This car may turn out to be an epic failure.
Ferrari financial situation is best ever, so why would anybody fire him? because F80 on secondary market will be cheaper than Enzo and F50? because traders will not profit from F80? F80 is ugly and what is even worst have turbo V6 but from financial point everything is excellent. 296 and SF90 owners cry about depreciation but at least for now it's not impacted company.
I think any Vehicle that has a mainly Battery relied system, is going to have a MAJOR issue. The technology is current now, but in years future, it will be a major problem. EVERY vehicle with stuff like this.
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But that was because of radical decisions, not because of lack of demand of the product. The could have keep the hybrids and build some electric cars "just in case" like Ferrari is doing. It´s like when that **** of Wiedekin wanted to buy VW. They didn´t manage to sell all planned Carrera GTs and sales dropped as expected in a world crisis, but that was not the problem: it was a megalomaniacal decision with bad timing.
I dont know the guy but props to him. If he has a chance to buy the sp3 he should get that one instead.
I think thousands of clients have just been annihilated by SF90 and 296. I’m certainly not going to be buying a new Ferrari for a very, very long time. let’s watch the EV launch be a complete flop - zero orders.
They will sell every one they build. The more I think about it, there may indeed be a market for EV Ferraris. Think about the number of people who are interested in the badge, but stay away from Ferrari because of concerns about maintenance costs. EVs make the entire driveline simpler and almost zero maintenance. To keep the Ferrari feel, the factory can leave in the sticky buttons.
It is just a better of timing. There is no doubt it is going to be sold out eventually, they will keep going down the list until it is.
EV will be sell to totally new customers whom are not passionate about racing cars and most of them will use it daily like Rolls Royce Cullinan (petrol) or Tycan
EV will have plenty of maintenance costs once the warranty runs out...or even before if Ferrari decides not to repair due to a (likley unrelated) modification. Besides being super heavy (I guess 2500kg) eating through tires, you're guaranteed all sorts of electrical gremlins that may keep the car/truck indefinitely sidelined. Further prediction, reveal this year, production starts 2+ years later (remember it took 18 months from reveal to first SF90 customer and more than 12 months for 296, and those were just hybrids...), hopefully they do not take any 'technology' from Stellantis...check their EV recalls. Oh, and when the chips finally settle out, CEO will take the fall for the failure. Remember, Ferrari is not really partnering with anyone on the EV drivetrain and no one gets it right from the beginning or ever.
...and if the F80 isn't selling well, which does not bode well for the future exclusive models, then what is the incentive for "750" Top and VIP to buy what most assuredly will not find any price support from the pre-owned market, I do not believe there there will be a secondary market for $750,000+ EVs (my speculative price based on PS market) with unlimited failures and reliability issues for what is 'expected' to be a daily driver ...to receive an SP4 allocation, a future EV 'hypercar'? What if most of the Top/VIP say no? Who will receive SP4s then...etc
If it isn't selling, good, that just means people will buy one, and tuck it away in storage for 50 years, and by then it may be a 'rare, low-mileage vehicle' worth a ton. (as long as you can rebuild the EV parts)
There is a distortion from those with offered allocations talking secret partnerships and "flips". When the LaFerrari came out i was offered at least 2 before the release. This didn't mean 2 hadn't sold, it just meant 2 that had sold were available before production.
Might have to add another $1,000,000 to that F80. https://www.forbes.com/sites/neilwinton/2025/02/08/eu-unilateral-auto-tariff-offer-to-us-might-shelter-its-car-makers/