Investment Predictions

I think more a personal opinion of desirability

 

No.

 

550 Barchetta Pininfarina

 

The 599 GTB with F1 will be sought after I believe. Especially the ones with @trev360 ECU upgrade. Mechanical, powerful and amazing to drive. The first of the modern era V12's with one foot in the past. Just an amazing piece of machinery. TIMELESS DESIGN

 

No reason to think these are special in any way....the F12 is a much better car, even better looking. The 599 GTB is a good car in a long line of good cars.

 

agree. definitely not special and are already almost forgotten. Not a pretty car.

 

The more analogue, least electrotwackery cars .
So around 95 back pre OB2 diagnostic. Talking parts availability and techs with know how to maintain.

Then the rarity like the 348 Spider @1060 produced ( They made more F40 s BTW ) ….only had ABS that’s all . Manual hood , simple spring suspension with normal shocks

Probably mid engined , probably not after Enzos passing .

Then any 60 s 70 s carburettor car …..most collectors will have one of these as well .

Thing is ultimately it’s not the performance per se , it’s will be the ease of ownership, use ability going forwards that triggers collectors to hoard and thus force up value.

Pretty much what’s happened to the 246 Dinos .

I can’t see any front engined v8 or V12 from yr 2000 upwards falling into the above silos all at once . They are far too complex .Even the DSG gearboxes are prone to crapping out ( oil contamination of the solinoids ) ,
Struggling to see any post 2015 , ie none Pininfarina cars built in vast numbers too being collected.Think McClaren . New faster modal brought out as soon as you drive out of the showroom = massive depreciation. Modern Ferraris arn’t far behind. That much tech they date quickly and are churned for the next toy . Not necessarily a F car . Built in vast numbers too .Not exactly pretty these days now Pininfarina are history. Lean too much on airo .
Anything hybrid will bomb bcz of its soon to be obsolete tech and eye watering maintenance.Look at 296 values free falling .

 

My tiny opinion.
I think the threshold is around 308-328-348.
I used to own a 208 GTB with carburetors, it was 100% mechanical without A/C and you could fix it easily, and had very few plastic parts that wear with age.
I own a 328 GTS with faulty A/C and injection, it's "rather" easy to fix, but today if I'd possibly lean again towards a carburated car.
I briefly owned a 348 TS with a faulty A/C electric module that gave an error, and while being a splendid car I was relieved as I sold it. Interior plastic parts were ubiquitous and horrendous.
Lately I drove a 360 and the plastic parts of the interior were sticky and a bit worn out.
In one word, for me personally today the only long term alternative to the 328 is a carburated Ferrari.
Bye.

 

Maybe eventually the 456/550/575 will gain value; they could be investments since they are relatively cheap now.
Sometimes the results are counter intuitive: we've seen an aluminium 250 California drop from $18M to $9M in 3 years IIRC (so an eye-watering loss for an iconic car), while without much love, the 400i have tripled their prices in the past few years.

 

no, this is just a wild ass guess for me, But I’ve always felt that the NA cars, may mirror the 91 to 96 air cooled Porsche 911 in desirability going forward. Obviously any three pedal cars