F12 Wait Time

our order went in Nov 11th, requested delivery date Feb 14th, we're projecting late March.

Order is still Status 10, has not yet gone Red. FNA and our dealer both speculated late March. The number of US deliveries is still relatively limited and sporadic so seems hard to establish a "normal" timeframe.

 

We're looking forward to it. I got to drive several sessions in one last fall at Mont Tremblant and it was amazing.

Realistically, we were on the "list" since the intro, though we weren't sure if we really wanted one until early September.

We're pretty active with our dealer and have purchased a few cars, so I think they were happy to get us an allocation. Our dealer is high volume (by Ferrari standards), and we/they were waiting for an allocation for several months. From what I understand, the "list" is still quite long and the allocations are coming quite slowly still.

 

I was told 2 years.

 

My order went in on Oct. 17. I spoke with dealer last Saturday, and he thinks delivery by end of February. It went red almost immediately after the order went in. He didn't tell me the status. Since I live in Illinois, if it arrives by mid-March, I will be very happy.

 

3 months if ur somebody and 2 years if ur nobody

 

It's like that. I was offered an early slot and one recently @75 over. I declined both. Remember the 599 and how that went?

 

Haha..but that is correct.

 

So if its like 8 months then you're kind of somebody, LOL.

 

I've never owned a Ferrari and the dealer told me 18 months wait time. I own a new Maserati, so I guess that gets me 6 months off the "nobody" wait time? LOL.

 

Just looking for some other peoples experience. I have bought 2 Ferrari's (2009 F430 spider and 2011 458) from my local dealer and 1 Maserati (2013). All purchased new. I had the same dealer sell a 2012 California that I bought from a dealer outside of my "area"

I have been on the "waiting list" for the F12 for at least two years when I first heard about the replacement.

I asked my dealer if I was in the top 10 on the list for the F12 and he told me "not in the top 10 but in the top 20" this was about a year ago.

the dealer has received 4 F12's since they came out.

I called a week ago to ask will I see an F12 in 2014 and his response was this:

"Ferrari gave us no F-12 allocations for January and February of 2014 thus you may be able to order an F12 this year (2014) but likely will not get it until 2015"

After that call my local Porsche dealer called me a few days later and said they have a GT-3 allocation reserved for me if I wanted it and I said yes.

Are other US dealers getting very few F12's?

Appreciate any input others are having.

Thanks and happy new year.

 

I hope to get an allocation this spring, actually would love it mid or late summer so I get a 2015 ... if business allows it anyway!

Rick

 

I love my f12. It is worth waiting for it.

 

Man, these cars are so slow to hit the US. So many of them in Europe already.

 

Yeah. Sadly, we always get cars far later, and far fewer cars (such as those never certified for the US: Pagani Zonda, etc).

 

Gary - you're not really comparing like for like - a thread a couple of months ago suggested the US allocation equated to one F12 per dealer per month - the GT3 rate is more than double so they'll be far easier to get

 

Agree that market for Porsches much different than for Ferraris. Also read that used Porsche market is now very buyer friendly.
Interesting though that in Many F12 thread there are 68 used ones for sale in Germany/Europe. I wonder why such slow allocation to the US. Also wonder what "real" number of used F12s are available in US.
if anyone looking for F12, here is 68 units for sale
Ferrari F12 Angebote bei mobile.de

 

I was not trying to compare the F12 to the GT3. My point was if I have to wait another year or more for the F12, why not have some fun in a new GT3 along with my 458.

BTW and just a fyi for 2014, there are only 297 GT3's being shipped to the United States which is likely the amount of F12's hitting the US in 2014 (just a guess on my part related to the F12)

Once I get to order the F12 that is when I will decide to trade the GT3 or the 458.

Thanks for the responses.

 

Sounds like a good plan. TDF for the F12 also?

 

Allocations are extremely low.

Spoke to a few dealers and they claim they are only getting 8 for 2014....

 

What is going on with Ferrari and allocation. Europe and UK appear to have as many F12's as they want with very reasonable wait times, months not years.

 

Dealers are trying to get "premiums" to bump people up an imaginary wait list?

 

I don't know, but I thought dealers in US sell at MSRP, and make more money on buying and selling used vehicles. Also, I could see where a dealer would buy back from a customer a relatively new car (say around 6 months old with low mileage) that is in demand, sell that car at a premium because it is now used, and allow first customer to place an order for another new car.