Maranellos are disappearing

You are (all) right and I was wrong. Result of quick glance at the results page. 340k for the extra badges still seems a bit bonkers to me. The tdf is a car I would have bought at that price if I happened to have that sort of cash looking for a home (I don’t). Guess someone really wanted a good Maranello in that spec. Don’t blame them!

ROFGO Duncan Hamilton have just sold a similar mileage, ex Ross Brawn, ex Rod Stewart 550. Price undisclosed...

 

It's £130,000 and the word is the buyer hasn't completed. It's certainly a nice car with good history. The Novitec mods do little for me despite the fact the brakes are probably a substantial upgrade in perfomance.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/ferrari/550/2000-ferrari-550-maranello-uk-rhd--24000-miles/10233648

 

That is a beautiful spec at that price, if the colors are true to the picture I see.

 

Another humorous description on a Maranello. NF2s are now Enzo wheels, which are center lock and prohibitively expensive. NF1s, which are center lock, will not fit Maranellos and are still a long ways from Enzo wheels. The NF2s appear to be the only Novitec mods I can see. The brakes are aftermarket Brembos and quite different from the 8 piston front caliper Novitec brakes adapted from a Mercedes hot rod.

 

I think sellers can do better if they sell a 'collector/exotic' vehicle, by broker. At least it gives you the opportunity to think about an offer and the broker will filter out low ball offers. Of course, if you need the funds quickly the auction house may be the best option. The brokerage fee is usually significantly less than the auction house.

I realize you can put the car in the auction at a reserve price. The auction also takes the car off the market during the process and if it is overexposed by relisting it the buyers may wonder why the vehicle does not move. With the broker you can take your car off market and re-introduce the vehicle during the 'buying' season.

Dealers accepting a vehicle on assignment 'may' play you for time and hope you have little patience and will soon consider a below wholesale offer. I remember asking a dealer about an exotic a few times. The dealer went out of his way to steer me away from the car and mentioned, it was a 'consignment' vehicle. They did not want me to even take a peek at the car.

 

Seth- I think everyone can figure that one out. Just like they can figure out that a 250 LM is a better Ferrari than a 550, but it is likely RHD (small number LHD), has a dog clutch transmission, an on-off clutch, and an interior that would be good for baking a ham when not moving quickly. So it definitely is not as good a car as a 550.

 

Has someone already posted this? In which case, sorry. A WSR (otherwise known as a 550 with all the options boxes ticked) up at auction at RM in Paris next week. Or, you know, you can just buy a 575 which actually has a more powerful engine and so on.

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pa20/paris/lots/r0003-2000-ferrari-550-maranello-wsr/821734

 

Never ceases to amaze me why people pay a hefty premium for these. A case of "Limited edition syndrome".

 

Yeah it'll be interesting to see what this WSR goes for...if it sells. I'd say they're overestimating sale price by a fair amount, but well see...

Btw, has anyone else seen this guy on Youtube? Claims he made $45K flipping a 550 last Nov that he got on trade for another exotic. He's a dealer in south FL (and one of those "I'll show you how to make big money flipping exotic cars" shysters), so must've "stolen" it on the trade value. He has some interesting takes on things, but mostly he's full of sh*t if you ask me.

 

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This one seems a far better proposition to me:
https://www.artcurial.com/fr/lot-2000-ferrari-550-maranello-no-reserve-3980-96

(I may even give it a try...)

 

Bonjour

Best color available on a 550. My 550 friend in Austria agrees. Collectors pay extra euros for the color

 

There has been a spike in asking prices for 550s in the UK.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Category=used-cars&M=318&SortOptions=PriceLowToHigh

not sure if it means anything other than a spike in asking prices.

 

Just looks like the same overpriced cars for sale that have been on the market for some time - in some cases now over two years.

Lots of Barchetta's for sale though. 14 regular 550's vs 13 Barchetta's on Pistonheads. That's rather skewed considering numbers of each produced.

 

Oh I see. I hadn’t been following that closely, but still strip out the Barchettas and the US and European and LHD cars and only a handful of UK RHD 550s for sale. I wonder why there are so many Barchettas?

 

Investors wanting to cash in? Once one or two put theirs on the market, others feel the need to sell before the price falls too far?

 

WSR went for Euros 210,000! That's £178,000, or $230,000.

 

How does that rank compared to previous WSR sales?

i was at rétromobile yesterday and the atmosphere was buzzy. I wonder how the sales went in general. Good market check.

 

No idea, but it sounds like a lot of money for a left hooker with a few extras and 15K miles on the clock.

 

Here’s your thread from a WSR sale at the same auction a year ago, John..price roughly the same.

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/pa20/paris/lots/r0010-1954-mercedes-benz-300-sl-gullwing/830772

 

Not with my money either, John.

 

This fairly normal 550 sold for nearly double its estimate at Artcurial in Retromobile in Paris last week, 122,000 euros. nice car but nothing exceptional in terms of miles. An exception or an uptick, let’s see.

If it has been posted elsewhere, sorry.

https://www.artcurial.com/en/lot-2000-ferrari-550-maranello-no-reserve-3980-96