Enzo Replacement - True Production Numbers

The price, to me, is irrelevant. What I'm more focused on is true production numbers. With the Enzo, Ferrari made 25% more Enzos than they said they would; with the Aperta, 100% more.

The 550 Barchetta was the last limited production model where each individual car had a series number (e.g., 001/448). After that, limited production models (SuperAmerica, Sessanta, 16M, 599 GTO) were not adorned with individual series numbers, making it increasingly difficult to keep track of true total production numbers. With the Aperta, Ferrari was flagrant about skirting the line between offering exclusivity while simultaneously taking advantage of making more than they said they would by making the series number plaque a $1,000 option (for which only a few people paid, allowing them to churn out twice as many as promised).

With this elevated level of money-making from all angles, I wonder just how far Ferrari will push the envelope with true production numbers versus the limited production number they'll tout for exclusivity purposes.

I'm no attorney, but I know that misleading customers - who are paying a premium for exclusivity - has to be skirting the law in one way or another. But they're really good at it, so I'm interested to see just how many "extras" they make this time around. Anyone care to guess?

 

Good point! It's hard to argue that excessive numbers have adversely affected the market value when current Enzo prices are 200% of sticker.

I don't know that Ferrari ever said they'd make a specific number of F40s - just that it would be limited. They did the same with the Stradale, the 430 Scuderia, and the 599 HGTE. But the 348 Serie Speciale, 355 Series Fiorano, F50, 550 Barchetta, Enzo, SuperAmerica, 599 GTO and SA Aperta are all limited editions with a defined number of cars built, with an emphasis on only.

 

There is no projected production number yet for the Enzo replacement. But when the Enzo was first announced, the number was 349 (just like the F50, Luca said they'd make one less than they knew they could sell); but demand was so strong, they decided to bump it up to 399. Today nearly 500 are accounted for, with another few dozen as yet undiscovered.

 

Not really; 25% of 400 is 100, not 25-30. And Ferrari rebuilt each totaled Enzo using the same VIN, so those cars aren't even counted in the number of overages mentioned in the original post.

 

Do you think that's the official number, or the true total/unofficial number?

 

That's pretty cool - though I can't say I'm surprised. Like the F50, I think the GTO's value is still on the rise and won't peak for a while. Any chance you can disclose the most cherished and heralded of all information?

 

Understood.