458 pricing up?

Yes it's true. Increasing awareness of special nature of 458's NA engine + last Pininfarina design, combined w/now difficult to find nice examples. I no longer post on this topic as it always seems to irk 488 owners for some reason, who will predictably troll.

 

It doesn't irk me, and I don't like to "troll"...I had a 458, now a 488. I am fully aware that the 458 will most likely hold its value better and/or increase more than the 488 over time. That doesn't negate the fact that I love my 488 (as many others do) and actually enjoy driving it more than the 458. I do miss the sound above 6,000 RPM's on the 458, I can't lie. But I like everything else better on the 488. Thankfully, I'm one of those people that say that I buy cars to enjoy losing my money. If I didn't have that attitude, I would be really upset that I got rid of my 458! It's no secret that the 488 is at the bottom of the collectability scale at this time. But in my opinion, it wins the value / bang for the buck award, by far! So please don't lump all 488 owners into trolls. Some of us can remove the emotion and see the positive and negative traits of each car. There is no such thing as a perfect car, I wish there was. But that would be boring because we would all own the same car. So, people need to buy the car that satisfies them the most, not the one that is the most universally accepted by the community or the most valuable.
To the OP, it's not abnormal to buy a Ferrari and its value increases, or have it depreciate very little (less than a Hyundai).

 

No argument from me. 488 is a great car. On the autobahn, it's hp is usable and more drama-free than the 458.