There are over 30 355's for sale in Japan... They just look so much better with black rims Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Black wheels are awful, on almost any car. They ruin a beautiful car almost as much as a silly skull badge does.
Obviously the actual rim design plays a big part but black just works so much better Image Unavailable, Please Login
I found you one... I think Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
LOL-that is a rarity....although the Walter Wolf Countach were much coveted over there....I actual did see 2 Walter Wolf Countach that were un-molestered....hows that, a modified car that is left stock! Btw, I meant countaches that i actually saw but fair point LOL Your pics remind me the many Japanese Ferrari and Lamborghini books i have. Two exotics that were cult favourites amongst the Japanese were Ferrrari Boxers and the original Type 47, Type 54 & Type 74 Lotus Europas as they featured quite heavily in their manga comics.
Finally an older Ferrari that really does look like the miles it has been driven. Like this car a lot, not too sure about those tyres though. They look like the cheap Ebay tyres I used to buy for Nicole's old Holden Statesman.
Good result, but to put it in to perspective, Ferrari sold 155 or so cars in Australia in 2008, basically sales in Australia collapsed after the GFC and were around the 100 car level for many years. I don't think the rise in property values has a lot to do with it, from what I've seen the increase in sales in the past 18 months has a lot to do with Ferrari taking over distribution from Ateco in 2014 and a more aggressive and proactive approach to selling new cars driven by the Ferrari Australasia CEO. There has also been an increase in the value of used Ferrari's making it less costly to buy a new model: eg 18 months ago a F355 Berlinetta was worth around 100K and a 458K around 600K, =500K changeover. Today an F355B is around 200K and a 488GTB is 500K = 300K changeover. It's also been helped by new model releases at lower prices : Cali T much cheaper than the Cali 30 and the 458 Speciale became a huge success when it was released at the same price as the standard 458. Also changes to the dealer lineup have started to pay dividends, eg the new Brisbane dealer already has the highest per capita sales of Ferrari's in Australia and there is a new dealer in Adelaide and the Sydney dealer is also under new ownership. Sales for 2016 should be another record if they can deliver cars, the entire 2016 allocation of 488's was sold out ages ago ( and helped by the fact that a 488 is cheaper than the outgoing 458) M
