Colors of existing 360 Spiders for sale nation wide - this might surprise you!

I've long noticed that too. It doesn't seem to change over time. There are usually only a handful available at any given time.

The simplest explanation in my eyes is that all things being equal, red Ferraris are a little more liquid (they likely sell faster). It doesn't necessarily mean that they bring better prices, just that there might be a broader market for them.

 

They clearly bring more money.

 

Or there are less red cars due to attrition. Red is the unsafe color if you listen to mothers against fast driving.


4. Red vehicles
Since lower visibility is the primary factor for the increased crash risk of the other most dangerous car colors, it might be difficult to understand why red vehicles also have a higher crash risk. However, red vehicles have a 7% higher crash risk than safer colored cars. Red is a very vibrant color. However, red is used a lot on roads in road signs, traffic control devices, sirens, and brake lights. This might make it harder for other motorists to see the red vehicles with all of the surrounding red.

reference below:
https://www.victimslawyer.com/blog/which-color-car-gets-in-the-most-accidents/

 

If I take the same survey in a month the numbers will be different. This is a feature of all small sample surveys. A contest in a KC newspaper to pick stocks gives you $10K to choose three stocks a day. The winner is the one with the highest value at the end of three months. One group puts the WSJ on a dartboard and often is in the top five.The explanation is found in the science of random numbers. We often give explanations that appear to make sense on the surface until the next group of random numbers comes up .

 

It may be unscientific but there is probably merit to it if you are shopping for a red car. Maybe most folks with red Ferraris keep them longer than sell them. Maybe visit CoPart and see how many over time (360 red spiders) are sold or have been sold. The attrition thing. But for red bringing more money in a Ferrari upon resale; not sure I'm all in on that. Perhaps it makes it easier to sell, but more money... I don't know

I've been tracking 458s for about a year now on all the sites; AutoTrader, Cars.com, Car Gurus, etc. and I see prices reflecting more upon the mileage and year than anything to do with the color.
And it seems there's been a shift in preference. White, black, red is the the predominate trio of color choices. But seems like there are quite a few white ones for sale and only a few gray/sliver, yellow or blue cars available. It certainly seems (again no scientific metrics here) the white 458s are the majority of the cars for sale.

 

When shopping for my 360 I was willing to consider any color other than red. To me red was not an option.
The first car I looked at was a yellow 360 (3 pedal car in PA). I was fine with a silver car, black was out living in the Florida heat as well as a black interior. I was thrilled to find the California Azzurro 360 I have (Crema interior), in, ironically, CA. that also "checked all the boxes" for me.

I was also OK with white. But a white 360 was and is not easy to find-- unlike a white 458. Plus the 911 I traded for my 360 was white, so kinda wanted a change anyway.

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More red cars than blue and more silver than anything else. After months of looking I finally found a blue one but there are more red cars on the market than Pozzi or TDF.

 

Color wasn’t the prime consideration for me, other than red, unless Mugello. Condition, options more important. Red where I live is newer Ferrari color of choice, and, as someone else said, nice to zig while others zag. I also have four other black cars and they show stone chips, dirt, dust and require more attention. To each his/her own...


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Same with me...my Ferrari search parameters were “any color OTHER THAN red”.



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