Ferrari Introduces New Complimentary Seven-Year Maintenance Program

Wow. Got this release today:

Ferrari North America proudly introduces the new Complimentary Seven-Year Maintenance Program for the new 2012 Ferrari California, 458 Italia and FF models. Unprecedented in duration and scope, the Ferrari Complimentary Seven-Year Maintenance Program is designed to help owners get the most enjoyment and peace of mind from their new Ferraris, at no additional cost.

The new Ferrari Complimentary Seven-Year Maintenance program covers all factory-scheduled maintenance procedures at standard service intervals (every 12,500 miles, or once per year, with no restriction on total mileage), including all labor and related genuine parts and approved lubricants, for the covered Ferrari models.

In addition, the Ferrari Complimentary Seven-Year Maintenance Program will help ensure that Ferrari owners have the full support of their authorized Ferrari Dealer service departments throughout the coverage period. The advantage to the owner is the assurance that the vehicle will receive regular inspections by Ferrari-trained technicians using Factory-approved dedicated diagnostic equipment.

Ferrari designed the new program to provide factory-scheduled service coverage regardless of miles driven, as follows:

Annual Maintenance: Clients who drive under 12,500 miles per year will receive the annual scheduled service and inspection on covered models.
Mileage-Related Maintenance: Clients who drive covered models more than 12,500 miles per year will receive all mileage-related factory-specified maintenance, regardless of how many miles they drive during the seven-year complimentary coverage period. For example, covered models that reach 37,500 miles within the seven-year coverage period would receive the sparkplug scheduled replacement service.
Time-Related Maintenance: All covered models will receive time-related maintenance,
such as auxiliary belt replacements and brake fluid.

All scheduled service work must be performed by an authorized Ferrari Dealer. Owners of 2011 458 Italia and California models can purchase the program through their authorized Ferrari Dealers.

 

Wow. If this is legit I can see a lot more people stretching to buy that new ferrari. 7 years is a long time

 

If they would just extend this to the used cars, especially the 348/355/360 - the world would be a better place. The thing thats ironic is that buyers of $200K++ cars arent worried about service costs but the guy buying it used 20 years later sure is. Oh well.

 

Pony Express is kind of slow near you guys !

Extensive discussion here both before its US launch and at its confirmation a few weeks ago

 

Agreed!!!

 

I'm curious to know what their policy will be towards pads and rotors on a 458, as mine will be hitting the track often.

Anybody know the mileage schedule for pads/rotors?

 

I believe it's not a 7 year warranty, though-- so if something breaks after year 3, it's on you.

Still, it's a great idea and a great program, and I give Ferrari credit!

 

That's what it sounds like to me - 7 year coverage is for maintenance only. Still pretty good.

 

It's a good idea but it's also an attempt to get more owners to bring their cars to dealers for service. It's a win for Ferrari and owners.

Now if your car is a hundred miles from a dealer, in the past you might get local service instead of dealer service for the hassle of sending the car away. With "free" routine service, you probably will bring it in.

It will help with resale values as one of the most often asked questions is "how much does it cost to maintain?' The answer is zero -- and zero to the guy you will resell it to. That's a pretty good answer.

If I had this on my F430, it would have saved me about $3000 over 3 years. But, the price of the new car is going up to cover this so the savings are really passed on to the next owner. And, remember that the 458 and CA have about half the costs of routine maintenance over the F430 which was less than the 360.

I view it as a good idea but nothing really that impressive to new car purchasers.

 

Ferrari is definitely making a bold statement with this 7 year maintenance plan. Great move IMHO!