296 VS

[MingtheMerciless]

[johnnyreggae]

Looks like official photos leaked a couple of hours early - full spec due 1320 UK time I believe

Based on other leaked photos final name = Speciale (yawn....) not Mugello as previously surmised

Edited by johnnyreggae on Tuesday 29th April 11:34

[JJ77]

Great looking launch colour, chapo Ferrari

[WCZ]

not sure I like it tbh

[bennno]

[MingtheMerciless]

It has an extra 50bhp and active aero and loses 60kg - lots of carbon incl wheels. Will be expensive to fix if you bash a c/f wing or wheel.

[JJ77]

Never understood Carbon Wheels on a road car..

[WCZ]

weight saving is pretty bad really, every other special series car has had -100kg and the base of this is heavier than the others

[WCZ]

topgear saying not a limited run car and anyone who's bought a car within 5 years is eligible

depreciation could be fairly steep on these I think, especially when you basically have to order carbon wheels or you're not getting the weight saving you paid for, options will be pricey

[MDL111]

WCZ said:

topgear saying not a limited run car and anyone who's bought a car within 5 years is eligible

depreciation could be fairly steep on these I think, especially when you basically have to order carbon wheels or you're not getting the weight saving you paid for, options will be pricey

were any of these cars limited? I think they were all "time limited" that is why I could have ordered a Speciale even though I only bought one used car

[WCZ]

MDL111 said:

were any of these cars limited? I think they were all "time limited" that is why I could have ordered a Speciale even though I only bought one used car

458 spec's weren't that hard to order new (as long as you spec'd them super high) but iirc it was the pista that needed a good buying history - lots of people were told to buy Lusso's in advance, many instantly resold through the dealers and took £100k loss

the main difference here is they seem to be broadcasting that you don't really need a buying history

[theRossatron]

MDL111 said:

were any of these cars limited? I think they were all "time limited" that is why I could have ordered a Speciale even though I only bought one used car

The "Aperta" moniker usually indicates a 1 of XXX limited cars. Looks like the coupe will be time limited and the Aperta actually limited if the past is anything to go by.

[johnnyreggae]

At a guess base price will be in the region of £ 350000 compared with £ 260000 for GTB plus your extras so probably at least £ 400 000 on the road

Edited by johnnyreggae on Tuesday 29th April 18:13

[bennno]

theRossatron said:

The "Aperta" moniker usually indicates a 1 of XXX limited cars. Looks like the coupe will be time limited and the Aperta actually limited if the past is anything to go by.

Aperta just translates to open. As in GTS.

[theRossatron]

bennno said:

Aperta just translates to open. As in GTS.

I'm aware. In the past limited by number cars have been "Aperta" and non-limited Spider or GTS.

[MDL111]

theRossatron said:

MDL111 said:

were any of these cars limited? I think they were all "time limited" that is why I could have ordered a Speciale even though I only bought one used car

The "Aperta" moniker usually indicates a 1 of XXX limited cars. Looks like the coupe will be time limited and the Aperta actually limited if the past is anything to go by.

true the 16m and the Speciale A were x of y I believe, not so the Pista spider from memory.
For the Pista I think they had some criteria re recent new car purchases / being a long standing V8 customer or some crap like that (and the whole Challenge car stuff for the Pista Piloti)

[MDL111]

the seats in the launch pics of the Aperta look interesting - like a decent bucket seat as opposed to the usual "racing" seats

[blueSL]

I have a 296 GTS which has depreciated £8k/month since I bought it and to upgrade to an equivalent Speciale would cost £200k+. It’s not going to happen.

[maura]

Unfortunately this.. i don’t see a problem getting a car, nothing Speciale about losing 100k in the first year.. been there got the hybrid t shirt and gone back to the back catalogue. I actually think in 6 months a newbie to the brand could get a Coupe allocation.

[MingtheMerciless]

blueSL said:

I have a 296 GTS which has depreciated £8k/month since I bought it and to upgrade to an equivalent Speciale would cost £200k+. It’s not going to happen.

I would be paying 25% import tax (VRT) and 3% extra VAT on the difference on top of the depreciation so it's not happening for me either. How to burn a stack of money for literally a rounding error of extra fun.