550 Maranello article - they'll be £200k before you know it!

[roygarth]

This months Classic Car mag...so it must be true!

[MogulBoy]

[belleair302]

Too new, too many produced and unless you have a manual you wont see a huge rise over the next 5 years.

[JMP86]

belleair302 said:

Too new, too many produced and unless you have a manual you wont see a huge rise over the next 5 years.

550 seem to be rising slowly, £200k maybe a little optimistic but I certainly think we'll see good examples asking over £100k,

550 were all manual by the way.

[Davo456gt]

1996-2002 3083 produced

[slippery]

JMP86 said:

550 were all manual by the way.

Beat me to it.

[paul0843]

slippery said:

JMP86 said:

550 were all manual by the way.

Beat me to it.

I think I saw once at hr owen service one that had been converted to an auto with a convertible
roof from an sl.. Looked a proper dogs dinner.
I think at the time I was told it was done for the sultan of Brunei.

[Pork]

Love these and do think they'd be a good buy. Personally I think £200k is a way off, but they will get there IMO.

[roygarth]

Rardley 550 advertised at £95k has sold according to their website!

[Bluebottle911]

roygarth said:

Rardley 550 advertised at £95k has sold according to their website!

Didn't take long! Two 575s for sale at £100K+: one manual at £130K, one F1 HGTC at £115K.

[slippery]

I liked the idea of a 550 at some point, but if they keep going up and the 599 keeps coming down, I think I'd be tempted by the newer car. Keep it long enough and after it continues to depreciate for a while, it will then probably start to bounce back in a similar way to how the 550 has. The 550 is the one to go for if you want one of the last proper old school manual V12s though.

[harry kular]

slippery said:

I liked the idea of a 550 at some point, but if they keep going up and the 599 keeps coming down, I think I'd be tempted by the newer car.

This, but only if I could find a manual 599. My only experience of F1 was in a 575 though, perhaps a 599F1 would change that...

[Cheib]

harry kular said:

slippery said:

I liked the idea of a 550 at some point, but if they keep going up and the 599 keeps coming down, I think I'd be tempted by the newer car.

This, but only if I could find a manual 599. My only experience of F1 was in a 575 though, perhaps a 599F1 would change that...

599 manuals won't be going down! I think they made something ludicrous like three RHD manual cars. DK had one last year IIRC.....went for something like a £50k premium to an F1 box car.

[Camlet]

Cheib said:

harry kular said:

slippery said:

I liked the idea of a 550 at some point, but if they keep going up and the 599 keeps coming down, I think I'd be tempted by the newer car.

This, but only if I could find a manual 599. My only experience of F1 was in a 575 though, perhaps a 599F1 would change that...

599 manuals won't be going down! I think they made something ludicrous like three RHD manual cars. DK had one last year IIRC.....went for something like a £50k premium to an F1 box car.

Ferrari design the 599 to be used with an F1 box. Years down the road people pay a huge premium for something the engineers originally considered sub optimal. I buy silly cars. I get we do silly things. But that's hilarious.

[Cheib]

Camlet said:

Cheib said:

harry kular said:

slippery said:

I liked the idea of a 550 at some point, but if they keep going up and the 599 keeps coming down, I think I'd be tempted by the newer car.

This, but only if I could find a manual 599. My only experience of F1 was in a 575 though, perhaps a 599F1 would change that...

599 manuals won't be going down! I think they made something ludicrous like three RHD manual cars. DK had one last year IIRC.....went for something like a £50k premium to an F1 box car.

Ferrari design the 599 to be used with an F1 box. Years down the road people pay a huge premium for something the engineers originally considered sub optimal. I buy silly cars. I get we do silly things. But that's hilarious.

Here's the ad http://www.dkeng.co.uk/ferrari-sales/317/Prestige_...

It was circa £150k!

[550M]

He's talking nonsense about the tyres (in my humble opinion and experience!) about the tyres. My P Zeros have done 13000 miles. The rear ones are due to be changed, but the fronts are still only half worn. Perhaps I'm not trying hard enough

[550M]

Not red, NOT RED???!!! Crap article...

Not sure if I read £200k into it either.

And another thing... Quentin Wilson, the car dealers dealer says, and I quote: "Over the past year I've seen prancing horse dealers inflate showroom prices of 550's by as much as £20k". Surely the market establishes the prices? I've mentioned before that CAP is showing a 21.5% increase over the last 14 months, so don't dealers just reflect this? Chicken and egg situation I guess.

Drilled pedals did it for me

Edited by 550M on Tuesday 13th May 12:06

[roygarth]

550M said:

Not sure if I read £200k into it either.

Edited by 550M on Tuesday 13th May 12:06

The £200k is just a reference to a famous Challenge Stradale thread from last year...

[550M]

Ok, I see. Dino's are there now though, and it doesn't seem that long ago £60k would have got you a nice one. I'm not knocking the principle, it's just that the article made me laugh out loud!

[Claret Badger]

The article mentioned the 550 'bargain' sold recently at auction, but ommitted to say it was lhd. Bhp is 475 rather than the 425 stated too I think. Cant see 550s rocketing but it certainly seems that prices are moving.

Supply and demand I guess as there only seem to be a few for sale right now.