A lot of times these auction houses feed the frenzy and stupid people with stupid money buy stupid things. There is no way I'm buying a 308 at that price without checking it out first.
I agree, but selfishly, as an owner of a 308, the more high prices data points the better. If it takes stupid money to do it, I'm ok with it. The thing about collecting and prices is that so much of is is based on whims and emotion. A car that was worth nothing one year is highly valued a few years later. Could be positive press, could be somebody paying stupid money for one at an auction to start buzz. Will be interesting to hear more about this one and try to figure out what drive the price.
over here in good ol`Europe, 41.5 USD would only buy you a 308 GTB/Si "project" that needs EVERYTHING - going rate for a driver is 50K, decent car would be 60K, concour +70K so you all better be happy
differences between carb and injected cars are marginal, US versions are only a tad cheaper... always depends on the general condition, price gaps up to the QV anyway...better to talk prices up, then to always talk them down
Thanks. In that the relative difference in performance between 308 variants is small compared to that of them and contemporary machines it shouldn't be a big factor. The quality of individual examples is the biggest factor.
1980 Ferrari 308 GTBi Coupe for sale by Mecum Auction Car looks nice and clean. Up to date service, tubi, headers.... If you want a clean usable ferrari 308 (slightly rare GTBi) right now why not pay $41.5K Sometimes it's about instant gratification.
The engine bay looks a little "kustomized", and mileage was 33K at the last service -- no indication of what it is now. Also the steering wheel looks like one from a carb'ed car, painted black. I'd say someone paid very strong retail for what is probably the lowest 308 on the food chain. On the plus side, it looks like a factory front spoiler. And it may never have had a radio, so no wiring adventures to undo?
This might be a sign of the 308 upswing. I saw two 77 carb cars in what I'd call not more than average condition in the mid 60s asking price. Maybe the 246 market is pushing the 308.
That looks like a very nice car. And was that 41500 with the premium? If not, the car actually sold for $45,650.
I about gave this car away. Someone else sent it to auction. New owner should contact me. I know every inch of this 308. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Lost interest I guess. Kind of funny the price it brought. Most guys on this site thought it wasn't worth much. Nice looking but only an '80. This 308 is near perfect. Total rebuild and bare metal repaint. Yes a couple of mods but easily put back to original as I also gave all the original parts with the car. Headers, muffler, 14/7 wheels and smog parts, etc. Pro maintained and cared for. Just look back at some of my old posts. I owned this 308 for 13 years and maintained it the way it was meant to be. Like I said, new owner should contact me if he wants to know anything. I did provide all the history from the time it came off the boat. I was the third owner and bought it with 28K miles. It has 36k now. 1000 miles on the belts. Less than 10k miles from engine out major service. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Beautiful car. Think this is just an odd outlier though. A few of these cars sell at this price from time to time but don't seem to be a leading indicator of rising prices. Not from my casual unscientific back of the envelope perspective anyway.
Someone said the 308GTBi is the lowest of the 308s, I think the GTSi is much more common and less expensive, the Bs have always been more desireable, not?
Probably be burned at the stake but... Having owned a GTB QV and now a Euro GTS QV I have to say I like the looks of the GTS better. Just more of a visual WOW factor, IMHO. Both great cars none the less.
