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How long did it take from order to delivery in the 80s?

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  1. Threeofnine

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    #1 Threeofnine, Mar 7, 2025
    How long did it typically take from order to delivery of a new Ferrari in the 1980s? I read somewhere that for the Testarossa, it could take a couple years. Is that accurate? What about models such as the 308, Mondial etc?
     
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    #2 tbakowsky, Mar 7, 2025
    Ferrari was a very different company back then. They simply didn't have the ability to keep up with demand.
     
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    #3 of2worlds, Mar 7, 2025
    There was a customer who came in to G L and wanted a new Testarossa. He wanted to jump the wait list. He handed Paul a large amount of cash. Paul handed it back and said "we don't do that here".
     
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    #4 TTR, Mar 7, 2025
    And how much faster they fulfill or keep up with the demand today ?
    Weeks ? Months ? Longer ?
     
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    #5 tbakowsky, Mar 7, 2025
    I can't answer that. I don't know.
     
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    #6 TTR, Mar 8, 2025
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    I don’t know either, but have heard & read (here) it can take 12-18 months from putting down a deposit to actual delivery of a new Ferrari nowadays, so if true, not perhaps not so different than previous decades ?
     
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    #7 Ferrarienthusiast71, Mar 8, 2025
    Tell me more
     

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