Don't know if this is a repost,if so then I'm sorrily. 1988 Ferrari 328 GTS - Gosford Classic Car Museum
Opinions varied from $50 - $100k, depending on who you spoke to. Both men I spoke to knew the car very well.
The guy who bought it is very happy with the car and it will go to Melbourne for a sensitive referb and engine swap back to the original.
He did tell me but OBD kicked in and Ive forgotten and I remember at the time thinking its not some one I've heard of. The owner is a collector and has a specialist he uses the guy for all his cars. I know how much he paid and it was an excellent buy by current values. Here is a Faster one in the UK https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/ferrari/308/ferrari-308-gtb-vetroresina-fibreglass--uk-rhd/6415286
If you know who sold it then you will know how much he got. The Collector who bought it is one of many who live in my area, so its not RM. He is very happy with the car and value wasn't his total motivator for buying it.
Or I love F40s. Dougs a bit repetitive. And I've heard that F40s actually have pretty good air conditioning.
That sounds expensive! What's involved in doing that and what are the taxes at the other end? Can you register them?
Yes, we can register them so long at the car is less than 3 years old or either its more than 35 years old. Taxes is the killer and a few guys have managed to bring in the RHD converted Stringray and mustang into singapore taxes, i have yet to check .. but i guess its gonna be 150% of the purchase price. I might be mistaken on the tax structure.
Ouch! Autocar report -https://www.autocar.co.uk/opinion/testers-notes/not-so-curious-case-ferrari-488-autocar-road-test-and-cup-tyres The not-so-curious case of theFerrari*488, the Autocar road test and the 'cup'*tyres Why you won't be reading our performance benchmarks for Ferrari's mid-engined supercar in future ** Matt Saunders Autocar by Matt Saunders 2 August 2017 The*Ferrari*488 GTB is a very fast car. You know that. Weve written those words a lot. But Im afraid we wont be writing them quite so often in future. Ive only recently discovered it but, as a result of a decision taken entirely by*Ferrari, our road test benchmark figures on the 488 may be a little bit, well, flattering. So Im putting them in the naughty corner; not striking the data through entirely, because I think that would be a disproportionate response. Im just resolving, here and now, never to use them again as a fair basis for comparison and fair is what everyone expects us road testers to always aspire to be. Heres why. When*Ferrari*supplied the 488 GTB for our full road test on the car in 2016, it supplied a left-hand-drive car from the factory in Italy for our benchmark figuring session. Nothing untoward there: it has been our modus operandi for years. Were only too happy to allow any manufacturer to ensure a test car is fighting fit and in a representative condition before it hands the car over to us, because the way we test is demanding. Its when those cars are made unrepresentative that we have a problem. And, this time, the*Ferrari*in question had*tyres*that, I believe, it shouldnt have been shod with:Michelin*Pilot Sport Cup 2s. The reason I know this is because it was written down on the day of the test. Below is a screenshot of the spreadsheet on which the information was recorded. I wasnt actually there at the time, otherwise it probably would have been me doing the testing and checking. And because I wasnt there, our road test of the McLaren 720S earlier this year was my first chance to review the Ferraris test data in any detail. I was surprised to see the*Ferrari*test car had been on Cup*tyres*because, well, you would be. Theyre usually reserved for Maranellos special series cars: the Scuderias, Speciales and Tour de Frances weve come to know and love. Cup*tyres*probably cut a couple of seconds per lap around most tracks from normal performance road*tyres. So I rang*Ferrari*and asked for an explanation. I was told that the car we tested was the one that went around all of the big European magazines performance tests that summer. And because we knew you were going to drive it on track," they went on, "we prepared it accordingly. Cup*tyres*were part of that preparation. Wed recommend any customer taking his 488 on a track to use them. Sounds fair enough, doesnt it? Except, when you dig a bit deeper, not so much. So the Cup tyres an official option for the 488, then? I asked. Apparently not.*Ferrari*wont supply a 488 on Cup*tyres*from the factory, Im told, and would officially discourage people from fitting such*tyres*to a 488 in an attempt to make some sort of do-it-yourself 488 Clubsport. Hang on, though: didnt you just say youd expressly advise that a customer did fit those very*tyres*for track use? Well, yes. But no, not really. Inevitably, theres a grey area. If you really want Cup*tyres*on your 488, you can have 'em maybe; they are a homologated tyre. And thats because, for homologation purposes, theres no difference between a 458 and a 488; and the Cup tyre was homologated as part of the development of the 458 Speciale. Your*Ferrari*factory warranty will survive intact if you do fit some and certain UKFerrari*franchised dealers will even take the factory*tyres*off your new 488 and put Cup*tyres*on, before delivery, as a special request. I hate grey areas. Because of this one, you can take the view that Cuptyres*belong on a 488 as a result of a legacy situation; a technicality, almost. Or you can take the view, as I do, that they dont because its quite plain that the car wasnt developed for them, or with them, and*Ferrari*didnt intend them for the car. Its up to you. Likewise, Ill leave it to you to decide how Ferraris decision using a technicality to gain a performance advantage in a test in which it knew lap times, acceleration and braking would be tested reflects on the company. True, it's not as if*Ferrari*fitted non-road-legal hillclimb*tyres. But, chances are, this didnt just happen once; this was the car used for every performance test in every major publication across Europe. All I know is, when youre in the business of being fair to every manufacturer and of testing cars in the condition in which most customers will find them, this isnt news you can just let slide. If the tyre was on the other rim, to butcher a well-worn phrase, and one of Ferrari's key competitors had done the same thing, how much more or less would Maranello expect from us, I wonder? The 488 GTB is a superb supercar. Weve tested it several times since our 2016 road test, on road and on track, and on*tyres*the development engineers did intend for it so we know thats the case. And we will continue to recommend it, because one bad decision by a PR department shouldnt cost an outstanding product the credit it deserves. But I, for one, will be watching a bit more closely the next time a new prancing horse rolls out of the back of an Italian transporter. I now truly understand what it means when people say you cant take the competitive streak out of a company like*Ferrari; one built on a culture of racing and winning. And I may not be so quick to defend*Ferrari*from allegations of cheating performance tests as I have been in the past. The irony is that, even though the McLaren 720S has beaten its benchmarks by some margin since, back in 2016 the 488 would probably have proved itself the quickest car in its class without the help of Cup*tyres. Maranello should simply have had the confidence to let it do that on a level playing field.
It's all a big pissing competition isn't? Manufacturers and their marketers being obsessed with Nurburgring lap times and 0-100 times. Having gear ratios and dual clutch transmissions calculated to minimise the time taken to achieve whatever performance times look best in print. Modern high performance cars are so quick anyway, performance claims are being manipulated to "prove" whom has the quickest for marketing propaganda. Of course the headline numbers are a talking point among enthusiasts.
+575 However I'm not sure that "enthusiasts" talk about the headline numbers much. The buyers that exotic manufacturers target are the Schmee generation - financed by family wealth and clueless, but always having the latest, fastest thing, with every option ticked of course. Yet you never see them driving their cars hard - it's all about making a lot of noise leaving the lights, then back to the speed limit. Meanwhile the hamster wheel of new model then special edition then new model goes on, with the market seeming not to care about the dull predictability of it. Porker fans scramble to buy a 911R, then the new GT3 is released and guess what, it also comes with a manual and is a tiny bit faster again. Ditto Ferrari, this years speciale is next years 2nd place car. Imagine the excitement if Ferrari did a limited edition manual 488. We live in an age when you can put a gearstick in a car and charge a premium for it!