Good things come to those who wait: Ferrari to end 18-month waiting list
If you're like us you've been waiting for your new Ferrari for what seems like forever. If instead you actually put down a deposit and signed physical paperwork at a Ferrari dealer, you might have been waiting for as long as 18 months for your new Italian steed. That's the typical lag time between order and delivery from Maranello. If it's a 599 GTB you want, you're looking at around two years' wait.
But Ferrari hopes to get their well-heeled customers behind leather-wrapped wheels sooner, by increasing output by five-percent. At first that doesn't sound like much, but considering Ferrari sold 5,671 cars last year, a five-percent boost in production will mean about 283 (283.55 to be exact) more Italian supercars on the world's roads.
One reason for the extended wait and therefore the increase in output is Ferrari's booming popularity worldwide, especially in China. Ferrari hopes to sell 170 cars there this year and is looking at even bigger numbers after opening a Ferrari technical center and high-performance driving school for Chinese customers.
More Ferraris on the road can only be a good thing, in our opinion. (Especially since they keep getting run into walls and trees.) We dream of a day when prancing horses are as ubiquitous in rush-hour traffic as Mustangs, when we routinely get cut off by screaming red blurs of speed and every home has a a chicken in every pot and a V-12 in every garage. Our dream also usually has beer volcanoes and is cut short by an alarm clock just asking to be smashed against the wall.
[Source: El Mundo via MotorAuthority]
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john 10:50PM (1/26/2009)
About the order time i just put in an order in the UK for a Ferrari 599 GTB and my deleviery date is June which is amazing considering the waiting list is at 2 years lool i guess i'm lucky
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F451 8:29PM (4/07/2007)
What a meticulous build area. I love the way the lifts lower level to the flooring.
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Jaymez 10:51PM (4/07/2007)
I, too, would love to see Ferraris as popular as Mustangs, but, I want the price on par with the Mustang as well. Get the price down that low and I'll consider buying an import.
Based on what I've read of Ferraris, they aren't worth my money as they're priced now. Ownership costs are too high, maintance is too high, etc.
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Jeff Banks 11:06PM (4/07/2007)
"Get the price down that low and I'll consider buying an import." -Jaymez on Ferraris
Hands down best quote of the day.
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HC 11:18PM (4/07/2007)
eh... no?
i wouldn't want to see a Ferrari be as ubiquitous in
rush-hour traffic as Mustangs.
They are SPECIAL, not some mass-produced junk.
that quote should be the joke of the day.
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JasonSK 11:26PM (4/07/2007)
^ Ya like Hondas and Toyuckas
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Max 12:24AM (4/08/2007)
"that quote should be the joke of the day"
I couldn't agree more. People purchase a supercar is for uniqueness. There is no means to make a Ferrari traffic. If that happens, people will not love Ferrari as usual anymore. Again, stop mass production, stop price dropping, stop SUV plan for exotics manufacturer. Who wish Ferrari trafiic is similar to kids would like full house of chocolates.
Don't go the way as Porsche does.
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Billy 8:41PM (4/08/2007)
Unfortunately, seeing a Ferrari next to you on the road usually screams "vulgar money" rather than "knows how to drive." How about a compromise? I'll go with Jaymez's idea that they lower the price, but also with HC's idea that they remain rare, by making each purchaser pass a driving test. They shoulda made that the test with the Enzos anyways, instead of whatever dumb-f--k test they used; woulda given the Enzos a far longer half-life.
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F 10:24PM (4/08/2007)
18 months? I've had my deposit down on a F430 coupe since 2002. My dealer still hasn't called me in to pick colors. I wrote letters to FNA, my dealer, and anyone who I thought might get me my car sooner. I don't think that they care.
You can say what you want but 18 months is nothing, at least if you're going to pay MSRP. At this point, I'm not willing to pay over sticker for the car, not when I'm having so much fun driving my older Ferraris.
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Joel 7:57AM (4/09/2007)
By my calculations, with a 5% increase in production they will reduce the 18 month waiting period by a whopping 27 days
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V.I.P. 2:23PM (4/30/2007)
When you want something very special you have to wait for it. I've been waiting four months for my Mbl reference sound system, now I'm in waiting list for a Ferrari 599 GTB
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