360 Model Year Differences?

In general, early versions had more "campaigns" or issues than later 360s where Ferrari addressed some of these in production. Some of these were pretty serious and some were minor. There are discussions on here regarding same including the sticky thread about buying a 360. Other difference is obviously age, all things being equal a 2000 will be several thousand less than a 2003 in same condition with same miles. Campaigns are not a reason to not buy an older one if you can confirm the campaigns were done (though a receipt for a campaign is not always proof that it was done), and buying an older one might be smarter because even in a down market, the 360 will have a floor that should be higher than 355s, 348s and earlier F cars. In other words if you pick up a 99 360 for $75-80k, the value may bottom out at say $65-70k over the next few years (assuming we don't have complete economic armageddon), and your downside risk would be lower than say buying a 2004 for $125k (which would be high for an 04 coupe IMHO, but you can find them with higher asking prices than that). There are a lot of posts on the current market, and posts about "good deals" and how often the "good deal" is really a problem car. To answer your question, i don't believe there is a huge difference between 99 and 00 360s and 01-05s, i.e. other than the "campaigns," which are essentially recalls which have been addressed, the cars are the same from a fit, finish, design, engine, standpoint. You will though find differing opinions. You can search threads here and get some color on the 360 from year to year.

 

1999's don't have pre-cats which gives them a slight HP advantage. If you are looking at F1's there are software(firmware?) upgrades that bring them right up to date. besides that and the "campaigns" I can't find a difference.