MSRP on Challenge Cars

For North America...

Original 458 Challenge was $295,000 plus transport, et al. Cars sold in NA required the "optional" passenger seat and 2-passenger roll cage.

Factory 458 Challenge Evo cars were $245,000. The same car, plus the Evo kit.

The "kit" alone I think had an egregious retail price, but there was a special deal for Challenge entrants. It required some labor given the welding in the rear (wing support) and the changes up front.

Ferrari introduced "upgrades" to the cars, which are built in batches. Most notable were gearboxes and a few other bits over time. I have not detected a specific pattern. Software is always, and easily, upgraded, assuming you have a DEIS, a VCI and access to the software.

Challenge cars are purchased via a dealer. Actual selling prices are actually quite variable and dependent on the dealer's racing programs, etc.

FNA tends to try and control who can buy new cars, and tends to try and match buyers with actual Challenge series entrants. While purchase is done via the dealer, and works via the FNA sales process, it's managed internally via the Corse Clienti folks. FNA also tracks VINs of entered cars. (eg. body parts will only be sold to and sent to an authorized shop)

Generally, you can request a color, but generally, you only get to pick from what they have on-hand....yellow, black, white, red.

488C exists only on paper and CAD today. Targeted for introduction in 2017. The question is "when in 2017". Typically the new car runs in a class alongside the older car (eg. 430C and 458C) for a season during the transition, albeit in different classes. Given development and manufacturing lead times, I'm guessing it will be 2Q17 before the cars are available in any great supply. They usually prioritize Europe first, NA second, APAC third - however, NA series starts in January and APAC starts early in Malaysia...Europe in April.

hope this helps.

 

Was the car with Evo kit really 50k cheaper?

 

Joe, it was either 40 or 50 "cheaper" (or, more expensive, depending on how you look at it)

IIRC the kit cost was $40K to entrants, MSRP I actually don't know.

 

A new 458 Challenge Car MSRP is $340k

 

just realized I mistakenly put $245, you are correct - mistyped

 

Depreciation on a race car is a completely different concept than a street car.

Having said that, I think a new 430C sold for around $225K new, a few months ago the market for a "sound" 430C was $100-125 (and most are "enhanced" now, CCR spec, in the US)

"consumables" and "maintenance" are on a completely different scale and curve. My view is 1 track use mile = 10+ road miles. My first 458C had 12,000 km and I sold it for a great price off what I actually bought it new for. Considering what a race car goes through, I'd actually say they may outperform some street models. (with a street car, a "resprayed front end" would be a death blow for most buyers; with a race car, you're more concerned about the quality of the repair and the standards of maintenance and preparation.) Different mentality.

Personally, I'd like to see Ferrari support the older cars a bit more, and increase the tech support on current cars. We generally have no issues with part availability on the current gen cars.

Whereas Porsche has a well-developed and scale ecosystem of aftermarket parts makers and shops for their track cars (and converted street cars, which are much more numerous), Ferrari has a very limited ecosystem of race-savvy shops and parts supply for older generation cars in the US.