Highest Price Ever Paid for F430 6-spd Gated MT

I couldn't help but notice that the stick shift F430's in the UK asking prices are significantly less than that in the USA. For example, the highest asking price for a MT with 2,500 miles on it the asking price is about $200.2K whereas a vehicle like that in the USA is about $250K or higher. Scroll down on this page until you see the chart comparing the F1 to the MT throughout various mileage ranges.

F430 Market Watch - Page 25 - Supercar General - PistonHeads

The 2,500 miles vehicle asking price converts to USD to be $200.2K whereas in the USA the asking prices in that mileage range are significantly higher. Seriously why do you think that is?

Thanks for your insight,

johnfe

 

Point well taken, so let me see if we applied that theory, where that would be. Before Brexit I remember ordering some parts from the UK for my DB7 and I seem to recall at that time it was 1.51 so if I took 166,249 British Pounds and multiplied that by 1.51 to convert to USD I would get $251,035.99. So you are most likely correct, thus making the cars in the USA only slightly ahead over and above those in the UK.
Right after Brexit the exchange rate then went to 1.24 so 166,249 British Pounds at this rate would exchange to about $206K and now when it's at 1.203 it's $200K. So that's got to be it.
Also didn't someone remark more F430 MT's were brought into the UK as well? Which would also explain why they are slightly higher here do to the laws of supply and demand.

BTW, thanks again for mentioning Aldous Voice, as he's a Gold Mine for extracting helpful information about these cars. So I can't thank you enough for that!

Great Stuff!!

johnfe

 

Re: Your Market Price Thread: Were you aware of this website?

Midwest Dealer St. Louis Area Posting SOLD PRICES of vehicles

Sold | Exotic Motors Midwest | Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bentley, Aston Martin, Mercedes-Benz, Audi

Please note that for each vehicle in the General Description area to the side of the photos they usually list the sticker price for the vehicles including the options. Then if you click on "Read More" another window opens up and if you look in the "Specs" box in the left hand column you will see the stated sold price for the above vehicle. In the right hand column you will see 'Sold Note:' where it typically says thanks to SC or something like that.

Although it doesn't tell when the car was sold it does show the actual sold price. And if you were to follow that site fairly regularly one could probably get a rough idea as when there's a new post. This morning I called them right after they opened at 8:00 AM and spoke with a person in the Business Office and had it not been for the fact he was having computer problems he would have given me the exact date that this one sold:

07 Nero F430 Spider Gated Stick (4,246) miles MSRP: $227,401K Sold: $179,888K
2007 Ferrari F430 Spider Stick Shift | Nero on Beige | EM 151218 | Exotic Motors Midwest |

However, he did say he remembered it was about 9 months earlier or the 1st Qtr. of 2016.

Wasn't this the type of information you were hoping to collect?

Thanks,

johnfe

 

Thanks so much for mentioning this! In order to put this information into proper perspective, would you happen to remember just about when these personal acquaintances of yours bought their F430 Manuals in the 195K~200Kish range of which each vehicle had less than 10K?

Just knowing approximately when that occurred would be most helpful.

Thanks for commenting!

johnfe

 

After doing a lot of reading about the Lamborghini Gallardo's here's what I learned for what it's worth. Lamborghini Gallardo: 2004~2014 You can learn a lot about them here on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Gallardo

First off, if you want a Spyder they weren't released until 2006. But by doing some in depth research you'll learn there was a lot of problems with the early Gallardo's which were produced between 2003~2007 and released for sale between 2004~2008. In 2009 the Gallardo LP 560-4 was released that had significant changes with a new uneven firing 5.2 L (320 cu in.) V 10 engine which produced 552 HP, and was unveiled at the Geneva Auto show in 2008.

The very first ones sold, were sold to 2 co-founders of True Religion jeans company near where I live. Therefore, a lot of people believe the only ones worth owning are the 2009~2014 models. The LP 560-4 was a 4 wheel drive vehicle. Later in 2010 they offered a second trim version the LP 550-2 which had slightly less HP and is a 2 wheel rear drive version, Jay Leno owns one of these. The 560 and 550 in the model names represent the HP each engine produces.

Perhaps that's the reason you will notice a lot of the early ones are on the Market but you'll rarely ever see the later 2009~2014 models on the Market. As far a the Gated stick versions are concerned the figure that's widely talked about is that there were only 59 MT versions released for all the years of production, making them extremely difficult to even find.

But when it comes to the Top 10 Highest Priced cars ever sold at auction what you'll find is 9 out of the 10 are; well you guessed it, Ferrari's, the only one that isn't a Ferrari is a 1954 Mercedes W196. You can read about them here:

10 most expensive cars sold at auction - Cars

What you'll note is there isn't a single Lamborghini in the bunch. By this virtue, it seems that the vehicles in this category of exotic cars that hold their value the very best are the Ferrari's!

Thanks for your comment,

johnfe