The New FORZA Magazine

As far as I know this is the last buyer's guide Forza has done so well overdue for an update.

https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/127/articles/exotic-on-a-budget

 

Is it only 308 or also GT4 and 328?

 

The GT4 really has no mention in the article, which you can read here:

https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/201/articles/impact

 

I realize the year was 2013, but I want to know where he is finding these market prices.

 

I wasn't consulted...

 

I have never sen a recap of our cars Market, that accurately broke down all the variables of 308 productionn 1975 thru 1983, on just the 308GTB GTS and "i"s...

 

I want !

 

Did they just reprint the old buyer's guide? I've noticed Forza does that about every 5 years, with "updated" (and wrong) pricing

 

He mixes and matches, cuts and pastes prior pieces all the time. Then inserts some of his own original content. Saves on paying writers.

 

Brian, what are your thoughts on the Ron Davis radiators for the 308qv?

 

I have both the October 2000 and the November 2022 Forza 308 Buyer’s Guides. The 2000 Buyer’s Guide is 10 pages and the 2022 Buyer's Guide is 6 pages.

The 2000 Guide is dense with information and is much more instructional in how the car works, is better at showing photos of the variations and better at giving details about what to look for when buying. Its “tone” depicts the 308 as an aging daily driver rather than an antique vehicle. The buying advice spans from checking the tool kit to checking tire treadwear.

The 2022 Guide is a flasher magazine article with larger photos and much less text. There is good content regarding the historical context of the car and provides some panorama of the various variants but assumes that the reader can get the details elsewhere. The article accepts that the 308 is now a historic vehicle but claims still that it can be a daily driver. The article also claims that buying one is easy because “there are usually plenty of 308s for sale.” People shopping for a 308 may dispute this.

AND, for the 2022 article, they had the good taste in using the 1983 US-spec GTS in most photographs, which is indisputably the best 308 variant (… not like I am bias or anything).

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So there were three 308 buyers guides is that right ?

One in 2013, 2020 and 2022 ?

 

I have been a subscriber for several years and did not see a 308 Buyer’s Guide in 2020. I don’t think I was a subscriber yet in 2013.

 

The first issue was sorta a 308 buyers guide.

 

Mia culpa. There was a 6 page 308 Buyer's Guide in the August 2013 Forza magazine. The 2013 Buyer's Guide headline was, "The Quintessential Ferrari - Starting at $20,000."

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See link here for this very 2013 Forza 308 article.

See here for the September, 2022 Forza 308 article.

See link here for the 2014 328 Forza article.