now, Rossa Corsa is only 41.43%

 

Correction, I meant to say almost half not over half.

My point was that red is one color vs. how many other colors to choose from and the percentages are as high as they are.

It would be interesting to know if actual production mirrors that.

 

I think the actually product numbers tells the story, not a limited sample Fchat poll. Rossa Corsa was clearly the most desired color.

See here: Ferrari 355 Registry - Statistics - Car Colors

 

Doing the math on the 355 Registry, leaving out the unknowns:

3940 total known listings
2319 are rossa corso @58.8%
1621 are all others @41.1%

That registry is approx. 1/3 of total production. Someone with a statistics background can advise if that can be extrapolated as a relevant sample size for the total production.

 

Just to play with the numbers a little more (cold Saturday morning in NJ).

We have determined that there were approx. 2500 355s in the NA market. Again using the 355 registry, for the most popular colors, there MAY have been:

rossa corso : 1470 cars ( .588x2500)
Giallo Fly and Modena: 251 cars (.132x2500)
Nero: 185 cars (.074x2500)
TDF Blue: 88 cars (.035x2500)
Nurburgring Silver 80 cars (.032x2500)
Nero Daytona: 62 cars (.028x2500)

 

Giallo fly and modena are the same color (102). Mine is actually labeled giallo fer 102.

 

Ok I added them together and edited the post

 

But that reflects the trends of the time. Today a lot more people are looking at which color the cars look best in and as with anything else it's a personal preference. There will probably always be a predominance of red cars because of the Ferrari mystique. But in all honesty, I don't think the 355 looks best in red, regardless of model. Red is pretty much an in your face color. I think it actually detracts for the lines of the car. Put the car in a more understated color and you can stand back and get a better appreciation for the elegance and lines of the 355.

You know, when I drive my 308 we often go past this outside restaurant that we frequent. As we slowly drive by it is not unusual to hear someone say, that's a Ferrari. Do the same thing in my 355 in Swaters Blu and I hear, what a gorgeous car. I wonder what it is? Followed by someone saying, I think it's a Ferrari. I like that because it's the style that is admired, not the recognition that its a Ferrari. And sometimes it doesn't get noticed at all.

So yes, you can and probably always will be able to say there are more red Ferraris than _____(insert color) ones. But being ably to say there are more red Ferraris that all other colors combined is, as this pole show, going by the way side.

 

Wow, this is a tuff one. This is really subjective to everyone as an individual. I generally find when i tell people that don't really know much about cars I have a Ferrari 99.9% of the time the immediate response to that is, is it red?? I think regardless of model ferrari's have always been advertised to us in red and it's so popular that everyone assumes you would own a red one. I think 355's look truly awesome in red but I think they look truly awesome in any colour. Truth is I'm glad I'm not buying one new so I don't have to deliberate with sleepless nights over the colour choice. My car is silver and I love it, but I would. Lol

 

This ^^^

Based on a strong economy at the time, high sales of luxury goods (importance of "image"), collector car values on the rise and "resale red" in full swing.
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The original question was

If ordering a brand new 348/355 now what colour would it be?

Here, at least, the current model brand new Ferrari V8 costs well north of $650k on the road.
For the majority of posters here that is way above US$550k, if that helps.

When the 355 was new it was around AU$310 - 330k which was far, far more than the average house at the time. In fact where I live it was nearly double what you could buy a perfectly decent brand new house in a reasonable area for.

If you are making those kind of decisions, resale becomes much more important. .
It's very easy to make decisions based on personal preference when you're not taking the massive depreciation hit of the original owner.

In the second hand market, you are much freer to indulge your own quirks.

And I suspect the poll results reflect that fact.

 

In that case, it would be white!

Why Are There Fewer Ferraris in Red? - Popular Mechanics

Why white is No. 1 car color: Blame Apple, not O.J. - MarketWatch

 

Definately red! But maybe not Rosso Corsa - Rosso Scuderia is better

 

Barchetta red for me...

 

Ferrari and red are synonymous. When most people think of a Ferrari, most associate the car being red. Ferrari does have some of the best brilliant reds out there.

 

Blue all day!

 

Some argue that the true color for a Ferrari should be yellow. Rosso corsa isn't Ferrari's property. It was the mandatory racing color for every italian sports cars entering a race to represent the country. Yellow is the official color of the coat of arms of the city of Modena, Enzo Ferrari's birthplace. That's why yellow is the background color for the company's logo, behind the prancing horse.

Kind regards,

Nuno.

 

Thought I wanted red till I saw the TDF Blue; I would go blue again, looks terrific with tan interior!

 

I used to think they had to be red....until I saw the Giallo model that I ended up buying

 

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Pics!!

 

Actually, your Giallo SS is pretty persuasive.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

Don't forget Grigio:
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Very nice.