1985 Price Sheet for import cars (From Popular Mechanics) | FerrariChat

1985 Price Sheet for import cars (From Popular Mechanics)

Discussion in 'Mondial' started by paulchua, Oct 26, 2017.

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  1. paulchua

    paulchua Cat Herder Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    sidtx F1 Rookie Owner

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    That's cool info.

    Mondial is about 20K more than a P-928.

    Cheapest car on the list is the Yugo at $3990. Most expensive is the RR Corniche @ $156,000.

    As a comparison, I bought a new (custom) house in 1985, 3150 sq feet. Cost me $148,000. I sold my previous 1300 sq Foot house for $52,000 -- less than the cost of a Mondial!!!

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    Very cool info! Love this.
    Thanks Paul
     
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    paulchua Cat Herder Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Hahaha thanks for historical context Sid!!
     
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    ryalex Two Time F1 World Champ Consultant Owner

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    Interesting to see that all the Astons were more than a TR or even a Countach. Is that because of a high £ at the time?
     
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    Thanks Paul for the info. The Mondial cab was priced 8-10K higher than the 308 GTB/S when new , but in the used car market are car's are priced below than the GTB/S . How sad , probably because its a 2 + 2 but if you read the review's are Mondial handles better.
     
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    yup, lot of article say the Mondia was the 'entry level car' = not true.

    correct, every review (with the exception of 1) has said the Mondial's handling is better then the 308/328 because of the longer wheelbase. The 348 is better at the limit but takes much more skill to take advantage of off the track. The earlier 348s also had notorious snap oversteer that can get some folks in trouble. Can be fixed with simple mods
     
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